For Valentine's Day: The Dark Side of Love

These songs are not of the Hallmark, chocolates or red roses variety, rather they portray the other side of love. From Tito Rodriguez's classic bolero "Llevatela," we go to schmaltzy pop 60s classics by Ray Petersen, torch songs from Lena Horne, Dinah Washington, and Frank Sinatra, country icons Willie Nelson and George Jones and many others. 18 songs to check out the other, darker side of romance.

Tracklist:

1. Ray Charles / I Love You So Much It Hurts / Modern Sounds In Country Western Music Vol. 1 & 2 / Concord Records

2. Dinah Washington / That’s Why A Woman Loves A Heel / The Jazz Biography / United Audio

3. Mississippi John Hurt / Frankie / 1928 Sessions / Columbia

4. Ned Sublette / Cheaters Motel / Cowboy Rumba / Palm Pictures

5. George Jones / She Thinks I Still Care / She Thinks I Still Care / Bear Family

6. Lena Horne / Good For Nothin’ Joe / The Legendary Lena 1941-1958 / Bluebird

7. Nina Simone / I Don’t Want Him You Can Have Him / At Town Hall 1958 / Colpix

8. Frank Sinatra / In The Wee Small Hours Of The Morning / In The Wee Small Hours / Capitol

9. Ann Peebles / You Keep Me Hangin’ On / I Can’t Stand The Rain / iTunes

10. Tito Rodriguez / Llevatela (Take Her) / En Escensario / West Side Latino

11. Sarah Vaughan / Black Coffee / The Divine Sarah Vaughn / Columbia

12. Van Morrison / Here Comes The Night / The Best Of Van Morrison / Mercury

13. Frank Sinatra / Laura / Classics / CBS

14. Ray Peterson / Tell Laura I Love Her / Tell Laura I Love Her / Collectables

15. Willie Nelson / Crazy / The Essential Willie Nelson / Columbia-Legacy

16. Billie Holiday / T’aint Nobody’s Bizness If I Do / The Best Of Billie Holiday: The Millenium Collection / Hip O Select

17. Jacques Brel / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Ne Me Quitte Pas / Barclay

18. Chet Baker / I Get Along Without You Very Well / The Best Of Chet Baker Sings / Capitol