Celebrate all things love with Valentine's Day Dance Vol. I, a compilation guaranteed to take you back to middle school where you managed to muster up the moxie to ask a potential sweetheart to dance.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Chuck E.'s in Love was written and recorded by Rickie Lee Jones for her 1979 debut album. The song was Jones's biggest hit and was written about singer/songwriter, Chuck E. Weiss.
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SONG OF THE tuesDAY
Do You Want To Dance? was written and recorded by Bobby Freeman in 1958. The Beach Boys and Cliff Richard & The Shadows also covered the song, but Bette Midler's version from her 1972 debut album The Divine Miss M is our favorite.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? was written and recorded by Rod Stewart for the 1978 album, Blondes Have More Fun. The song experienced controversy as the medley was taken from a Jorge Ben Jur song, Taj Majal. Stewart donates all royalties of the song to UNICEF.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Love and Happiness was written by Al Green and Teenie Hodges for Al Green’s 1972 album, I’m Still in Love with You. Rolling Stone ranked the song number 98, it's been covered by Etta James, Al Jarreau, and many others, and is considered one of the greatest soul songs of all time.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
I Am I Am was written by Smokey Robinson and was included on his 1974 solo album, Pure Smokey. The album was his second post-Miracles release, though many of the tracks were written by fellow Miracle, Marv Tarplin.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Love Hangover was recorded by Diana Ross in 1975. The 5th Dimension also recorded a version of the song. Both versions were released on the same day. Ross's Love Hangover went to number one and won her a Grammy.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
All My Love was written by Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and released on Led Zeppelin's album, In Through the Out Door. The song was written in honor of Plant's son, Karac who died in 1977 while the band was on tour.
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SONG OF THE monDAY
Feel Like Makin' Love is a song by British rock band Bad Company. Released in 1975 on the LP, Straight Shooter, Feel Like Makin' Love is one of the band's most popular songs and a dang good jam any day of the week.
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HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
Endless Love was written by Lionel Richie and first recorded in 1981 as a duet with Diana Ross for the movie Endless Love. Nominated for an Academy Award, the song is considered the greatest duet of all-time by Billboard.
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SONG OF THE wednesDAY
Glory of Love is a 1986 Peter Cetera song that was featured in the movie, The Karate Kid Part II. The song was Cetera's first hit after leaving the band Chicago and was originally intended for the movie, Rocky IV.
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SONG OF THE thursDAY
Hello was released in 1984 as the third single from Lionel Richie's second solo album, Can't Slow Down. The album won a Grammy, and the song Hello has been featured in a ton of movies and commercials.
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SONG OF THE friDAY
Released in 1975 Love To Love You Baby was the song that put Donna Summer on the map. She recorded it while living in Germany as a demo to give to someone else, but the producers convinced her to release the song as her own.
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SONG OF THE saturDAY
Rupert Holmes wrote Escape (The Piña Colada Song) for his 1979 album, Partners In Crime, and it became the last number one song of the 1970s. The line originally was written "if you like Humphrey Bogart," but Holmes changed it to Piña Coladas last-minute.
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SONG OF THE sunDAY
Faithfully is from the band Journey's 1983 album, Frontiers. It was written by keyboardist Jonathan Cain on a paper napkin and put to music backstage at a concert in Saratoga Springs, New York. The song has no chorus yet it's influenced many artists and is one of the band's most recognizable hits today.
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