Eric wrote this song as he was waiting for his then wife and model Pattie Boyd while waiting for her to get dressed and ready to attend an annual Buddy Holly, hosted by none other than Paul McCartney. It’s funny because in the entire time that Pattie took to get ready, Eric had written an entire song. This song has gone on to become a timeless classic, becoming a fixture [...]
One of the most recorded songs of the 20th century with over 500 variations in hundreds of different languages, with the Righteous Brother’s version being the most popular and widespread and making the song a mainstream hit. This is by far one of the best classic love songs of all time. Download Righteous Brothers’ “Unchained Melody” from iTunes now
Richard Marx wrote “Right Here Waiting” as a love song for his then girlfriend (now wife) Cynthia Rhodes, whilst she was in South Africa shooting a film. Marx has noted that he never intended to release this song publicly and it was more of a love song from him to Rhodes. Lucky he did though as this song shot straight to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, one of [...]
