Tuvojoties Valentīna dienai, Amerikas komponistu, autoru un izdevēju biedrība (ASCAP) publicējusi 20.gadsimta visvairāk izpildīto mīlas dziesmu sarakstu. Tajā ir Stīvija Vondersa, Billija Džoela, Smokija Robinsona, Laionela Ričija un Bērta Bahraha dziesmas.
Pēc ASCAP ziņām, 90.gados mīlas dziesmu autoru vidū dominē Daiena Vorena, kas sarakstījusi trīs no piecām desmitgades visvairāk izpildītajām mīlas dziesmām - “How Do I Live”, “Because You Loved Me” un “Un-Break My Heart”.

Pārējās divas pirmā piecnieka dziesmas 90.gados ir “I Swear”, ko sarakstījuši Garijs Beikers un Frenks Maiers un “Baby, Baby”, kuras autore ir dziedātāja Emija Granta un Braiens Keits Tomass.

80.gadu populārāko mīlas dziesmu pirmajā piecniekā ir divas Laionela Ričija dziesmas - “Lady” un “Endless Love”.

Visvairāk spēlētās 20. gadsimta mīlas dziesmas:

1990
Swear" - Gary Baker, Frank Myers
"How Do I Live" - Diane Warren
"Because You Loved Me" - Diane Warren
"Baby, Baby" - Amy Grant, Brian Keith Thomas
"Un-Break My Heart" - Diane Warren

1980
"Up Where We Belong" - Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte Marie, Will Jennings
"Lady" - Lionel Richie "Endless Love" - Lionel Richie
"I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry" - Peter Cetera, David Foster

1970
"The Way We Were" - Alan & Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
"Feelings" - Morris Albert, Louis Gaste
"You Are The Sunshine Of My Life" - Stevie Wonder
"Just The Way You Are" - Billy Joel
"You Are So Beautiful" - Bruce Fisher, Billy Preston

1960
"The Look Of Love" Burt Bacharach, Hal David
"For Once In My Life" Ronald Miller, Orlando Murden
"Love Theme From The Sandpiper (The Shadow Of Your Smile)" - Johnny
Mandel, Paul Francis Webster "My Girl" - Smokey Robinson, Ronnie White
"(They Long to Be) Close To You" - Burt Bacharach, Hal David

1950
"Unchained Melody" - Alex North, Hy Zaret
"Misty" - Johnny Burke, Erroll Garner
"I Left My Heart In San Francisco" - George C. Cory Jr., Douglass Cross
"Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing" - Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster
"Fly Me To The Moon" Bart Howard

1940
"That Old Black Magic" - Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer
"Blueberry Hill" - Al Lewis, Vincent Rose, Larry Stock
"Mona Lisa" - Raymond Evans, Jay Livingston
"The More I See You" - Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
"Since I Fell For You" - Buddy Johnson

1930
"As Time Goes By" - Herman Hupfeld
"I Got Rhythm" - George & Ira Gershwin
"Blue Moon" - Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers
"Night and Day" - Cole Porter
"I Only Have Eyes For You" - Al Dubin, Harry Warren

1920
"Tea For Two" - Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans
"It Had To Be You" - Isham Jones, Gus Kahn
"Stardust" - Hoagy Carmichael, Mitchell Parish
"Someone To Watch Over Me" - George & Ira Gershwin "Baby Face" - Harry Akst, Benny Davis

1910
"You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It)" - Joseph McCarthy, James
Monaco
"Oh, You Beautiful Doll" - Nat Ayer, A. Seymour Brown
"Moonlight Bay" - Edward Madden, Percy Wenrich
"Let Me Call You Sweetheart" - Leo Friedman, Beth Slater Whitson
"Peg O' My Heart" - Alfred Bryan, Fred Fisher

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