There's Nothing 'Silly' About Love Songs

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 4, 2015

This segment originally aired live on March 4th, 2015. An edited version was included in a best-of episode of The Brian Lehrer Show on July 17th, 2015. The unedited audio can be found here.

Ted Gioia, the music critic and historian and the author of Love Songs: The Hidden History (Oxford University Press, 2015), traces the history of love songs and how they impact society.

We asked our Twitter followers to recommend their favorite love songs from the past year or so, and we made a playlist with the suggestions that came in. Enjoy! 

The Brian Lehrer Show's Listener-Recommended (New) Love Songs from blshow on 8tracks Radio.

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