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Tuesday 11 October 2016
Friday 25 September 2015
Laughter Is Good For You: 17 Funny Facts You Dont Know.
Laughter Is Good For You: 17 Funny Facts You Dont Know.: A crocodile can't stick it's tongue out. A shrimp's heart is in it's head. People say "Bless you" when you ...
Thursday 10 September 2015
TOP 17 LOVE SONGS LISTENED TO EVER #1
#1 "Endless Love" Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for nine weeks (1981)
Producer Jon Peters and director Franco Zeffirelli asked Lionel Richie to compose an instrumental along the lines of the theme from "Love Story" for their movie starring Brooke Shields. When Zeffirelli changed his mind and asked Richie if he would add lyrics, the Motown star agreed to write some. Then Zeffirelli made one more request – to add a female singer, someone like Diana Ross.
TOP 17 LOVE SONGS LISTENED TO EVER #2
#2 "I’ll Make Love to You" - Boyz II Men
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 14 weeks (1994)
When the members of Boyz II Men first heard Babyface's composition "I'll Make Love to You," they were concerned about recording a song that was too similar to their previous hit, "End of the Road." Nathan Morris explains, "The record company talked us into doing it and thank God it worked."
TOP 17 LOVE SONGS LISTENED TO EVER #3
#3 "We Found Love" - Rihanna feat. Calvin Harris
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for 10 weeks (2011)
What could be more romantic than finding love in a "hopeless place"? Rihanna scored the biggest hit of her career (and the top 'love' song of the 21st century) with only her fourth Hot 100 entry to feature "love" in the title, following "If It's Lovin' That You Want" (2005), "Hate That I Love You" (2007) and her featured role on Eminem's "Love the Way You Lie" (2010).
TOP 17 LOVE SONGS LISTENED TO EVER #4
#4 "How Deep Is Your Love," Bee Gees
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for three weeks (1977)
Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb hadn't seen the script for the movie that became "Saturday Night Fever" when they wrote "How Deep Is Your Love" for the soundtrack. They weren't even certain that there was a love scene in the film. They intended the song for Yvonne Elliman, but their manager Robert Stigwood insisted they record it themselves.
TOP 17 LOVE SONGS LISTENED TO EVER #5
#5 "Silly Love Songs" - Wings
Hot 100 Peak: No. 1 for five weeks (1976)
1976 was a very good year for love songs achieving pole position on the Hot 100. First there was "Love Rollercoaster" by the Ohio Players, followed by Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover," "Love Machine" by the Miracles, "Let Your Love Flow" by the Bellamy Brothers, "Love Hangover" by Diana Ross and the longest-running "love" No. 1 of the year, Wings' "Silly Love Songs."
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