When you are in love, it seems that everything around is breathing love! And the soul requires gentle, touching, and melodic songs. Some of them reflect this state so precisely that they forever become the backdrop of the most tremulous memories. Yes, jazz is capable of anything. Being single, it will support you in moments of sadness; it will make you dance, and it will plunge you into the abyss of enjoying the rhythm and virtuoso music. Jazz is not a musical style but a mood. You can’t confuse it with any other music genre. Incendiary rhythms, interesting texts, and talented performers – all this is jazz. Hundreds, thousands and even millions of people around the world love to listen to such music. And here is the list of most popular jazz songs about love.
1. Sarah Vaughan – My Funny Valentine
This is the music of the composer Richard Rogers, the words of Lorenz Hart. The song is sung on behalf of a woman enumerating the shortcomings of her gentleman, and at the same time, hinting that she will not leave him. Singing this hymn of lovers, she has a special way to profess her love for a man, i.e., she will be faithful to her chosen one forever and ever. Traditionally, this song is remembered from year to year on February 14.
2. Beady Eye – Blue Moon
The song Blue Moon was written by the duet of composers Rodgers and Hart, who composed more than 500 songs in the history of the project. This is a sad song in which a man talks to the moon and tells about his sadness. The song received widespread success and the status of the number-one hit. Many great musicians covered this song: Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday, The Mavericks, as well as Elvis Presley and Beady Eye.
3. Carmen McRae – The Man I Love
The song is about a woman who dreams of meeting the one whom she imagines in her dreams. The Man I Love is the work of the brilliant American composer George Gershwin and his brother. Accordingly, the first wrote music and the second composed the lyrics. The story of the song The Man I Love, which was destined to become one of the most famous ballads of the first half of the twentieth century, developed at first very unsuccessfully. But some time later Lady Edwina Mountbatten (the granddaughter of the British magnate of royal blood and a socialite) liked it. Edwina took notes with her to England and asked several orchestras to learn the composition. And then came a moment of glory.
4. Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone – City of Stars
This is a romantic song. It has beautiful lyrics that are definitely remembered not only by music lovers but also by ordinary people. This is more than enough to become a hit. And the soundtrack to the film can be listened to, perhaps, endlessly: an explosive bomb of soul, jazz, and bebop, multiplied by the skill of musicians, the richness of orchestral colors and great vocals… All this gives incredible pleasure while listening to the song. And no matter whether you like jazz or not. This song from La La Land will remain in your memory. People always sing when they are happy.
5. Gene Kelly – Singin’ in the Rain
This is an American song. It became widely known after it was performed in 1952 by Gene Kelly in the movie Singin’ in the Rain. In the USA, the song is popular to this day, as evidenced by the 2004 rating of American film critics, the song takes third place in the list of the best songs of all times. This beautiful song proclaims that a man will love faithfully and stay with his lady forever. Love is all that he needs, and, from this moment on, he need only his lady. What woman wouldn’t like to know that she is the meaning of life for someone and makes a person happy?
