Celebrate all things love and romance with the second album in Vinyl's Valentine's Day Dance collection. Volume 2 is guaranteed to keep you dancing, both fast or slow, through the entire month of February.
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Alone was composed and originally performed by Billy Steinberg and Tom Kelly. Heart released a power ballad version of the song for their 1987 album, Bad Animals that hit No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100, was ranked the second best song of 1987 (after the Bangles' Walk Like an Egyption), became an international hit, and is Heart's best-selling hit.
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Do I Do was written by Stevie Wonder and released from his 1982 album, Original Musiquarium. It peaked at No. 13 on Billboard Hot 100 but landed at the top spot on the Dance charts. The album version of the song is nearly 11 minutes long and includes a rare Stevie Wonder rap and a Dizzy Gillespie solo. Both were excluded from the single release.
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Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now was recorded by Starship for the 1987 movie, Mannequin. Nominated for an Academy Award, the song hit #1 on Billboard Hot 100 and made Grace Slick, at age 47, the oldest woman to have a #1 hit in the US. That record was beat by Cher's Believe in 1999. She was 52.
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Written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, Fever was originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956 for his album, Fever. Many artists have covered the song, including Elvis Presley, Eva Cassidy, Madonna, and Beyoncé, but Peggy Lee's version, released in 1958, is one of the most-known.
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Released in 1972, Love Train is from the O'Jays' album, Back Stabbers. It is the group's first and only number one hit on the US charts, landing at the top spot on Billboard Hot 100 and on R&B singles. Love Train broke into to the Top 40 on January 27, 1973, the day the Paris Peace Accords were signed ending the Vietnam War.
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Cruisin' was written and recorded by Smokey Robinson and has become one of his most-known hits from his solo career. Released in 1979, it landed at No. 1 on Cashbox Top 100 and No. 4 on Billboard Pop and Soul charts. Cruisin' is included on the album, Where There's Smoke..., and it's said that Robinson had a cold when he recorded the song.
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Heaven was released in July 1989 as the second single from Warrant’s debut album, Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinking Rich. It’s the band’s most commercially successful hit, spending two weeks at No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100. The success took Columbia Records by surprise. After the song’s initial release, the band re-recorded a “catchier” radio version.
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Written by Toni Tennille, Do That to Me One More Time is from Captain & Tennille's 1979 album, Make Your Move. The song became the duo's thirteenth and final hit in the US, landing at the top spot on Billboard Hot 100 in February 1980. It stayed on the charts for 27 weeks.
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Words of Love was written by Buddy Holly and recorded in 1957. During the recording, Holly harmonized with himself by combining taped recordings. The song was not a notable hit at the time, but now it's viewed as a critical recording and included on most of Holly's greatest hits compilations.
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How Deep Is Your Love was written and recorded by the Bee Gees in 1977. It was included on the soundtrack for the movie, Saturday Night Fever. Originally intended for Yvonne Elliman, the song topped Billboard Hot 100 and spent another 17 weeks in the Top 10, becoming the first of six consecutive number one hits for the Bee Gees.
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Be My Baby was written by Jeff Berry, Ellie Greenwich, and Phil Spector and originally recorded by The Ronettes in 1963. The song had a great influence on Brian Wilson of The Beach Boys. He wrote Don't Worry Baby as the male response to Be My Baby.
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Written by Kevin Cronin, Can't Fight This Feeling is included on REO Speedwagon's 1984 album Wheels Are Turnin' and was released in the US in 1985. It became the group's second number one on Billboard Hot 100. They performed the song at Live Aid, and it's been used in several movies, commercials, and TV shows since its release.
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Originally written for his first wife, Elizabeth Weber, Just the Way You Are is from Billy Joel's fifth album The Stranger (1977). It became Joel's first Top 10 hit in both the US and UK, and spent the month of January at No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening charts. Though the song earned two Grammy awards, Joel never really liked it much and rarely performed it after the couple divorced.
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All Out of Love is from Air Supply’s fifth studio album, Lost in Love (1980). It reached No. 2 on Billboard Hot 100, blocked by Diana Ross’s Upside Down and then Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust. At the end of the song, Russell Hitchcock holds the final note for 16.2 seconds, the longest-held note for a male singer at the time. Sheriff lead singer, Freddy Curci now holds that title with a 19.4 second final note in When I’m with You.
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