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Back in 1958, Don Gibson wrote two songs one hot afternoon in Knoxville, Tenn. Oh Lonesome Me and I Cant Stop Loving You. Four years later, Charles only needed to hear the first two lines of the latter before deciding to record it for his album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.

When the Stax label folded, the three Hutchinson sisters had to find a new home. They were signed to a production company run by Maurice White of Earth, Wind & Fire. With group member Al McKay, White wrote this song specifically for them and the lead voice of Wanda Hutchinson.

Songwriter Warren Allen Brooks says his No. 1 hit was a spiritual song, even if people think he was writing about love between a man and a woman. Its really about me and God having a personal relationship.

Mario didnt realize this song was going to be so huge. I didnt know it would touch so many people, he says. But it was an emotional song and those records last forever.

Houstons signature song was originally a No. 1 hit for the woman who composed the tune, Dolly Parton. Her version topped the Hot Country Songs chart in 1974 and again in 1982.

1976 was a very good year for love songs achieving pole position on the Hot 100. First there was Love Rollercoaster by the Ohio Players, followed by Paul Simons 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover, Love Machine by the Miracles, Let Your Love Flow by the Bellamy Brothers, Love Hangover by Diana Ross and the longest running love No. 1 of the year, Wings Silly Love Songs.

Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb hadnt seen the script for the movie that became Saturday Night Fever when they wrote How Deep Is Your Love for the soundtrack. They werent even certain that there was a love scene in the film. They intended the song for Yvonne Elliman, but their manager Robert Stigwood insisted they record it themselves.

What could be more romantic than finding love in a hopeless place? Rihanna scored the biggest hit of her career and the top love song of the 21st century with only her fourth Hot 100 entry to feature love in the title, following If Its Lovin That You Want 2005, Hate That I Love You 2007 and her featured role on Eminems Love the Way You Lie 2010.

When the members of Boyz II Men first heard Babyfaces composition Ill Make Love to You, they were concerned about recording a song that was too similar to their previous hit, End of the Road. Nathan Morris explains, The record company talked us into doing it and thank God it worked.

Producer Jon Peters and director Franco Zeffirelli asked Lionel Richie to compose an instrumental along the lines of the theme from Love Story for their movie starring Brooke Shields. When Zeffirelli changed his mind and asked Richie if he would add lyrics, the Motown star agreed to write some. Then Zeffirelli made one more request to add a female singer, someone like Diana Ross.