Unchained Melody -- Rightoues Brothers

Always a Woman to Me - Billy Joel
Just the Way You Are- Billy Joel
Hold Me - Carol Welsman
Sunshine of My Life- Stevie Wonder
Fields of Gold - Sting

I love those previously mentioned and wanted to add a few from Hawai'i Artist:

Pretty Girl, Country Comfort & Billy Kaui;

South Sea Island Magic By Nohelani Cypriano;


About You, C&K;

Walk Through a Rainbow, Olomana;

Moon & Stars, Kalapana;

Big Boy In Love, Baba B

And..........There's a Ton More!

Aloha,

Moke Young

Ohhhhhhhh, this is the thread of the DAY!!!!

Here's what gets Chicken Grease loved up:

Try a Little Tenderness -- Otis Redding

Sweet Life -- Paul Davis ("'cause we're livin' such a Sweet Life/Oh, what a neat life")

Ooh Baby, Baby -- Smoky Robinson and The Miracles

Endless Love -- Richie and Ross version OR Vandross and Carey

Do You Need a Licker? -- Marvin Sease

Sometimes When We Touch -- Dan Hill

Distant Lover -- Marvin Gaye. Live version (everybody scream! Distant Loooooooooverrr . . . AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!)

For Your Precious Love -- Jerry Butler and the Impressions

FREE BIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD -- Lynyrd Skynyrd

Need Your Love so Bad -- Little Willie John

Sister Christian -- Night Ranger ("'Cause you're motorin' . . .")

That should last the entire night. :)

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvyn Gaye & Tammi Tyrell

And Valentine Friendship Songs:
Follow Your Road- Seawind
Friends- Na Leo Pilimehana

What gets Papa Bear's motor runnin'... ;-):

Always & Forever (Heatwave)
How Deep Is Your Love (BeeGees)
Evergreen (Barbra Streisand)
Right Here Waiting (Richard Marx)
Don't Give Up On Us (David Soul)
Everything I Do (Bryan Adams)
Up Where We Belong (Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes)

Got a ton more... but these just jump out at me because they weren't mentioned before. I second the C&K and Kalapana entries...

I dare say, dear readers, we have quite a list brewing here. Perhaps a Honolulu Advertiser readers' mixtape is in order.

LizKauai: "Sunshine of My Life"? Fantastic song. And what woman doesn't like a little Billy Joel, right? He's got all the right words all the time. Great choices.

Moke: Thanks for the Hawaiian additions...really great picks. We could easily make a compilation composed of just beautiful romantic Hawaiian songs.

Chicken Grease: What can I say? You nailed it on every one."Free Bird"! That's 9 minutes of pure swoon-inducing music. And, thanks to you, I'll have various parts of "Sometimes When We Touch" reeling through my head all evening. Right now I'm at, "I wanna hold you 'til the fear in me subsides." Well done.

Papa Bear: I think Heat Wave gets everyone's motor running! Boogie nights indeed. And good call on "Don't Give Up On Us" — a good, solid ballad like they used to do in the '70s.

Songbird (Eva Cassidy)
Can't Help Falling in Love (Elvis/Buble)
Make Believe It's Your First Time (Carpenters)
If You Could Read My Mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
Time To Say Goodbye (Andrea Bocelli)
I'll Remember You

And then there are some fab-u-lous instrumentals.
like
Theme from A Summer Place - Percy Faith
Kei's Song - David Benoit

Aloha,

Many Hawaiian artists have a knack for redoing Love Song's and I miss the work of Pu'uwai.

The above mentioned songs would serve many entertainers well should they decide to conjure up a Medley.

With Aloha,

Moke Young

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Special K! great idea this list. and the choice of Signed, Sealed and Delivered? INSPIRED! can i add:

Wonderful - Adam Ant

I Want A Love, southern culture on the skids

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Crown Of Love - Arcade Fire

if i could hold you tonite - the BoDeans

I Believe In A Thing Called Love - the Darkness

Call My Name - Prince

WEEZER - EL SCORCHO

sweetest thing u2

i want you to want me - cheap trick

I Couldn't Love You More - SAde

cowboy love - rev. horton heat

Queen - Youre My Best Friend

Aloha,

I love music of the world, at the same time, my heart is in Hawaii because of so many things yet the song below written by Dr. Danny Couch has to be one of the best and in my mind next to "My Hawai'i" written by my friend, Eddie Brigati, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee whom wrote it while traveling to Hawaii with his Mom.

Have You Seen These Islands?

Have you seen these Island’s?
Have you seen the Beauty of this land?
Do you know its people?
Brother, sister’s walking hand in hand
Have you seen the Ocean?
Miles and Miles of Crystal Deep Blue Seas,
Can you smell the flowers?
Fill the air with Fragrances for Free

This is Aloha……..
This is Aloha….
This is Aloha….
This Land of Hawaii…

Have you felt the Power?
Mountain Craters Throwing Lava In the Air,
For its Green swept beauty,
From each island blossoms everywhere,
Have you felt its spirit?
Ancient Gods, their Mana still is here,
You will love these Islands
Nothing in the world can compare


This is aloha,
This is aloha,
This is aloha,
This land of Hawaii………………..

Instrumental

Have you felt the power?
Mountain Craters throwing Lava in the Air
For its Green swept Beauty
From each Island Blossoms everywhere
Have you felt its spirit?
Ancient Gods their Mana still is here
Colored rainbows stretch across the sky
Waterfalls so high
Mountains make you cry……….

You will love these Islands
Nothing in the world can compare
If you touch the spirit
Then the gift of love will lead you here

This is aloha
This is Aloha
This is Aloha
This Land of Hawaii

Have you seen these Islands?

http://www.homegrownhawaii.com/dakine_stuff/island_images.aspx

Try the Link above and see why many Love this song.

With Aloha,

Moke Young

THE SONG WRITTEN BY DANNY
CROUCH..HAVE YOU SEEN THESE ISLANDS..
FIRST HEARD AT HVB.PROMO.HERE IN OCEANSIDE//I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SONG..ASKED THE PR.MAN..WHO SANG IT..GOT THE CD..ALOHA TO DANNY CROUCH..MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS SUNG ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL HAWAII..MAHALO/ALOHA SEMPER..
J.NIC.

THE SONG WRITTEN BY DANNY
CROUCH..HAVE YOU SEEN THESE ISLANDS..
FIRST HEARD AT HVB.PROMO.HERE IN OCEANSIDE//I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SONG..ASKED THE PR.MAN..WHO SANG IT..GOT THE CD..ALOHA TO DANNY CROUCH..MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS SUNG ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL HAWAII..MAHALO/ALOHA SEMPER..
J.NIC.

THE SONG WRITTEN BY DANNY CROUCH..HAVE YOU SEEN THESE ISLANDS.. FIRST HEARD AT HVB.PROMO.HERE IN OCEANSIDE//I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE SONG..ASKED THE PR.MAN..WHO SANG IT..GOT THE CD..ALOHA TO DANNY CROUCH..MOST BEAUTIFUL WORDS SUNG ABOUT OUR BEAUTIFUL HAWAII..MAHALO/ALOHA SEMPER.. J.NIC.

Two additonal Hawaii Love Songs include:

I Miss You My Hawai'i by Naleo Pilimehana: Nalani Choy

"Goodbye" Cecilio and Kapono

Hawaiian Music is one of the Finest Gifts You Can Give a Friend of Loved One!

With Aloha,

Moke Young