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  • Опубликовано: 25 июл 2024
  • This is some of the imagery I visualize with the Bill Pursell song "Our Winter Love". I imagine it is nighttime and the snow is melting after the last Spring snow. The video was taken in the daytime so I had to alter the color & put in some other effects to create the illusion. This was filmed in my yard. If you like this winter video, you might also like my other romantic winter video entitled, "Footprints in the Snow" by Chris Rea
    If you want to see the perfect imagery in a video of this song, I would tell you to visit the channel of 12mulligan. This is the link to his video on RUclips:
    • Our Winter Love. Bill ...
    Please go to this RUclips channel below to also leave your comments about this song. It is the RUclips channel for Johnny Cowell 's grandson. Johnny Cowell wrote this music played by Bill Pursell. I am sure Johnny and Bill would love your comments... / @zarudny84
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  • @JoanGardner-qh1ek
    @JoanGardner-qh1ek Месяц назад +8

    This song brings back innocence, hope, and thankfulness. One Christmas Day, in 1962, I walked over to the Dearborn city ice rink. And there was a young man, with a parks and recreation sweatshirt on, going around the rink while holding onto the sides. When he came by me, I said "How did you get this job?" Because he couldn't skate. And he said, "they asked me if I had skates, and my father did. So I got the job." After 5 short years, waiting for my love to finish college and the marine corps, he was mine. He was my winter love.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Месяц назад

      This is a great story and another reason why this song has almost .75 million hits on RUclips

  • @lenischoltz3550
    @lenischoltz3550 6 лет назад +50

    Canadian composer and trumpeter Johnny Cowell, who composed this song, passed away in Toronto on January 22, at the age of 92. This song will always be his legacy.

    • @danmacmasker2286
      @danmacmasker2286 Год назад +4

      Condolences!!! Timeless, gorgeous music. Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!

  • @raymondthrelkeld3961
    @raymondthrelkeld3961 8 месяцев назад +19

    As a teenager, whenever I was sad I would go to my room , turn the lights out, close my eyes and let this song soothe me. It still affects me that way today. This song is such a special gift to all of us! Thank you.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment. I too remember this song as a teenager when it first came out. This song created a very relaxing feeling which I tried to create in video. One image I had when I first heard this song was that of a young couple walking at night in a tree lined park while the snow was gently falling. I wish I had been able to find scenes similar to what I imaged.

    • @MrSasquatch44
      @MrSasquatch44 3 месяца назад

      Me too.

  • @milkshake123abc
    @milkshake123abc 3 года назад +14

    Absolutely most beautiful song ever. Takes me back to 1963, high school, cozy home with my crazy loving family, football games, friends. Wish I could re-live it all. Was truly wonderful & carefree. Miss it so.

  • @jeffreyheisley5926
    @jeffreyheisley5926 6 месяцев назад +11

    One of the most beautiful pieces of music I’ve heard in my 76 years. I never tire of hearing it over and over and over.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  6 месяцев назад

      I agree 100%. I remember hearing it when it 1st came outback in the 1960s. Thanks for leaving the comment.

  • @AnthonysDen
    @AnthonysDen 3 года назад +44

    RIP, Bill Pursell (June 9, 1926 - September 3, 2020), Grammy-Winning composer who had this beautiful hit song in 1963. Rest In Peace, good sir: your winter love still warms our hearts even now.

    • @isoldeward3199
      @isoldeward3199 2 года назад +3

      I just typed this in, it’s soooo BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 Год назад +2

      @@isoldeward3199 sounds like a Christmas 🎄 song

  • @calvinjackson8110
    @calvinjackson8110 8 месяцев назад +11

    This song and Percy Faith's A Summer Place, the best!

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  8 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment. I also have a video here with "Theme from a Summer Place" as well as "Theme from the Summer of '42 ". I think you will like them also.

    • @mikefullerton8769
      @mikefullerton8769 15 дней назад

      Also Last Date - Floyd Cramer

  • @barney2825
    @barney2825 10 лет назад +56

    I'm 71 years old now and you can't believe the memories this song brings back. Thanks much, Dave

    • @johnpanagos8137
      @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад +5

      Ill be 75 on May 1st and I know exactly what you mean. Memories of growing up in New Jersey in the sixties bring tears of joy and an aching of times past everytime I listen to this song. You had to be there to understand I guess. Love it... thank you.

  • @overundersidewaysdown7010
    @overundersidewaysdown7010 8 лет назад +137

    This is the most beautiful instrumental of all time.
    We will never hear the likes of this again. Let's be happy that we were here to hear it.

    • @kennethsmith7301
      @kennethsmith7301 5 лет назад +3

      I agree

    • @MrSoulSimon
      @MrSoulSimon 5 лет назад

      @@kennethsmith7301 Me too.

    • @tonyallen6510
      @tonyallen6510 3 года назад +1

      Yes!

    • @biged8290
      @biged8290 2 года назад +1

      Brings me to tears everytime...thinking of family memories.

    • @jimdonovan5520
      @jimdonovan5520 2 года назад +2

      Agree it would have been played at my wedding if it had ever happened

  • @Zarudny84
    @Zarudny84 8 лет назад +394

    This song was written by my grandfather Johnny Cowell. I am glad to see so many people still enjoying this song over 50 years later. My grandfather just celebrated his 90th birthday and he loves when I show him the comments people leave. Thanks everyone

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  8 лет назад +16

      +Zarudny84 I am glad to hear from you. Thank you for the information that your grandfather was the songwriter of this song. I hope your grandfather has a chance to view my video with his song. I hope he will leave a comment. I am sure this information will add more interest in this song. Bill Pursell also saw this video and left a comment indicating he liked it.
      My internet search indicated that Bill Pursell, while sifting through some demos, happened to come across your grandfather's mailing to a local publishing company. Your grandfather called the song, "Long Island Sound". I have often played your grandfather's song in the winter while sitting in my car overlooking Long Island Sound from Seaside Park in Bridgeport. It snowed today at Seaside Park. Maybe someday, using this song, I will make another video from the shore of Seaside Park showing it snowing over Long Island Sound. Many of my videos are of Seaside Park and Long Island Sound. I hope you decide to view some of them.
      One
      day, while sifting through some demos, Pursell and Justis came upon an
      acetate mailed to one of the local publishing companies by a Canadian
      songwriter named Johnny Cowell. It was called
      “Long Island Sound.” - See more at:
      mcantil.com/song-of-the-day-bill-pursells-our-winter-love/#sthash.AGqjksZ8.dpuf
      One
      day, while sifting through some demos, Pursell and Justis came upon an
      acetate mailed to one of the local publishing companies by a Canadian
      songwriter named Johnny Cowell. It was called
      “Long Island Sound.” - See more at:
      mcantil.com/song-of-the-day-bill-pursells-our-winter-love/#sthash.AGqjksZ8.dpuf
      One
      day, while sifting through some demos, Pursell and Justis came upon an
      acetate mailed to one of the local publishing companies by a Canadian
      songwriter named Johnny Cowell. It was called
      “Long Island Sound.” - See more at:
      mcantil.com/song-of-the-day-bill-pursells-our-winter-love/#sthash.AGqjksZ8.dpuf

    • @johnmccormick5702
      @johnmccormick5702 8 лет назад +15

      +Zarudny84 What an honor to be able to tell you that this is truly one of the most beautiful tunes for ALL times. You must be so proud of your grandfather. What a rich heritage you have in this life. I envy you in a good fashion.

    • @54wordgal
      @54wordgal 8 лет назад +11

      +Zarudny84 Your grandfather must be an amazing man. Please tell him "thank you" for this lovely song. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  8 лет назад +11

      +Zarudny84 Tell you grandfather I am honored that he loves what I have done in making a video using the most romantic song ever written. Bill Pursell also saw my video and left an approving comment. I just wish I could make a video showing all the images that this song evokes in my mind. Sadly, my video does not do justice to the true beauty of your grandfather's song. But the who world loves this song and that is all the really matters

    • @jayadams303
      @jayadams303 6 лет назад +8

      a national treasure

  • @Capnron-zf6du
    @Capnron-zf6du Год назад +27

    I always loved instrumental songs growing up in the 60s. From February, 1963, this one is my all-time favorite, hands down! I can listen to it over and over and over and not tire of it. Amazing sound! Thank you, Mr. Cowell for writing it and Bill Pursell for making it sound so wonderful.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Год назад +4

      I too remember this song very well back in the winter of '63. I remember hearing mainly at night; maybe that is why I try to make the video to appear to be at night. This is probably the most romantic instrumental song ever written.

    • @MarkSteele-bh3hb
      @MarkSteele-bh3hb 8 месяцев назад

      I agree 1,000 percent! I love it!

    • @Capnron-zf6du
      @Capnron-zf6du 8 месяцев назад

      For an in-depth history of just how this beautiful and haunting melody came to be, go to: m.ruclips.net/video/0c45spFPiQE/видео.html#dialog

  • @jeromerhanus8126
    @jeromerhanus8126 5 лет назад +37

    It's unfortunate that music like this beautiful arrangement hasn't been produced in several decades....

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 лет назад +3

      I agree 100%

    • @bobobrien3563
      @bobobrien3563 Год назад +3

      And the days are gone when we used to enjoy beautiful movie themes which lasted for decades.
      Think back....replay them...beautiful memories..soundtracks

    • @christopheretzwiler5635
      @christopheretzwiler5635 Год назад +4

      @@DrinkingStar I am listening to at this moment November 19th in my house just wanted you to know that thinking of my wife Becky Etzwiler still miss her 💖🙏😪💏

    • @marktabla5434
      @marktabla5434 Год назад +4

      ...and the easy-listening radio stations from my childhood that I used to fall asleep to which played peaceful tunes like this have long since been switched over to endless talk radio, news and weather formats. Ugh.

    • @danmacmasker2286
      @danmacmasker2286 Год назад +1

      @@christopheretzwiler5635 Thanks for sharing that incredible heart of yours Christopher!!!! Blessings!!!!

  • @latinlupe1
    @latinlupe1 6 месяцев назад +9

    I absolutely love this song. I first heard this song when I was 11. I actually cry everytime I hear it. It's so beautiful; it just hits my spirit. I'm in my 70's today. Thank you!❤

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  6 месяцев назад

      I was 17 when that came out. Thanks for leaving a comment.

  • @angelapritula9516
    @angelapritula9516 2 года назад +4

    I was just listening to an air check from a radio station in Minneapolis circa 1962/63 and this was one of the songs where I heard the tail end. All of a sudden I had to find it because the DJ gave the name. I came to this video, listen to it, and all of a sudden I was transported back in time to a beauty parlor in the waiting room while my grandmother was having my and my sister‘s first haircut. The song was playing on the MOR station in the beauty shop. And through my life every now and then the tune would come to me but I never knew the name until tonight. One of the most beautiful instrumentals I ever heard.

  • @Nypd2024
    @Nypd2024 Год назад +3

    GOD BLESS YOUR GRANDPA MY FRIEND,,TELL HIM THIER IS A SPECIAL PLACE FOR HIM IN HEAVEN SOMEDAY WHEN HE MEETS OUR FATHER,,,I BELIEVE 2 OF MY CHILDREN WERE CONCEIVED WITH THIS BEAUTIFUL SONG ,,,PLEASE THANK HIM FOR ME 🙏👍

  • @mikeprescott2417
    @mikeprescott2417 3 года назад +4

    Today I am, 87. What memories this brings back.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  3 года назад +1

      I am 75 and this song brings back some great memories

  • @trellis2
    @trellis2 9 лет назад +164

    This song was on the radio when I was in second grade 1965, it was snowing hard and school let out early, very rare in those days. Mom came to get me from her job at the telephone company and hand in hand we slipped and slid the 12 blocks toward home but first we stopped at the Genuine Cafe soda fountain downtown for a cherry coke. No one else was in the place. I felt so secure and happy. It was one of the sweetest memories of my childhood.

    • @northstarforest
      @northstarforest 9 лет назад +13

      A great memory indeed. Thanks for sharing.

    • @jgstargazer
      @jgstargazer 9 лет назад +9

      Happy times.

    • @antoniocognato5023
      @antoniocognato5023 9 лет назад +8

      great story! simple times back then. I was just imagining my childhood from the 1980s! I want it back , it goes fast :O(

    • @samuelleesalter
      @samuelleesalter 9 лет назад +10

      I was in the 3rd grade in northern Utah watching the snowfall out the window in 65. It sort of was a magical moment thinking how the song matched the view outside.

    • @johnmccormick5702
      @johnmccormick5702 8 лет назад +5

      +Antonio Cognato . . . don't be sad . . . make good memories for yourself, your friends, your grandkids if you have them . . . you have much time ahead of you to cherish.

  • @cdl737
    @cdl737 3 года назад +6

    Just saw where Bill Purcell passed away due to the COVID 19 virus . In September.
    Fabulous pianist, musician, and by all accounts , a wonderful man and father.
    Our Winter Love is my favorite- the winter of 1963 was a cold one, but this song made it warmer for me.
    RIP

  • @milfman49
    @milfman49 11 лет назад +3

    1965. Listening to the transistor radio at age 15. DJ HyLit on radiio 99 (WIBG) in Philadelphia talking romance to the teens with Bill Pursell in the background.

  • @TheDiscoDays
    @TheDiscoDays 13 лет назад +3

    To all you military guys from the Viet Nam era and present day Middle East conflicts commenting on this post, God Bless all of you and thank you for your service to our country. Too many friends didn't come home and this song only deepens the sadness of their loss. This song is so damn Surreal in bringing back memories of the better times of America.....Thank you for preserving what is left of Her though.

  • @robertslack1802
    @robertslack1802 4 месяца назад +3

    I have to honestly say this is probably my favorite instrumental of all time. I absolutely love this song. I can listen to it Over and Over and NEVER get Tired of it. I just sent it to a girl that I love

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  4 месяца назад

      You, myself and nearly 3/4 million others feel the same way about this song....and thanks for leaving your comment.

  • @CurzonRoad
    @CurzonRoad 15 лет назад +11

    First heard this in the Winter of '63 (?) on 77-WABC in New York..... and it remains an all-time classic! THANK YOU! *****

    • @johnpanagos8137
      @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад

      YES!!! Good old 77-WABC... Palisades Park... GSP to the "SHORE"... Wildwood... OMG, what memories from the 60s!!!

  • @barbj9785
    @barbj9785 Год назад +13

    What a simple and beautiful song. Pure love. Today's music promotes violence and hate. This song gives you the feeling of love and peace.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Год назад

      Thank you for leaving the comment. Yes, this song does leave a feeling of love and peace. I consider this the most beautiful and romantic instrumental song ever made. "Here I am" by Dionne Warwick and "Footprints in the Snow" by Chris Rea are 2 songs with the most romantic lyrics. I made of music videos of both songs.

    • @barbj9785
      @barbj9785 Год назад +1

      @@DrinkingStar I will check it out, thank you.

    • @guadalupeaguilar952
      @guadalupeaguilar952 9 месяцев назад

      That's the way it is Today...............very 😢😢😢

    • @Kaybaybeeme
      @Kaybaybeeme 3 месяца назад

      Yes..so well said. This music is loved by those of us who were fortunate to have grown up in more innocent times when music like this deserved to become classic treasures. What a legacy to leave! Thank you❤

  • @Darvada
    @Darvada 7 месяцев назад +4

    Absolutely one of best songs to be played near Christmas .... Hy Lit famous Philadelphia DJ played this a lot on WIBG 99 , R.I.P. Hy Lit

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for leaving the comment. I agree with you. To me, it is the most romantic winter love song ever made. To see the video that I think is better than mine in capturing this sentiment, go to the channel of 12mulligan on RUclips. To me, the 2nd most romantic winter love song is "Footprints in the Snow" by Chris Rea which is here on my channel. I hope you view and like it also.

    • @Darvada
      @Darvada 7 месяцев назад

      Thanks and yes Chris Rea 's song is great , But I have to mention Tommy Roe's "Its Now Winters Day" @@DrinkingStar

    • @robertaleyrer6162
      @robertaleyrer6162 Месяц назад

      WIBG 99 AM radio. Hy Lit used this beautiful piece of music as a lovely background while he talked to us. Listening to our winter love brings back so many wonderful memories.

  • @carolynpoirier2097
    @carolynpoirier2097 7 лет назад +30

    I love this song....so many happy memories in the 60's and this was one of them. The young folks of today have no idea what they missed!

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  7 лет назад +1

      You are so correct about the youth of today missing out on what we experienced

    • @samuelleesalter
      @samuelleesalter 4 года назад

      That's how I feel....

    • @jeffkilpatrick6204
      @jeffkilpatrick6204 3 года назад

      That is why we have the privilege, as well as the sacred duty, to set them right by bringing them this music.

  • @rvictor64
    @rvictor64 13 лет назад +7

    This type of Song will always bring melancholy memories of those special moments both good and bad. For me it was in 1963 my junior year in a new high school and I missed my old friends. I looked out the window of by bedroom and watched the snow falling while this song was playing on the radio. A similar situation happened when I returned home from the Army and thought of the friends that I had lost in Southeast Asia. A great arrangement which touches your soul. Ron

  • @carolynpoirier2097
    @carolynpoirier2097 7 лет назад +23

    I would love to go back in time. I would do it in a heartbeat. Relive everything. Life was so perfect. For me anyway. I'm so grateful for that. What would life be without music.......scary thought.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  7 лет назад

      Life would be miserable without music. I listen to it everyday. I especially love listening to it when at the beach which is nearly everyday. By the way, 1 of my childhood friends was Henry Poirier. I wonder if by chance you are somehow are related.

  • @emerybayblues
    @emerybayblues 3 года назад +7

    RIP Bill Pursell. This song haunted my mind for decades before I finally found it by chance on YT.

  • @samuelleesalter
    @samuelleesalter 4 года назад +30

    This song allows me to time travel back several decades. Music is emotion and =Our Winter Love= really gets to me... I don't know quite how to describe it, .....One of my all time favorites.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  4 года назад +2

      I am glad you like the video. The song is one of my favorites too, especially when it is snowing at night.

    • @jubalcalif9100
      @jubalcalif9100 4 года назад +1

      Well said and well put, Mr Salter ! I know the feeling ! It's so incredibly beautiful !

  • @fredwagner8149
    @fredwagner8149 7 месяцев назад +3

    A lovely song. A song that make you wish for better times again.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  7 месяцев назад

      Thanks for the comment. We all wish for better times.We often think the PAST held better times. I think you might like listening to the song, "The Way We Were".

  • @brendafuller907
    @brendafuller907 3 дня назад +1

    This takes me waaaay back! I was about 8 years old when I first heard this on the radio in my older sister's car! She was 13 years older than me so I grew up with the 60"s music.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  3 дня назад

      I was the same age as your sister when I heard this song.....and thanks for leaving your comment. You might like some of my other music videos on RUclips.. Many of them are romantic.

  • @larryyocum100
    @larryyocum100 12 лет назад +6

    I'm crazy about this song, play it at least once everyday. I remember how it made me feel 50 yrs ago, still does. I love it.

  • @markberryhill2715
    @markberryhill2715 3 года назад +15

    This song is heaven with a chorus of angels.

    • @r59red
      @r59red 5 месяцев назад

      In this case the Anita Kerr singers

  • @TheDiscoDays
    @TheDiscoDays 10 лет назад +32

    Man, what wonderful and gentler times we had back then............sigh...

    • @rp-it8ym
      @rp-it8ym 10 лет назад +1

      Yes, they were gentle days and I loved them . The memories are great.I remember my lovely gentle wife . She still is such a wonderful person :how lucky I am.

  • @speedviper47
    @speedviper47 5 лет назад +5

    Listening to this on headphones right now........OMG, what a wonderful, beautiful song. Mr. Bill Pursell, what a great slow song to dance to. Just want to close my eyes and remember when I was young and had my whole life ahead of me. The years have flown by. I'll be 71 in a couple of weeks. My heart and soul are still back there when I was in my 30-s and 40s. My body, not so much. Getting old can be a horrible thing, the mind is willing........

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 лет назад +1

      I am glad you like the song. BTW, I am 2 years older than you(LOL)

  • @TheDiscoDays
    @TheDiscoDays 11 лет назад +1

    I get teary eyed when I listen to this song and then read the posts......I remember this song well in high school and my beautiful girlfriend, nicknamed "Kitten." We never married, but those memories. Priceless...........and we were so innocent then...

  • @donnvalkenaar9284
    @donnvalkenaar9284 8 лет назад +108

    I heard this wonderful music just once, it was in the summer of 1967 on my '51 Chevy radio as I was pulling into the driveway after a date. I was 16. I told my mom that I'd just heard the most beautiful song ever but the radio station had not disclosed the name or the musician. It was 48 years later I found it right here. Thanks so much!

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  8 лет назад +6

      +Donn Valkenaar I am glad you were able to find the song by viewing my video. Bill Pursell also viewed my video of his song and left a comment he liked it. You might also like my other winter romantic music video, "Footprints in the snow", by Chris Rea.

    • @johnmccormick5702
      @johnmccormick5702 8 лет назад +9

      +Donn Valkenaar . . . What a great accounting & recollection of your fondness for that song. Sometimes a tune is "just right" for a certain time or place. I am a 64 year-professional rock & roll musician, I grew-up on this music and I still prefer this kind of music to that of which I perform every night on stage!! Happy listening my friend!!

    • @theexploitsofficial7694
      @theexploitsofficial7694 7 лет назад +2

      a beautiful memory

    • @noisecat0413
      @noisecat0413 7 лет назад +1

      Donn Valkenaar beautiful.! I'm lucky that I'm listening it now

    • @dsplit
      @dsplit 7 лет назад +1

      The music was way ahead of it's time. I first heard it in the summer of 1963.

  • @josephR1938
    @josephR1938 8 лет назад +52

    After 50 some years this piece still breaks my heart. I have always loved this song.

    • @phoenixgrove
      @phoenixgrove 8 лет назад +2

      +Dominic Joseph Radanovich It is beautiful indeed.

    • @markosko8393
      @markosko8393 5 лет назад +1

      yes indeed i recall and cherish this song and those times. hauntingly beautiful truly music for the soul. ... Mark Osko

  • @MrAdvance2go
    @MrAdvance2go Год назад +3

    This...Stranger on the Shore.....Theme From a Summer Place ..imo....the 3 greatest instrumentals.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Год назад

      I agree with you 100%. You left out the theme from the movie "Summer of '42" by Zamfir....and thanks for leaving the comment.

  • @deadbeatcatdad4048
    @deadbeatcatdad4048 3 года назад +5

    RIP bill. he was my composition professor in college for a while. wore shorts well into his 80s. played on bob dylan’s self portrait and said he played piano on yakety sax, though i’ve never been able to corroborate that second one.

    • @ConnorQuinnvo
      @ConnorQuinnvo 2 года назад +1

      Good ear. Bill Pursell did the piano, Jimmy Wilkerson on guitar, Henry Strzelecki on bass,Jack Greubel played drums.

  • @a.j.mercurio1238
    @a.j.mercurio1238 10 лет назад +4

    There was a legendary DJ in Philadelphia Pa named Hy Lit who used to do a monolog to this song every Sunday night when he closed his show. Many great memories of him doing it, both happy and sad. This song brings me back to the wonderful days of the past and wonderful people who I have had in my life. I have often thought of putting words to this song, but its so beautiful as it is I do not think it should ever be changed. A song that will live with me forever...............

    • @bobrulejr.4057
      @bobrulejr.4057 7 лет назад

      AJ, I too have many fond memories of HiSki doing his monolog to this beautiful song. It seems odd now to say now, the show was an "oldies" show. It was one of the first of its kind. He would always say something like, "If your with your best girl right now, take a hold of her hand and look into her eyes......" It was a great time in Philly.

  • @sawnose4775
    @sawnose4775 8 лет назад +62

    Love this tune. Just makes my heart soar like a hawk.

    • @sawnose4775
      @sawnose4775 4 года назад +1

      mine to!!

    • @dennishanson3671
      @dennishanson3671 2 года назад +1

      I totally agree but the vocal version by the lettermen blew me away even more especially the video with the lyrics on it

    • @sawnose4775
      @sawnose4775 2 года назад +1

      @@dennishanson3671 Vocal version? Nah, this is a song that needs no words.

    • @SummerSong.17
      @SummerSong.17 2 года назад

      Best love song I ever heard. God bless you Mr. Pursell. I listened to this a thousand times and never tire of it. Best pianist of our generation. I am 63 years old. Will never hear one like this again.
      A. Thankful listener!

    • @sawnose4775
      @sawnose4775 2 года назад

      @@SummerSong.17 You're a little late to the party pal, but pour yourself a drink anyway!!

  • @Halo101st
    @Halo101st 12 лет назад +1

    Remember when they used to play this on the radio? It was so nice to drive along and listen.
    Then, you have today... and people wonder why those of us who were there want to go back. Sad thing is, you cannot tell them so they will understand. You had to be there.

  • @copernicus633
    @copernicus633 11 лет назад +3

    This to me is like a hymn of nostalgia, to all the vanished lovely things of youth. The beautiful girls, the departed parents and relatives, places we remember, for me mostly gone now. We never realize what we have when we are young, but in age we do, when it is too late.

    • @johnpanagos8137
      @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад +1

      But is it "too late""? By the way it sounds like it makes you feel now... I repeat, "is it really too late"? I'll be 75 this May first... this song still brings a tear to my eyes and heart. I still cant figure out if it's from sadness or joy... but it's wonderful.

  • @match9441
    @match9441 9 лет назад +59

    brings back times that are gone forever.

    • @johnmccormick5702
      @johnmccormick5702 8 лет назад +5

      +john mcnamara If you can still remember them and cherish them they are not gone!!

    • @centralparocker8886
      @centralparocker8886 4 года назад

      Not in our memories...

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 3 года назад

      @@johnmccormick5702 this song does get playtime during Christmas time

    • @tonyallen6510
      @tonyallen6510 3 года назад +1

      Your so right

    • @frankdenardo8684
      @frankdenardo8684 3 года назад

      @@tonyallen6510 it is also a Christmas song as well

  • @skeeterblanton5226
    @skeeterblanton5226 Год назад +1

    It does not get any better than this, so beautiful.....Makes me think off.......

  • @maxb6057
    @maxb6057 4 месяца назад +1

    This song gives me goosebumps, a flood of memories of my childhood in innocent and happier times. Oh how I miss my childhood in the sunny Caribbean in the 60s

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  4 месяца назад +1

      Keep the sun in your heart and enjoy the beauty of newly fallen snow. I am a beach bum who goes to the beach every day even when it snows. You might like some of my other music video which were filmed at several different beaches in my area of Connecticut.

  • @johnpanagos8137
    @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад +4

    I still get a tear in my eyes every time I her this wonderful LOVE song. Those days are gone for most in the days after the 60s... and maybe 70s... but in the 60s there still was romance.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  3 года назад +1

      You are so right that those days are gone.

  • @thegmantube
    @thegmantube 10 лет назад +5

    I can't believe I heard this tonight on the Comcast Easy Listening Channel. I guess they don't want us to forget the winter we had or how beautiful this song is.

  • @joemidgett5192
    @joemidgett5192 2 года назад +2

    My favorite instrumental of all time

  • @judylipscomb4650
    @judylipscomb4650 2 года назад +2

    My Jim and I started dating in the winter of 1967 and that’s when we fell in love. We were married 48 years and I lost him 4 1/2 yrs ago. This song makes me think of when we met. Love it although I get sad too missing him.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  2 года назад

      I am glad you like the song and the video and that it brings back happy memories. I started dating my bride of now 52 years in the Fall of 1966.

  • @patrikeriksson8508
    @patrikeriksson8508 8 лет назад +62

    Fantastic music Bill Pursell "our winter love" and Percy Faith "A summer place".
    Two of the absolute best winter & summer love music.

    • @skeeterblanton5226
      @skeeterblanton5226 7 лет назад +5

      Perfectly said.....

    • @pesha600
      @pesha600 7 лет назад +5

      I totally agree with you. My two favorites of all time.

    • @joelgroves4875
      @joelgroves4875 5 лет назад +4

      I agree completely. And throw in Floyd Cramer's Last Date.

    • @bryan3dguitar
      @bryan3dguitar 3 года назад

      In my opinion, "A Summer Place" has a much more interesting melody and a very beautiful chorus.

    • @MrSoulSimon
      @MrSoulSimon 2 года назад

      I agree, but would also add Soul Coaxin' by Raymond LeFevre. Three great instrumentals.

  • @DonnaAllman
    @DonnaAllman 9 лет назад +54

    This is my husband's and my song. Married in 1968....still goin strong.
    THanks for the beautiful work.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  9 лет назад +4

      Donna Allman You are very welcome

    • @mysecretworld6603
      @mysecretworld6603 9 лет назад +6

      Donna Allman May you and your husband have many more years of health and happiness, this record is a beauty

    • @SLYSPYHIWAY90
      @SLYSPYHIWAY90 8 лет назад +3

      +Donna Allman Congrats hope your life has been one filled with love joy and respect for each other.

    • @DonnaAllman
      @DonnaAllman 8 лет назад +4

      +Donna Allman Nov 23, 2015 it will be 47 years of marriage. Still get weepy when I hear this and see the beautiful pictures. I remember driving down Lake Shore Drive in Chicago about 3 AM with my boyfriend (before we married) and the snow was blowing across the drive, it was beautiful....and our song "Our Winter Love" was playing.

    • @SLYSPYHIWAY90
      @SLYSPYHIWAY90 8 лет назад +3

      +Donna Allman You chose wisely, it's a great song. Thanks for sharing your memory it's cool.

  • @stevematisisr3749
    @stevematisisr3749 11 месяцев назад +2

    One of the best instrumental

  • @customkey
    @customkey 11 лет назад +2

    Yep! I live in the NYC area now but I was in Philly this morn. This came on the car radio and I wondered why Hyski wasn't rapping over it. Then I realized that it's 2013 and Hy Lit is gone. At least I've got the memory.

  • @christopheretzwiler5635
    @christopheretzwiler5635 Год назад +6

    Love this song Heaven knew what was doing when this song was composed by God ALMIGHTY 👍🙏✝️✝️💖💖👍

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Год назад +1

      You are not alone in how your feel about this song. BTW, thanks for the comment.

  • @jeanludwig9593
    @jeanludwig9593 8 лет назад +8

    I am into soft CHRISTIAN music now, but this secular song has stood the test of time along with SummerPlace. I loved it in 64 and still love today, no matter times I hear it. Mike Ludwig.

    • @jeanludwig9593
      @jeanludwig9593 8 лет назад +3

      I meant to say, no matter how many times I hear it

  • @colsnake331
    @colsnake331 14 лет назад

    Takes me back to the old WLS Ron Webber days in 1963. Bought it on a 45, wore it out and bought another. It was short, sweet and made an everlasting musical memory.

  • @cinderellajones208
    @cinderellajones208 Месяц назад +2

    Lovey this beautiful song Grandpa, thank you!!😍

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Месяц назад

      Thank you leaving a comment. I appreciate that very much. I am a grandfather but I think you were referring to Bill Purcell who made this song a big hit or to Johnny Cowell who wrote the song and who played the trumpet which really made this song standout and unique.

  • @joejankiewicz9642
    @joejankiewicz9642 7 лет назад +26

    "Our WInter Love"...a melody that washes away from the soul, the dust of every day life.

  • @thomtlc2
    @thomtlc2 7 лет назад +37

    This is what falling in love sounds like.

  • @DougCeleste
    @DougCeleste 2 года назад +2

    God bless your grandfather for writing one of my all-time favorite instrumentals! We just don't hear music this pretty anymore.

  • @krbwjbarry
    @krbwjbarry 6 лет назад +1

    Oh how I wish the music today was like this.

  • @user-hi8fy4ch4y
    @user-hi8fy4ch4y 2 месяца назад +3

    Beautiful song.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  2 месяца назад

      I am glad you liked the song,,,,thanks for leaving a comment

  • @frankjennings4022
    @frankjennings4022 4 года назад +3

    I was a high school senior and dating Patty Croslin, a beautiful young lady in 63' and we sat in my car at Frosty root beer in Little Rock listening to this. She's gone now, and my heart burns at the memory of those times. The lump in my throat is much too large to swallow.

  • @jscoot9844
    @jscoot9844 6 лет назад +13

    Best instrumental ever. As a teenager, I would stop everything when this song came on the radio. Thanks for the beautiful memories and great wintertime scene you've created to accompany this incredible song.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  6 лет назад

      I am glad you like the video. I agree the song is incredibly beautiful

  • @stuartenyc
    @stuartenyc 3 года назад +1

    Rest in peace, Bill Purcell, and thanks for the great memories. Another of the 200,000 souls taken from us by Covid-19.

  • @cdl1952
    @cdl1952 7 лет назад +5

    Heard this many times on All night radio from Chicago in 1963 .
    I was just 10 and in love with the girl next door
    Great memories!

  • @porscheguy57
    @porscheguy57 13 лет назад +5

    In my estimation this is one of the most beautiful, romantic songs ever written. It is haunting yet so soothing.
    Purcell this will live on forever! Thank you many times over man!

  • @r59red
    @r59red 4 года назад +2

    Best instrumental ever.Anita Kerr background vocals are beautiful.KXOK in St Louis.
    Winter in Collinsville Ill in 1963.Could listen to this song over and over.

  • @kathleenglenn8221
    @kathleenglenn8221 Год назад +1

    When I was 16 I was in love with a very handsome 18 year old. In our high school paper it said this was our song.. listening to this makes me think of that boy and the love I'll always have for him.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  Год назад

      I am glad this song brings back happy memories.

  • @ameliapoe06
    @ameliapoe06 12 лет назад +4

    Simple, beautiful, and timeless. Sometimes that's all it takes to touch your soul.

  • @ryan9570
    @ryan9570 9 лет назад +17

    ahhh the good old days when instrumentals were high on the charts of pop music!

  • @petekalabisko2484
    @petekalabisko2484 6 лет назад +2

    My wife and I call this "Our Song". After 56 years together, we still feel the closeness that this song gave to us. Thank you Bill.......

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 лет назад

      Great songs and great marriages last forever.

  • @jerrynovak7104
    @jerrynovak7104 4 года назад +1

    A small two story townhouse. My father raising my younger brother and myself now in high school in Ohio. That beautiful huge radio in the living room, its ivory dials and yellow light, dad making dinner , me sitting in the living room doing my homework and my brother Clifford at Junior High football practice. A cool dreary day typical of Ohio in the fall, but with this music and the three of us it was a warm special moment in time, never forgotten and Im 74 now and love this song just as much as I did in our small home back then.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  4 года назад

      I am glad this song and my video bring back happy memories. I am 75 years old and this song brings back winter memories when I was a teenager.

  • @7ov9
    @7ov9 15 лет назад +8

    A song such as this awakens in me the memories of my deepest hopes and dreams. I too feel the sweet pain . . . of wanting to go back in time and fulfilling what I couldn't then . . . yet knowing that I can't. I can only hope to make my present as happy as I wish my past had been.

  • @match9441
    @match9441 8 лет назад +29

    We must try to hold on to memories for thats the only thing in this world that really matters as we get older. Sadly they are like sand on the beach,everchanging and fading.

  • @margerybartley5618
    @margerybartley5618 Год назад +2

    This is the best song ever composed thank God for Bill makes me remember my mom and dad at a tender age listening to this melody watching the sunset I love it Margery

  • @Kuya15
    @Kuya15 7 месяцев назад +2

    I was a young airmen in the Air Force stationed in Omaha Nebraska. With my then girlfriend driving in the car and this song played on the car radio. What beautiful memories

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  7 месяцев назад

      I had a similar memory that sticks with me and I still remember where I was. It was in the late 1960s while driving in the winter night to college. I was alone but I was thinking of my "wife to be"( to whom I've been married to over 50 yrs) while I was listening to an instrumental song. The song was "Love is Blue".

  • @larrydrake4056
    @larrydrake4056 9 лет назад +27

    this is one of the most beautiful songs ive ever heard ,it makes me feel good evertime I hear it,i am glad I finally found it

  • @guadalupeaguilar952
    @guadalupeaguilar952 9 месяцев назад +4

    One of the Best songs...............❤❤

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  9 месяцев назад

      Thank you for the comment. I too believe this is one of the most romantic and beautiful songs ever done.

  • @dancingbear86
    @dancingbear86 16 лет назад +2

    A beautiful and classic instrumental hit from
    the early 1960s.I've always liked this tune a lot and especially because it reminds me of Mama & Daddy.....

  • @ToeIn2194
    @ToeIn2194 15 лет назад

    beautiful music for a gorgeous generation of true people

  • @dennisaccount4442
    @dennisaccount4442 5 лет назад +4

    Such a Beautiful haunting themed song. I just love this song and the winter memories it evokes from my HS year, 1963. Thank you for writing this Mr. Cowell. You couldn't have written a more fitting song for a winter love.

  • @steveo3365
    @steveo3365 9 лет назад +5

    This song is emblematic of a much better time.

  • @summerbrezzeandwinds
    @summerbrezzeandwinds 11 лет назад +1

    drinking star,, i always come back to my roots with tunes, when i think of kia usmc,s bros, , my time amd a timeless song, sweet,

  • @raymondmalcuit8361
    @raymondmalcuit8361 3 года назад +2

    This Song Went To Number 9 On The Billboard Hot-100 Chart In 1963.

  • @tonysharkey9414
    @tonysharkey9414 2 года назад +7

    I play this song just as I get into bed. It makes me feel SO relaxed, peaceful and melts away stress and the cares of the day. It is so very romantic that it immediately brings a smile and warm memories of the love ( or loves ) of your life. Thank you so much for this short musical gift.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  2 года назад

      I remember this song when I was a high school senior. It was a big hit in the late Fall of 1962 and April of 1963. Bill Pursell saw my video and left a comment. The grandson of Johnny Cowell,who wrote the song, also wrote a comment. It is my most watched and most commented video here on RUclips. I am glad you liked it. Thanks

  • @r.crompton2286
    @r.crompton2286 5 лет назад +7

    Like so many of the songs/tunes of that bygone era, this one registers very high on the emotive meter. There's very little being composed and recorded today that stirs the heart like this. I don't think people can fall in love today the way they did when this kind of romantic music was popular.

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 лет назад +1

      I agree with you.

    • @johnpanagos8137
      @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад

      So true...so true. Sadly... I wonder how one can be romantic over a cell phone today? When is the last time you saw a young couple walking together holding hands? They are busy texting.

    • @johnpanagos8137
      @johnpanagos8137 3 года назад

      Great job! You hit the nail on the head.

  • @samuelcaplan2822
    @samuelcaplan2822 6 лет назад +1

    I was in 9th grade in school in Tijuana.
    I had had 3 years of rachitic English classes. My knowledge of the language was very poor. Sometime during 1963, I heard this song. It was hypnotizing, I loved it. Life continued. About a week ago I was dreaming. I don´t remember the dream, it was a nice dream, it left me with a good feeling. Somewhere in the dream I remember the song. For days the melody has been haunting me. Somehow I associated the music with the word "winter". I´ve been trying for days searching: A winter´s tale, a winter´s song, a winter´s night, a winter´s day. Today I wrote "top 100 instrumental hits of the 60´s in Google. # 99 is Our winter love. 54 years later...

  • @Wolfsky9
    @Wolfsky9 13 лет назад +2

    A masterpiece. Spring of '63, I remember hearing this for the 1st time, & running to the record store to get it. I still have that 45. Classic. Wolfsky9

  • @Drake.Robey.
    @Drake.Robey. 6 лет назад +3

    Such an awesome song !!! No stress. No drama. No dreading that over solicitous relative at the holiday table.Just peace and love !!!!!!

  • @sageborra6642
    @sageborra6642 5 лет назад +3

    I fell in love with this song way back in 1963. I was four years old. I kept in touch with this song throughout my life. Always found cassette tapes and instrumental oldie tapes with this song on it. This
    is my favorite instrumental of all time. I love the beautiful melody as well as the memories it brings back Thanks for sharing this beautiful song version and the creative homemade winter video

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 лет назад

      I am glad you like the video. To me, this is one of the most romantic songs of all time. It is beautifully crafted.

  • @gregbrown5200
    @gregbrown5200 5 месяцев назад +2

    All time Best!!!

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  5 месяцев назад

      You are right about the music......Thanks for the comment

  • @Butterflypoo
    @Butterflypoo 5 лет назад +2

    Anita Kerr, absolutely fabulous vocals on this and so many other classics of this era.

  • @VeteranUSArmy
    @VeteranUSArmy 9 лет назад +4

    OMG! This instrumental reminds me so much of the 1962-63 winter when my GF broke up with me, I get so emotional, because I really loved her though she later wanted me back but all the magic was gone! In her stead, I invited a pretty girl the Military Ball--she was so charming! My date sang Loop-de-Loop to me on our way home from the Ball! Ahhh! High School!

  • @beatlejim64
    @beatlejim64 5 лет назад +3

    Released in January 1963...got to #9 on the charts on March 30, 1963. Spent 14 weeks on the "Hot 100"....CLASSIC!!!

  • @ChuckWroste
    @ChuckWroste 11 лет назад +2

    One of my favorites from my radio DJ days. That one bass note sends chills of my spine. Her name was Betty, and she owned me, but I really didn't impress her. She's about 67 now, I'll bet she's still beautiful

  • @copernicus633
    @copernicus633 13 лет назад

    Each has their own interpretation. For me it is a hymn to the passages of time and fate in our lives.

  • @patfeo2621
    @patfeo2621 2 года назад +4

    I just love this beautiful song , I was at a very young age when I first heard it. It reminds me of my childhood, growing up when our family was all together. Bringing back so many memories with tears flowing down my cheeks.♥️😭

    • @DrinkingStar
      @DrinkingStar  2 года назад

      I am glad this brings back so many great memories.