“Love Me Do” is The Beatles’ first single, backed by “P.S. I Love You” and released on 5 October 1962. When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom, it peaked at number seventeen; in 1982 it was re-issued and reached number four. In the United States the single was a number one hit in 1964. Continue reading
“Love Letters in the Sand” is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. The song was “inspired” by an 1881 composition, “The Spanish Cavalier”. Ted Black’s orchestra had the first major hit. Continue reading
「飲流懷源，追遠慎終」…族譜，是一部家族的歷史，詳細記載家族的文獻，對一個家族的自我認同和凝聚力的形成有很大的作用。
國共內戰，父母隨國民政府遷台，認為情勢如抗日戰爭，很快就可回家。除了隨身細軟，什麼也沒帶，沒想到這一待就終老於此。當時，來台的軍公教人員為避免被人檢舉成為匪諜，不敢與大陸的親人聯繫，也甚少與兒女提及大陸親友，因此，對於上代祖先幾乎沒什麼認識… Continue reading
“L’amour est bleu” (English title: “Love Is Blue”) is a song whose music was composed by André Popp, and whose lyrics were written by Pierre Cour, in 1967. Brian Blackburn later wrote English-language lyrics for it. First performed in French by Greek singer Vicky Leandros (appearing as Vicky) as the Luxembourgian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1967, it has since been recorded by many other musicians, most notably French orchestra leader Paul Mauriat, whose familiar instrumental version became the only number-one hit by a French artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 in America. Continue reading
“Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing” is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was publicized first in the movie, Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song. From 1967 to 1973, it was used as the theme song to Love is a Many Splendored Thing, the soap opera based on the movie. Continue reading