This week in 1974 – a recording that scored a big hit on both pop and country music charts was a song written about the writer's college sweetheart – whom he married in 1967 and divorced in 1983.

Stevie Wonder's "Just Called to Say I Love You" is about a guy who calls his special someone with a simple message of love.

“Annie’s Song” was written for Denver’s then-wife Annie Martell. Like much of Denver’s music, he conflates his romantic love with a force of nature. Denver was perched above the Colorado ...