What's The Connection? Sweetheart

Happy Valentine's Day! This connection (I almost called it schatje, because I am partially Dutch) all has songs with Sweetheart in the title. I have a previous one about sweetest songs. But this wtc goes from the Golden Age to Teen Idol & Doo-Wop through traditional, soul and R&B right through my modern post -punk deconstruction where you say don't dream it, be it. Which sounds a little like a lot of scholastic bullshit. They're just cool songs and have nothing to do with the changing mores (or better: a-mores) of intimacy throughout the years.

What's The Connection? Sweetheart

01 Al Bowlly - Goodnight Sweetheart

02 Bing Crosby - Someday Sweetheart

03 Lawrence Welk - Let Me Call You Sweetheart

04 Dorothy Shay - Say That We Are Sweethearts Again

05 Jo Stafford & Gordon Macrea - Say Something Sweet To Your Sweetheart

06 Nat King Cole - Sweethearts On Parade

07 Peggy Lee - Sweetheart

08 Connie Francis - I Never Had A Sweetheart

09 Patsy Montana - I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart

10 Bobby Sheen - I Want You for My Sweetheart

11 Raindrops - I Don't Want A Sweetheart

12 The Cleftones - Can't We Be Sweethearts

13 Martin Denny - To You, Sweetheart, Aloha

14 Pentangle - Once I Had a Sweetheart

15 Dean Martin - Innamorata (Sweetheart)

16 Eddie Cochran - Sweetie Pie

17 Bee Gees - Sweetheart

18 Mariah Carey - Sweetheart

19 Candi Staton - I'd Rather Be An Old Man's Sweetheart (Than A Young Man's Fool)

20 Rainy Davis - Sweetheart

21 Elvis Costello - Radio Sweetheart

22 Magazine - Sweetheart Contract

23 Rolling Stones - Sweethearts Together

24 Thin Lizzy - Sweetheart

25 Cold Chisel - Breakfast At Sweethearts

Beatles Silly Love Songs

I was listening to the double LP by the Beatles called Love Songs which is quite good and a Ballads compilation from 2002 and started wondering about my favorite ballads and love songs from the Beatles together and solo. So I put this pick together. Since it is mostly love songs and I did include Wings Silly Love Songs hit and because it's Valentine's Day, I named it like I did. Please tell me your favorite love song or ballad from these guys whether I included it or not, but enjoy listening to this either way. I included one track each from George and Ringo, four tracks each from Paul and John and the rest is the Beatles.

Beatles Silly Love Songs

01 Wings - Silly Love Songs

02 Beatles - Something

03 John Lennon - Imagine

04 Wings - Warm And Beautiful

05 Beatles - Here, There And Everywhere

06 John Lennon - Jealous Guy

07 Beatles - If I Fell

08 John Lennon - Love

09 Beatles - And I Love Her

10 Paul McCartney - Beautiful Night

11 Beatles - In My Life

12 Ringo Starr - Photograph

13 Beatles - Michelle

14 Beatles - The Long And Winding Road

15 John Lennon & Yoko Ono - Woman

16 Paul McCartney - Loveliest Thing

17 Beatles - Yesterday

18 George Harrison - Give Me Love (Give Me Peace on Earth)

19 Beatles - Hey Jude

It Must Be Love 2

Just before Valentine's Day, so here is a somewhat associated connection of almost love songs. For part one of the It Must Be Love connection click there. All the songs must have "must" in the title and "be" and "love", of course. Until or unless you are in love, you never say it must be love, but once you are, it's obvious that it Must Be.

It Must Be Love 2

24 Jessica Mauboy - It Must Have Been Love

25 The Vibrators - I Knew It Must Be Love

26 The Crests - It Must Be Love

27 Etta James - It Must Be Your Love

28 The Contours - It Must Be Love

29 Donnie Iris - This Time It Must Be Love

30 Gary Hughes - It Must Be Love

31 Glenn Jones - It Must Be Love

32 Blind Willie Mctell - Baby, It Must Be Love

33 Saint Etienne - It Must Be Love Coming Down

34 Alan Jackson - It Must Be Love

35 Thelma Houston - It Must Be Love (Single Edit)

36 Jerry Lee Lewis - There Must Be More To Love Than This

37 Chuck Jackson - It Must Be Love Baby

38 Toots And The Maytals - It Must Be True Love

39 Syreeta - I Must Be in Love

40 Joe Simon - It Must Be Love

41 Pete Shelley - Guess I Must Have Been in Love With Myself

42 Magnum - It Must Have Been Love

43 Shirley Bassey - It Must Have Been Love

44 Labi Siffre - It Must Be Love

45 Fall Out Boy - It's Not A Side Effect Of The Cocaine I Am Thinking It Must Be Love

46 Roxette - It Must Have Been Love

What's The Connection? Secret Love

We've had all different loves posted here on this site. A lot of them on or around Valentines Day, but some not, so search for them. Most recently is was Forbidden Lovers. This is kind of related. This connection is Secret Loves. One secret lovers, the rest just love (as if you can say just and love in the same sentence.) Like usual all over the map genre wise. That's just the way it is for most times, because I really do like all music. Crooners to Zydeco. I do love the cover. It was fun to make. The font is called Virgin.

What's The Connection? Secret Love

01 Freddy Fender - Secret Love

02 Marvin Gaye - Secret Love

03 Frank Sinatra - Secret Love

04 Stevie Nicks - Secret Love

05 The Moonglows - Secret Love

06 Doris Day - Secret Love

07 Slim Whitman - Secret Love

08 Evan Rogers - Secret Love

09 Buckwheat Zydeco - Secret Of Love

10 Jam & Spoon - Secret Kind Of Love

11 Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Secret Love

12 Toto - A Secret Love

13 Bee Gees - Secret Love

14 Jimmy McGriff - Secret Love

15 Sinéad O'Connor - Secret Love

16 Billy Stewart - Secret Love

17 Luther Vandross - Your Secret Love

18 Al Jarreau - Secrets Of Love

19 Atlantic Starr - Secret Lovers

20 Donna Loren - Love's A Secret Weapon

What's The Connection? Lovers 1

This all started from the Chic Family Pick and being limited on songs from Chic. That led to yesterday's Forbidden Loves connection. And while putting that one together I really wanted to use both Chic and a song by the Egyptian Lover in one comp. So this one came about. A few other artists on here that I really, really like. The Fall, Philip Bailey, Dean Martin, Cheap Trick. But let me talk about DuJour. Not a real band (check out Fake Bands) but I still crack up when I hear them. Josie and the Pussycats was an ok movie, but the soundtrack was good. I liked it a lot. The other band on here that deserves more accolades is Johnny Guitar Watson. I once made a good compilation of my favorite songs by him, one day I will post it. But everytime I listen to his songs, I am struck by his guitar. Just listen to this track. Wow!

What's The Connection? Lovers 1

01 Stevie Wonder - Part-Time Lover

02 Chicago - No Tell Lover

03 Johnny Guitar Watson - Superman Lover

04 Jimi Hendrix - Little Miss Lover

05 Paul Simon - 50 Ways To Leave Your Lover

06 Bauhaus - Passion Of Lovers

07 Taylor Swift - Lover

08 Chic - My Forbidden Lover

09 Atlanta Rhythm Section - Imaginary Lover

10 DuJour - Backdoor lover

11 Dean Martin - There's My Lover

12 Marc Almond - A Lover Spurned

13 The Egyptian Lover - The Lover

14 The Fall - An Older Lover

15 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lovers On The Run

16 Philip Bailey With Phil Collins - Easy Lover

17 Mary Macgregor - Torn Between Two Lovers

18 Marti Brom & Her Barnshakers - No Good Lover

19 Cheap Trick - World's Greatest Lover

What's The Connection? Forbidden Loves

Well, as I was getting my Chic family compilation together (yesterday) and posting it. I knew I was not putting all of my favorites from Chic. One of those is My Forbidden Lover. That became the beginning of this Connection. Pretty easy to get titles of songs with forbidden love or lover. Who knew that forbidden love was so popular. I even had to leave off a few. Hard to know exactly what a forbidden love means to each person, so I just depicted it with barbed wire hearts on the cover.

What's The Connection? Forbidden Loves

01 Third World - Forbidden Love

02 Nancy Wilson featuring Carl Anderson - Forbidden Lover

03 Alex Chilton - Forbidden Love

04 The Ventures - Forbidden Love

05 The Slickee Boys - Forbidden Love

06 Chic - My Forbidden Lover

07 Mark Stewart - Forbidden Love

08 Andy Williams - Forbidden Love

09 Moby Grape - Forbidden Love

10 Dead or Alive - My Forbidden Lover

11 Hank Snow with Kelly Foxton - Forbidden Lovers

12 Madleen Kane - Forbidden Love

13 Tapps - My Forbidden Lover (12'' Disco Mix)

14 Be Bop Deluxe - Forbidden Lovers

15 The Communards - Forbidden Love

16 The Darkness - Forbidden Love

17 Paul Van Dyk - Forbidden Love

18 Madonna - Forbidden Love

19 Loudness - Forbidden Love

What's The Connection? It Must Be Love 1

Happy Valentine's Day! This connection in honor of the day of Love is all titles including Must Be Love. You'll notice that there are a few doubles here, but also a few completely different songs. When I think of the title It Must Be Love my very first thought is Madness, but there are several different songs with that title. Enjoy the journey on this day of love perusing what really must be. Let's see if you are as surprised as I was about this. For more of Valentine's Day click and follow the rabbit hole.

What's The Connection? It Must Be Love 1

01 Paul Hardcastle - It Must Be Love

02 Bill Evans - It Must Be Love

03 The Flamingos - It Must Be Love

04 Lynn Anderson - It Must Be Love

05 Roy Hytower - It Must Be Love

06 Rickie Lee Jones - It Must Be Love

07 Eddie Bo - It Must Be Love

08 Mott The Hoople - It Must Be Love

09 Don Williams - It Must Be Love

10 Ann Peebles - It Must Be Love

11 The Intruders - It Must Be Love

12 The James Gang - Must Be Love

13 Alton Mcclain & Destiny - It Must Be Love

14 Donny Osmond - Oh, It Must Be Love

15 Atlanta Rhythm Section - It Must Be Love

16 Iron Butterfly - It Must Be Love

17 Arty - Must Be The Love (Au5 Radio Edit)

18 Fats Domino - It Must Be Love

19 Rick Derringer - It Must Be Love

20 Hank Marvin - It Must Be Love

21 Selena - It Must Be Love

22 Madness - It Must Be Love

23 Blasters - It Must Be Love

Valentines Day

I'm not going to say much. These are songs about Valentines. Take them as you wish. If you want songs about Kisses or my own Be Mine comps, click there. Otherwise, just enjoy the day. Don't feel pressured, just have fun.

Valentines Day

01 Zac Brown Band - Valentines

02 Bryan Ferry - Valentine

03 5 Seconds Of Summer - Valentine

04 David Bowie - Valentine's Day

05 The Killers - The Ballad Of Michael Valentine

06 OutKast - Happy Valentine's Day

07 Emerson Lake & Palmer - When the Apple Blossoms Bloom in the Windmills of Your Mind, I'll be Your Valentine

08 Elvis Costello - My Funny Valentine

09 Jools Holland With Sam Brown - Valentine Moon

10 Betty Boo - Valentine's Day

11 Duran Duran - Valentine Stones

12 Yk Osiris - Valentine

13 Paul McCartney - Valentine Day

14 Paul McCartney - My Valentine

15 The Undertones - Valentine's Treatment

16 Blood, Sweat & Tears - Valentine's Day

17 America - Valentine

18 Marilyn Manson - Valentine's Day

19 Train - Valentine

20 Willie Nelson - Valentine

21 Sisters Of Mercy - Valentine

22 The Replacements - Valentine

Kiss Connection 2 (songs with Kiss in the title)

This is part two of what will probably end up being an endless number of What's The Connection?'s. You'll notice that the covers are similar, but not quite. I repeated Siouxsie & the Banshees (same song, but different mix). I just liked the song and the mix was good. And Bugs is at the end of each one. Leave comments below. No more Kiss playlists for a while, so enjoy this one.

Kiss Connection 2

01 Duke Ellington - Prelude To A Kiss

02 Louis Armstrong - A Kiss To Build A Dream On

03 Dean Martin - Candy Kisses

04 Bob Carlisle - Butterfly Kisses

05 Georgia Gibbs - Kiss Of Fire

06 Harry Connick, Jr. - Just Kiss Me

07 Brian Hyland - Sealed With A Kiss

08 Steam - Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye

09 Cher - It's In His Kiss (The Shoop Shoop Song)

10 Jane Weidlin - Blue Kiss

11 Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me (Youth Mix)

12 Miss Kittin - Kiss Factory

13 Chris & Cosey - Stolen Kisses

14 The B-52's - Whammy Kiss

15 Bryan Ferry - Kiss and tell

16 Tin Tin - Kiss Me

17 Exile - Kiss You All Over

18 Johnny -Guitar- Watson - One Kiss

19 Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss

20 Bugs Bunny - Big Fat Kiss

Kiss Connection 1 (Songs with Kiss in the title)

There are too many songs with Kiss in the title (or about Kissing) that ten volumes wouldn't cover it. But these are the ones I picked for this What's the Connection? There will be one more of the Kiss Connection playlists for this year, so if you have a favorite song about the perfect Kiss, make sure you leave it in the comments.

Kiss Connection 1

01 Echo & The Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar

02 Stephen Tin Tin Duffy - Kiss Me

03 No Mercy - Kiss You All Over [Spike Remix]

04 Art of Noise - Kiss

05 New Order - The Perfect Kiss

06 Cure - Just One Kiss

07 Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them For Me

08 Marti Brom - Kiss Me Big

09 Hollywood Brats - Then He Kissed Me

10 Betty Everett - The Shoop, Shoop Song (It's In His Kiss)

11 Everly Brothers - 'Til I Kissed You

12 Tony Bennett & kd Lang - A Kiss To Build A Dream On

13 Dean Martin - Besame Mucho

14 George Michael - Kissing a Fool

15 Marc Almond - Angel in Her Kiss

16 Soul II Soul - Kiss The Girl

17 Debbie Harry - French Kissin' In The USA

18 Sun 60 - C'mon And Kiss me

19 The Replacements - Kiss Me on The Bus

20 Specimen - Kiss Kiss Bang Bang

21 Will Powers - Kissing With Confidence

22 Bugs Bunny - Big Fat Kiss

Be Mine (Songs for My Valentine)

This is my pick of songs for my Valentine. I suggest that you make your own playlist of songs that mean something for you and yours, but feel free to take some from my pick. Over the next couple of days I will post more songs that fit the Valentine's theme. And this is not the only pick I've made for my Valentine, but you may have to wait for some of the other ones I've made through the years. But this one is one for when you just are figuring it out. A couple of these songs are on because of personal reasons (like our first dances together, where we were, etc), but most are just about falling in love, being in love and realizing you would do anything for this special person.

Be Mine 

01 Dean Martin - You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Loves You

02 Jack Jones - Love Boat Theme

03 Elvis Crespo - Suavemente

04 Justin Timberlake - SexyBack (Linus Loves Remix)

05 Olivia Newton-John - You're The One That I Want

06 Starbuck - Moonlight Feels Right

07 Roxy Music - To Turn You On

08 Spinners - Could It Be I'm Falling In Love

09 Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds - Fallin' In Love

10 Freddy Martin Orchestra - All I Do Is Dream Of You

11 Elvin Bishop - Fooled Around And Fell In Love

12 Chris & Cosey - October (Love Song)

13 Jorge Santana - Love The Way

14 Chaka Khan - Ain't Nobody

15 Mary J Blige - Be Without You

16 Beyonce featuring Jay Z - Crazy In Love

17 Heatwave - Sho 'Nuff Must Be Luv

18 The Partridge Family - I Woke Up In Love This Morning

19 Rose Royce - I'm In Love (And I Love The Feeling)

20 Frank Zappa - Anything

21 Eno - I'll Come Running