Love songs have always been a thing for me. I love them...but half the time they made me cry because I had no 'use' for them. Now that I have been squarely shot between the eyes with cupids bow...I LOVE the love songs...and they STILL make me cry...but for different reasons all together. Talking to Annie was fun...and I think you'll be able to hear that in this interviews. Let's love love!
ABOUT her book, "WE FOUND LOVE SONG BY SONG"
Love songs are for everybody and so is this book. In We Found Love Song by Song, award-winning author and music journalist Annie Zaleski delivers a beautifully illustrated keepsake that tells the fascinating history and behind-the-scenes stories of the 100 most popular and cherished love songs of all time.
Pop the champagne, get the roses ready, and settle down in your favorite armchair. Love is universal to the human experience and love songs bring us joy and remind us of happy moments from our life. We all want it and we all crave it but it's not always easy to find. In this beautifully illustrated volume, We Found Love Song by Song tells the fascinating history and behind-the-scenes stories of the 100 most popular and cherished love songs of all time and their everlasting impact. From artists such as Fred Astaire and Nat King Cole all the way up to Whitney Houston and Harry Styles, this all-encompassing collection of love songs is sure to ignite the flame and inspire a new favorite playlist.
What moving song did Paul McCartney pen as a love letter to his wife and record in one day? What iconic tune about cheating and piña coladas ends with a relationship being saved? What popular ballad was written from the perspective of Juliet and led to hundreds of in-concert proposals? Spanning musical genres and decades of classics and modern hits, featured songs include:
Etta James, "At Last"
Elvis Presley, "Can't Help Falling in Love"
Sonny and Cher, "I Got You Babe"
Queen, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Foreigner, "I Want to Know What Love Is"
Marvin Gaye, "Sexual Healing"
Tina Turner, "The Best"
Elton John, "Can You Feel the Love Tonight"
Shania Twain, "You're Still the One"
Rihanna, "We Found Love"
John Legend, "All of Me"
Taylor Swift, "Love Story"
And many more!
ABOUT ANNIE ZALESKI
Annie Zaleski is an award-winning writer and editor who's contributed to NPR Music, Salon, Rolling Stone, and The Guardian. She's also the author of multiple books, including an extensive look at Duran Duran's Rio for Bloomsbury's prestigious 33 1/3 series, and biographies of pop stars Lady Gaga and P!nk. She interviewed Cher ahead of her 2016 Las Vegas residency and praised the icon in a career-spanning 2021 Salon piece.
