Word Association #15

[9A]

[[I Never Promised You A)

Rose Garden -- Billy Joe Royal; Dobie Gray; Lynn Anderson [[1970)

[Jerry Oz]

Buy Me A Rose - Luther Vandross

[9A]

Second Hand Rose -- Fanny Brice [[1921); Barbra Streisand [[1964) in Funny Girl.

[gary_james]

Only A Rose - Mario Lanza

[sansradio]

Rose of the Rio Grande - Ivie Anderson

[9A]

The Yellow Rose of Texas -- Elvis Presley; Willie Nelson; Mitch Miller dating back to around 1850.

[gary_james]

Rose Colored Glasses - John Conlee

[9A]

Say, Has Anybody Seen My Sweet Gypsy Rose -- Tony Orlando and Dawn [[1973)

[gary_james]

Baby Rose Marie

[9A]

My Wild Irish Rose -- By Chauncey Olcott [[1898)

[sansradio]

Wildflower - Skylark/The New Birth

[Jerry Oz]

Wild Dog - Clarke/Duke Project

[9A]

Wild is the Wind -- Johnny Mathis [[1957)

[Jerry Oz]

Wild Horses - Rolling Stones

[9A]

Mule Train -- Frankie Laine and the Muleskinners [[1949); also Bing Crosby, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and Vaughn Monroe.

[sansradio]

Donkey City - Maya Angelou

[gary_james]

Mule Skinner Blues - Jimmie Rodgers

[sophisticated_soul]

Slip-In Mules [[No High Heel Sneakers) - Sugar Pie DeSanto

[Jerry Oz]

Forty Acres And A Mule - Oscar Brown

[sophisticated_soul]

Typical Mule - Tina Turner

[9A]

Swinging on a Star -- Bing Crosby [[1944) in the film Going My Way

Or would you rather be a mule?

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

[sansradio]

Star Love - Cheryl Lynn

[9A]

Endless Love -- Lionel Richie and Diana Ross [[1981)

[[Billboard has named the original version as the greatest song duet of all-time.)

[144man]

Could It Be Forever - David Cassidy

[sansradio]

This Is Always - King Pleasure/Carmen McRae et al.

[9A]

Always and Forever -- Heatwave [[1976); Luther Vandross [[1994)

[sansradio]

Everlasting - Natalie Cole

[sophisticated_soul]

I Wish That Love Would Last - Dusty Springfield

[sansradio]

Love to Last - Angela Bofill

[gary_james]

This Night Won't Last Forever - Michael Johnson

[Jerry Oz]

Make It Last Forever - Keith Sweat

[sophisticated_soul]

Nothing Is Forever - Dusty Springfield

[Jerry Oz]

Why Can't This Night Go On Forever - Journey

[jobeterob]

Why Can't We Be Friends - Timmy Thomas

[sophisticated_soul]

Why Can't I? - Judy Garland, Eartha Kitt

[Jerry Oz]

Why Can't He Be You - Patsy Cline

[sophisticated_soul]

Why Can't You Love Me - Barbara Lynn

[9A]

Do You Love Me -- The Contours [[1962), written by Berry Gordy Jr.
[[Now That I Can Dance)

Featured prominently in the 1987 film Dirty Dancing.

[sansradio]

Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton

[Jerry Oz]

Who's Lovin' You - Smokey Robinson & the Miracles

[9A]

She Loves You -- The Beatles [[1960)
[[yeah, yeah, yeah)

[gary_james]

I Love You - The Zombies, People

[9A]

P.S. I Love You -- The Beatles [[1962)

or

P.S. I Love You -- Rudy Vallée [[1934) different song, covered zillions of times

[sansradio]

Love Always - El DeBarge

[sophisticated_soul]

A Lover Is Forever - Etta James

[9A]

I Will Always Love You -- Dolly Parton, writer [[1973); Whitney Houston [[1992)

[gary_james]

You Always Hurt The One You Love - The Mills Brothers

[sophisticated_soul]

It Ain't Always What You Do [[It's Who You Let See You Do It) - Etta James

[9A]

It Ain't Necessarily So -- Aretha Franklin [[1960) from Porgy and Bess [[1935)

Early charted versions were by Leo Reisman [[1935) and Bing Crosby [[1936).The song was notably sung by Bobby Darin on his 1959 album That's All.

[[Is there anything Bing didn't record?)

[sansradio]

It Ain't Over 'Til It's Over - Lenny Kravitz