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1970.html
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1971.html
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1972.html
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1973.html
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A Whole New World is the award winning Disney song from the movie "Aladdin". It is written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice; performed by Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle
A-Whole-New-World.html
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ABC was the #6 greatest hit of 1970, performed by The Jackson Five; written by Freddie Perren, Fonzo Mizell, Deke Richards, and Berry Gordy
ABC.html
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About Russ Hamel and Maggie Ng - how they help others find happiness in life
About.html
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"After the Lovin'" words and music by Ritchie Adams and Allen Bernstein
performed by Engelbert Humperdinck (Born - Arnold George Dorsey)
After-the-Lovin'.html
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"Alive Again" from Hot Streets 1978
Alive-Again.html
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All I Ask of You
Words and Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Charles Hart
Performed by Patrick Wilson and Emmy Rossum
From "Phantom of the Opera"
All-I-Ask-of-You.html
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"All I Have to Do Is Dream" by Felice and Boudleaux Bryant; performed by the Everly Brothers
All-I-Have-to-Do-Is-Dream.html
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Almost Like Being In Love
Words and Music by by Frederick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner
Performed by James Taylor
From "Brigadoon"
Almost-Like-Being-In-Love.html
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Alone-Again-(Naturally).html
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Always
Words and Music by Irving Berlin
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Always.html
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American-Pie.html
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American Woman written and perfomed by The Guess Who was the #2 song in 1970
American-Woman.html
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Arturo-Collection.html
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"As Time Goes By" by Herman Hupfeld; performed by Frank Sinatra
As-Time-Goes-By.html
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"At Last" by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren; performed by Beyonce
At-Last.html
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Bad-Leroy-Brown.html
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Band of Gold was the #4 greatest hit of 1970, performed by Freda Payne and written by Edith Wayne and Ron Dunbar
Band-of-Gold.html
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Beauty and the Beast is an award winning Disney song, written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman; performed by Angela Lansbury
Beauty-and-the-Beast.html
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"Beginnings", From the debut album, "Chicago Transit Authority" (1969) written by Robert Lamm
Beginnings.html
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Blog.html
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Brand-New-Key.html
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Brandy-(You're-a-Fine-Girl).html
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Bridge Over Troubled Waters by Simon and Garfunkel was the #1 song of 1970.
Bridge-Over-Troubled-Waters.html
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Cabaret.html
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Call Me Irresponsible
Words and Music by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen
Performed by Brook Benton
Call-Me-Irresponsible.html
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Can You Feel the Love Tonight is one of my picks for the top ten Disney songs of all time. It is written by Alan Menken and Tim Rice; performed by Elton John.
Can-You-Feel-the-Love-Tonight.html
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Are you good enough? This song explores that issue of self-esteem and answers with a resounding, "YES!" Original song by Russ Hamel
Can-You-Love-Who-I-Am.html
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Can You Read My Mind
Words and Music by John Williams and Leslie Bricusse
Performed by Maureen McGovern
From "Superman" (1978)
Can-You-Read-My-Mind.html
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Can't Help Falling In Love
Words and Music by George Weiss - Hugo Peretti - Luigi Creatore
Performed by Elvis Presley
Can't-Help-Falling-In-Love.html
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My brother and long-time Chicago fan, Chris hand-picked the songs for this collection. As with all the music of our lives, they all have deep personal meaning. Enjoy this collection!
Chris-Hamel-The-Chicago-Collection.html
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Circle of Life is an award winning song from the Disney movie, "Lion King". It is written by Elton John and Tim Rice; performed by Elton John.
Circle-of-Life.html
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Climb Every Mountain
Words and Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Performed by The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
From "The Sound of Music"
Climb-Every-Mountain.html
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Close to You was the #8 greatest hit of 1970, performed by The Carpenters; written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David
Close-to-You.html
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Colors of the Wind is an award winning Disney song from the movie, "Pocahontas". It is written by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz; performed by Vanessa Williams.
Colors-of-the-Wind.html
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Contact.html
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Country Roads was the #8 greatest hit of 1971, performed by John Denver; written by John Denver, Bill Denoff and Taffy Nivert
Country-Roads.html
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Crocodile-Rock.html
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Daddy-Don't-You-Walk-So-Fast.html
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Delta-Dawn.html
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Disney movies have stirred our emotions for decades. A big part of the magic is the powerful songs associated with those movies. These 10 are what I consider the best of the best.
Disney-Favorites-1.html
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"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" from The Chicago Transit Authority
Does-Anybody-Really-Know-What-Time-It-Is.html
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"Embraceable You" by George and Ira Gershwin; performed by Johnny Mathis
Embraceable-You.html
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"Endless Love" by Lionel Richie; performed by Mariah Carey and Luther Vandross
Endless-Love.html
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Evergreen
Words and Music by Barbra Streisand and Paul Williams
Performed by Barbra Streisand
From "A Star is Born" (1976)
Evergreen.html
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"Everyday" by Charles Hardin (a/k/a Buddy Holly) and Norman Petty; performed by James Taylor
Everyday.html
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Fascination
Music by F.D. Marchetti and lyrics by Maurice de Féraudy
English lyrics by Dick Manning
Performed by Nat King Cole
Fascination.html
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"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" from Chicago VI (1973)
Feelin-Stronger-Every-Day.html
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"For Once In My Life" by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden; performed by Tony Bennett and Stevie Wonder
For-Once-In-My-LIfe.html
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"Free" from Chicago III 1971
Free.html
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Frosty-the-Snowman.html
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Get Ready, written by Smokey Robinson and performed by Rare Earth was the #3 song of 1970
Get-Ready.html
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Go Away Little Girl was the #6 greatest hit of 1971 performed by Donny Osmond; written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King
Go-Away-Little-Girl.html
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Go the Distance is one of my picks for the top ten best Disney songs of all time.
Go-the-Distance.html
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"Happy Man" from Chicago VII 1974
Happy-Man.html
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"Hello Again" Words and music by Neil Diamond and Alan Lindgren
Performed by Neil Diamond
Hello-Again.html
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"Here In My Heart" from The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997
Here-In-My-Heart.html
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The world can seem like a crazy place sometimes... OK, a LOT of the time!
No matter what is going on in your life, you always have a choice. You can react (usually unconsciously with same-old negative results) or you can act consciously and get more of the things you want in life.
Are you ready to take back your control? You CAN change your life today. Magic happens when you learn how to choose better feelings now!
All the best from Toronto,
Russ and Maggie
index.html
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Home-Buble.html
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How Can You Mend a Broken Heart was the #3 greatest hit of 1971, performed by the Bee Gees; written by Barry and Robin Gibb
How-Can-You-Mend-a-Broken-Heart.html
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How-to-Choose-the-Right-Activity-for-Your-Child.html
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I-Could-Fall-In-Love.html
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I Give My Heart
Words and Music byBilly Kirsch and Allen Shamblin
Performed by John Berry
I-Give-My-Heart.html
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I-Gotcha.html
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I Have Dreamed
Words and Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein
Performed by Julie Andrews
From "The King and I"
I-Have-Dreamed.html
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"I Honestly Love You" by Peter Allen and Jeff Barry; performed by Olivia Newton-John
I-Honestly-Love-You.html
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"I Love You for Sentimental Reasons" by Words by Deek Watson and Music by William Best; performed by Nat King Cole
I-Love-You-for-Sentimental-Reasons.html
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I-Will-Always-Love-You.html
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I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
Music by Joseph E. Howard and Harold Orlob
Lyrics by Will M. Hough and Frank R. Adams
Performed by Michael Delaney
I-Wonder-Who's-Kissing-Her-Now.html
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"I'll Be There" by Berry Gordy, Jr., Bob West, Hal Davis, and Willie Hutch; performed by Mariah Carey
I'll-Be-There.html
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"I'll Make Love to You" Words and Music by Kenneth Brian "Babyface" Edmonds; performed by Boyz II Men
I'll-Make-Love-to-You.html
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"I'll Never Break Your Heart" Words and Music by Eugene Wilde and Albert Manno; performed by Backstreet Boys
I'll-Never-Break-Your-Heart.html
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A special tribute to Mother's Day. Original words and music by Russ Hamel. Performed by Russ and his five-year-old step-daughter Ambrosia
In-My-Mother's-Arms.html
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In the Evening By the Moonlight
Words and music by James Bland
Performed by the Peerless Quartet
In-the-Evening-by-the-Moonlight.html
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In The Gloaming
Words and music by Annie Fortescue Harrison and Meta Orred
Performed by Gloria Hunniford
In-the-Gloaming.html
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Indian Reservation was the #4 greatest hit of 1971, performed by Paul Revere and the Raiders; written by John D. Loudermilk
Indian-Reservation.html
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"It's Impossible" Words and Music by Armando Manzanero; performed by Perry Como
It's-Impossible.html
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It's Too Late was the #2 greatest hit of 1971, performed and written by Carole King
It's-Too-Late.html
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Jingle-Bell-Rock.html
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Jingle-Bell-Rock-(practice).html
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Joy to the World was the #1 greatest hit of 1971 performed by Three Dog Night; written by Hoyt Axton
Joy-to-the-World.html
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Just My Imagination was the #7 greatest hit of 1971, performed by The Temptations; written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
Just-My-Imagination.html
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"Just You 'N' Me" from Chicago VI - 1973
Just-You-N-Me.html
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Killing-Me-Softly.html
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Knock Three Times was the #10 greatest hit of 1971, pererformed by Tony Orlando and Dawn; written by Irwin Levine and L. Russell Brown
Knock-Three-Times.html
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Laudate Dominum
Words and Music by Mozart
Performed by Lucia Popp
Laudate-Dominum.html
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Lean-on-Me.html
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Let It Be was the #7 hit of 1970, performed by The Beatles; written by Paul McCartney
Let-It-Be.html
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"Let's Fall In Love" Words by Ted Koehler and Music by Harold Arlen; performed by John Stevens with Erika Christensen
Let's-Fall-In-Love.html
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Let's-Get-It-On.html
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Let's-Stay-Together.html
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Love Letters Straight from Your Heart
Words & Music by Edward Heyman & Victor Young
Performed by Nat King Cole
Love-Letters-Straight-from-Your-Heart.html
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Maggie May was the #9 hit of 1971, performed by Rod Stewart; written by Rod Stewart and Martin Quittention
Maggie-May.html
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Original Song by Russ Hamel describing his magnificent wife, Maggie
Magnificent.html
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Mama Told Me (Not to Come) was the #9 greatest hit of 1970, performed by Three Dog Night; written by Randy Newman
Mama-Told-Me-(Not-to-Come).html
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Maybe-This-Time.html
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Me-&-Mrs.-Jones.html
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Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland
Words and music by Beth Slater Whitson and Leo Friedman
Performed by Judy Garland
Meet-Me-Tonight-In-Dreamland.html
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Melody of Love
Music by Hans Engleman (written in 1903)
Lyrics added by Tom Glazer in 1954
Instrumental version by Billy Vaughn
Melody-of-Love.html
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Memory
Words and Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Trevor Nunn
Performed by Elaine Paige
From "Cats"
Memory.html
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Music of the Night
Words and Music by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Charles Hart
Performed by Gerard Butler
From "Phantom of the Opera"
Music-of-the-Night.html
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My-Love.html
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On-Top-of-Old-Smokey.html
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One Bad Apple was the #5 greatest hit of 1971, performed by The Osmonds; written by George Jackson
One-Bad-Apple.html
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"Our Love Is Here to Stay" by George and Ira Gershwin; performed by Nat King Cole
Our-Love-is-Here-to-Stay.html
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Part of Your World is an award winning Disney song from the movie, "The Little Mermaid". It is written by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman; performed by Jodi Benson
Part-of-Your-World.html
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Playground-In-My-Mind.html
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Privacy.html
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Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head was the #5 greatest hit of 1970, performed by B.J. Thomas; written by Burt Bacharach
Raindrops-Keep-Fallin-on-My-Head.html
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Reflection is the award winning Disney song from Mulan, one of my picks for the top ten best Disney songs of all time.
Reflection.html
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Russ-&-Ambrosia-Videos.html
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Shaving-with-Ambrosia.html
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Show-&-Tell-with-Ambrosia.html
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"Since I Fell for You" Words and Music by Buddy Johnson; performed by Barbra Streisand
Since-I-Fell-for-You.html
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sitemap-page-order.html
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Smile.html
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Intro page for the super feel-good song collection
Super-Feel-Good-Song-Collection.html
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Listing of songs 1-10 from the Super Feel-Good Song Collection with details of composers and artists.
Songs-1-10.html
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Listing of songs 11-20 from the Super Feel-Good Song Collection with details of composers and artists.
Songs-11-20.html
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Listing of songs 21-30 from the Super Feel-Good Song Collection with details of composers and artists.
Songs-21-30.html
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Listing of songs 31-40 from the Super Feel-Good Song Collection with details of composers and artists.
Songs-31-40.html
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Listing of songs 41-50 from the Super Feel-Good Song Collection with details of composers and artists.
Songs-41-50.html
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A listing of songs written and/or performed by Russ Hamel
Songs-By-Russ-Hamel.html
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Stranger In Paradise
Words and Music by Robert Wright and George Forrest
Performed by Englebert Humperdinck
From "Kismet"
Stranger-In-Paradise.html
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"Tenderly" Words and Music by Gross and Lawrence; performed by Rosemary Clooney
Tenderly.html
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We have so much to be grateful for. Thank You (from the Bottom of My Heart) is dedicated to all the people who make our lives special.
Thank-You-(from-the-Bottom-of-My-Heart).html
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That's-Life.html
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The-First-Time-Ever-I-Saw-Your-Face.html
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A delightful song written by Malvina Reynolds performed by Russ and 5-year-old Ambrosia
The-Magic-Penny.html
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The Old Lamplighter
Music by Nat Simon and lyrics by Charles Tobias
Performed by Sammy Kaye Orchestra with Billy Williams
The-Old-Lamplighter.html
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The-Way-Things-AWT-to-Be.html
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The Way We Were
Words and Music by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, Marvin Hamlisch
Performed by Barbra Streisand
From the movie "The Way We Were"
The-Way-We-Were.html
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"The Way You Look Tonight" by Jerome Kern and Deborah Fields; performed by Andy Williams
The-Way-You-Look-Tonight.html
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Tie-a-Yellow-Ribbon.html
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Touch-Me-In-the-Morning.html
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Toyland
Words and music by Victor Herbert and Glenn MacDonough
Performed by Doris Day
Toyland.html
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Love That Feeling Newsletter trial page lets you sample the current issue before you make any commitments.
Trial-Newsletter.html
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Up On the Roof
Words and Music by Carol King and Gerry Goffin
Performed by James Taylor
Up-On-the-Roof.html
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War was the #10 greatest hit of 1970, performed by Edwin Starr; written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong
War.html
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What-a-Wonderful-World.html
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"What Kind of Man Would I Be" from Chicago 19 (1988)
What-Kind-of-Man-Would-I-Be.html
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"When I Fall In Love" words and music by Victor Young and Edward Heyman
When-I-Fall-In-Love.html
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When I Grow to Old to Dream
Words and music by Sigmund Romberg and Oscar Hammerstein II
Performed by Linda Rondstat featured on the Muppett Show
When-I-Grow-Too-Old-to-Dream.html
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When You Were Sweet Sixteen
Words and Music by James Thornton
Performed by The Fureys
When-You-Were-Sweet-Sixteen.html
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When You Wish Upon a Star is not only a Disney classic but also an icon. Just the opening notes alone say, "Disney".
When-You-Wish-Upon-a-Star.html
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"Will You Still Love Me" from Chicago 18
Will-You-Still-Love-Me.html
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Without-You.html
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You Raise Me Up
Words and Music by Rolf Lovland and Brendan Graham
Performed by Josh Groban
You-Raise-Me-Up.html
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You Were Always On My Mind
Words and Music by Wayne Thompson, Mark James and Johnny Christopher
Performed by Willie Nelson
You-Were-Always-On-My-Mind.html
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You'll Be In My Heart is the award winning song from the Disney movie, "Tarzan". It is written and performed by Phil Collins.
You'll-Be-In-My-Heart.html