IMO the most beautiful romantic songs ever written (that I’ve heard) are “Annie’s Song” and then Barry Manilow’s “Could it be Magic.” They both give me chills.
Given your taste in music, you’ll probably like this too.
It’s arguably the single most besutiful recorded version of “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”, itself a very strong contender for “Most Beautiful American Popular Song Ever.”
Dusty Springfield recorded it circa 1970, but her recorded version was not released until circa 1994. It looks as if it was initially shelved for reasonably important legal/business reasons. Soon after its release, though, it was prominently featured in a jewelry commercial on television that caused many, many people, upon hearing it for the first time, to say, whoa—so beautiful—who is that singer?
She really is magnificent on this track. The comments to the YouTube video are worth reading too.
So many others, in fact, most of the best in the industry actually, recorded this very song before and since, but Dusty...well, nothing personal, but it really seems as if she nailed it. Drop the mic.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyJRsp5t9mA
What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?
Dusty Springfield
LYRICS
What are you doing the rest of your life?
North and south and east and west of your life
I have only one request of your life
That you spend it all with me
All the seasons and the times of your days
All the nickels and the dimes of your days
Let the reasons and the rhymes of your days
All begin and end with me
I want to see your face
In every kind of light
In fields of dawn
And forests of the night
And when you stand before the candles on the cake
Oh, let me be the one to hear the silent wish you make
Those tomorrow’s waiting deep in your eyes
And the world of love you keep in your eyes
I’ll awaken what’s asleep in your eyes
It may take a kiss or two
Through all of my life
Summer, winter, spring and fall of my life
All I ever will recall of my life
Is all of my life with you, ooh, ooh