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Valentine's Day Songs From The 40s, 50's, 60s

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"Valentine’s Day is the February 14th holiday where lovers traditionally exchange love notes and romantic gifts. According to the U.S.Greeting Card Association, Valentine’s Day is the second most popular day for sending greeting cards trailing only Christmas. Recently, more and more valentines are sent electronically (suite101.com)."

Any Valentine Song?

Blogger went through many websites in search of songs suitable for Valentine's Day and then realises that many songs from the 50s, 60s and 70s are love songs, meant to be sung anytime between lovers and not necessarily during special occasions.

So here's blogger's own personal list of love songs for Valentine's Day with the #first and last song as favourites:

My Funny Valentine - Frank Sinatra

1) #Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? - Jim Reeves
2) Fly Me To The Moon - Brenda Lee, Frank Sinatra
3) Eternally - Petula Clark
4) Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
5) Fascination - Jane Morgan
6) I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Dinah Shore
7) A Groovy Kind of Love - Mindbender, Petula Clark
8) All You Need Is Love - Beatles
9) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
10) Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
11) I'll Be There - Michael Jackson
12) I Love You Because - Jim Reeves
13) I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
14) You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby
15) You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford

16) #And I Love Her - Beatles

These songs will never ever antagonise another (see posting below), unless of course you are singing to the wrong person? Would you agree?

Original Article: Andy Lim Collection.
Image: http://popmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/most_popular_valentines_day_songs

(This article is a repeat from 2010)

Pierre Nora: Emotional Anchor To Relate N Connect

Remembering Our Singapore Stories

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Gracie Lee

A week ago, The Straits Times carried an article titled In Search of the Other S’pore Story. The piece highlighted the growing number of scholarly works and memoirs published on the leftist movement in Singapore during the 1950s-60s, and the increased interest in alternative history.

The introduction of National Education to schools in 1997 is a milestone in the shaping and telling of the Singapore Story, according to the writer. Targeted at the post-65 generation who showed little awareness on Singapore’s postcolonial history, National Education was developed to nurture national cohesion by fostering a sense of identity, and by equipping the young Singaporeans with the knowledge of Singapore’s history and present challenges.

The launch of the Singapore Story exhibition in 1998, and the publication of Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew’s memoir of the same name in 1999, further established the Singapore Story narrative.

In response to official history, alternative histories burgeoned. The accounts of the movers and shakers of the political struggle in the 1950s-60s, in particular, have attracted considerable attention.

Less discernable and perhaps fortuitous in its timing, is the rise of the personal memory – seen in the proliferation of heritage and nostalgia websites. With the rise of social media, tools such as blogs, enabled quick and easy web publishing. The act of remembering, once the preserve of oral archives and history books, has gone mass. People can now record, share and relive memories of places, people, and events of past, with many at the click of a mouse.

The collective memories of individuals, especially baby boomers who had lived and witnessed these historical events, present a different facet of the Singapore Story. They also take the telling of Singapore’s history beyond the confines of the political to the social and the popular.

Many government, community and individual memory initiatives rely on such citizens’ participation in memory making and collective recalling.

These include the National Heritage Board’s MyStory, the National Library’s iremember.sg, the National Museum’s Families & Friends: A Singapore Album, Eye e City project, Joo Chiat Community website, Singapore 60s Andy’s Pop Music Influence, Second Shot, and Good Morning Yesterday - whose blog entries appear on the National Heritage Board’s Yesterday.sg.

Why this surge of interest in memory? Perhaps to borrow French historian Pierre Nora’s words, the power of the personal memory lies in its ability to present itself as “more “truthful” than history, the truth of personal experience and individual memory.” It provides an emotional anchor for us to relate and connect with history in more compelling and identifiable way.

Article from:

http://whennationsremember.sg/index.php/2010/09/03/remembering-our-singapore-story/

HAPPY VALENTINE TO ALL 60s MUSIC LOVERS! FEBRUARY, ROSES, CHOCOLATES, CANDY, SWEEETHEART, ROMANCE, KISSES, HUGS, CANDLELIGHT DINNER, DATE, CUPID, ARROW, HEARTS, POEMS, PROPOSAL, LOVE LETTERS, LOVE SONGS, ETC, ETC...

Valentine's Day Songs From The 40s, 50's, 60s

"Valentine’s Day is the February 14th holiday where lovers traditionally exchange love notes and romantic gifts. According to the U.S.Greeting Card Association, Valentine’s Day is the second most popular day for sending greeting cards trailing only Christmas. Recently, more and more valentines are sent electronically (suite101.com)."

Blogger went through many websites in search of songs suitable for Valentine's Day and then realises that many songs from the 50s, 60s and 70s are love songs, meant to be sung anytime between lovers and not necessarily during special occasions.

So here's blogger's own personal list of love songs for Valentine's Day with the #first and last song as favourites:

1) #Have I Told You Lately That I Love You? - Jim Reeves

2) Fly Me To The Moon - Brenda Lee, Frank Sinatra
3) Eternally - Petula Clark
4) Unforgettable - Nat King Cole
5) Fascination - Jane Morgan
6) I Love You For Sentimental Reasons - Dinah Shore
7) A Groovy Kind of Love - Mindbender, Petula Clark
8) All You Need Is Love - Beatles
9) Sweet Caroline - Neil Diamond
10) Can’t Help Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
11) I'll Be There - Michael Jackson
12) I Love You Because - Jim Reeves
13) I Want To Hold Your Hand - Beatles
14) You Belong To My Heart - Bing Crosby
15) You Belong To Me - Jo Stafford

16) #And I Love Her - Beatles

These songs will never ever antagonise another (see posting below), unless of course you are singing to the wrong person? Would you agree?

Original Article: Andy Lim Collection.
Image: http://popmusic.suite101.com/article.cfm/most_popular_valentines_day_songs