When I was a little boy I went to visit a school friend, and they had a Pat Boone record, with a big picture of his face on the cover. It seemed so exciting to me. Many years later, I made my own LP record called: It’s gotta be love. So I have added a bunch of favourite love songs, and I hope you enjoy this selection.
1. Bernadine
So here is the very first Pat Boone song I ever heard.
2. Love letters in the sand – My favourite love song by Pat Boone
“Thank you” to the people who do these lovely videos with the beach scenes.
4. Send me the pillow that you dream on
5. Three coins in the fountain
This one of my favourite love songs that many singers have recorded.
8. My happiness
10. Everybody’s somebody’s fool
11. Melody of love
12. Now is the hour
13. Let me call you sweetheart
14. Running Bear
15. El Paso
16. Wayward wind
17. Moon River
19. Why Baby why
22. Blue Hawaii
Still one of my favourite love songs that I sing in my mind all the time.
23. Remember me, I’m the one who loves you
This one makes me think of Dean Martin. When we went to Pat and Debbie’s show, he said how that Dean Martin tells a story that sometimes he plays golf with Pat Boone, and when they shake hands, his whole right side sobers up!
24. Spanish eyes
26. Rip it up
27. Tutti Frutti
Here is another one of my favourite love songs that I sing all the time.
29. The Locomotion
30. My blue heaven
31. Anytime
32. Tennessee waltz
34. Fascination
37. Blue suede shoes
38. Personality
This song takes me right back to my teenage years, when my brother loved the song.
40. Sentimental me
41. Walking the floor over you
42. Hound dog
44. He talks about performing on the same stage as Elvis
46. Ain’t that a shame – different pictures
48. Because of you
49. Moonglow
I remember hearing this song on the radio when I was young.
When I was about 12, I heard Pat on the radio sing: “Well now everybody’s gonna have religion in the morning, everybody’s gonna be singing that story.” Having grown up going to church, it was so nice to hear a religious song make it on the radio. He even wrote me a letter of advice, which I cherish. When I was in my early twenties, this was one of my favourite religious songs, and I used to sing it a lot.
In the 70’s I purchased a few of his records when he was backed by The First Nashville Jesus Band, and those songs are superb. Songs like “Born again, free from sin, I’m happy night and day.” “Me and Jesus, got our own thing going. Me and Jesus, got it all worked out.” “He was Somebody’s darling, He was some mother’s son, once He was fair and once He was young.”
Many years ago, he wrote me a letter. Maybe one day I will share it on one of my websites.
I also have a Gospel web site. If you want to check it out, and hear more of Pat Boone’s songs, go to: http://countrygospelandbible.com/