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
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.
I have to add "Soul Coaxing" (Ame Caline) to "Our Winter Love" and "Theme From 'A Summer Place' as the 3 best instrumentals! But there are so many excellent instrumentals to choose from in pop music, which is why they are so loved! "Soul Coaxing" (Ame Caline), composed by Michel Polnareff (France; b. Jul. 3, 1944; now 80); a gorgeous performance by Raymond LeFevre Orchestra, here: ua-cam.com/video/ILFsdDcgwdQ/v-deo.html
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.
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.
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 UA-cam. 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.
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.
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!❤
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
+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
+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.
+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.
+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
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.
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.
And the days are gone when we used to enjoy beautiful movie themes which lasted for decades. Think back....replay them...beautiful memories..soundtracks
@@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 💖🙏😪💏
...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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
+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.
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.
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❤
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.
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...
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.
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".
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
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!
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.
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.
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 UA-cam.. Many of them are romantic.
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.
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
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.
+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.
I was 14 when this song came out. I'm 62 now. It brings back feelings of a place and time I had forgotten. While I was listening, I caught myself whispering the name of someone that I knew, so very long ago. Somehow, I believe she heard me. I still love you, Annie.
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!
+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.
+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!!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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".
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........
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.
Ths is to lovely for words,Im a Aussie male nearlly 60,I have cherished this music since my youth, its takes my heart and soul of dancing with the angels,
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...............
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.
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
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.
When I heard this music I got the shivers and I felt a real sadness that all this beauty around me , my family and just my extremely fortunate life in general has to come to an end.It was a mysterious feeling and I prayed that the Lord would give me the strength to face the final end. I know it sounds very strange but I really thought of all the lovely people in my life, my wife , my kids and how I want to be with them forever.Neverthless I know that God will provide.
Tell me why they don't make music like t his anymore every time I hear precious m emories of when this song first played on the airwaves just unbelievably beautiful when this world wasn't as stressful peopl e took time to enjoy the moments of life I am listening to it on you tube tonight Ma rich 2022 with tears in my eyes of the da ys gone by. Thanks Bill Purcell and Jerry cowell.
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 🙏👍
Your father is among the nearly two thirds million people who have viewed my video. It amazes me that people remember and love a song that came out in late 1962. I am glad it brings back so many happy memories.
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!
I am glad you discovered this 1963 song. I was 17 years old when it came out. There have been very few songs released as lovely and as romantic as this song.....and thanks for leaving the comment.
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.
Music is powerful medicine.....if you would just slow down to listen and absorb a dose. This is an example. No prescription needed, totally free...take advantage.
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.
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 UA-cam. I am glad you liked it. Thanks
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I was 13 in 1963 and don't recall ever hearing this song. But it reminds me now of how that time felt. It's the kind of song you could play at your 50th anniversary after being married to your true (and aging) love
Thank you for leaving the comment. I was 17 when this song came out. Here is another song that you might like to play at your 50th wedding anniversary. I made a music video of that song for my wife for our 50th wedding anniversary. Here is the UA-cam link to it . ua-cam.com/video/Mh7fKsFbIpk/v-deo.html
This is the sweetest, most moving song from the golden age of pop music. It is my favorite instrumental of all time and it was songs like this that made my teenage years in the 60s so very special. Thank you so much for such a wonderful video and for sharing this memory with us.
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.....
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
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.
@@DrinkingStar True...and I should have added Autumn leaves!! Actually I am an ex Dj and I would play this type of music when I would do a wedding during dinner. Quality music....! Not many 18 year olds were into this type of music back in the 70s but I always had an appreciation for it...Thanks
Always a favorite last hour spin on the Terry Lee Show on WMCK in Pittsburgh. Elaine and I always knew it was near midnight (she had to be home) when this beautiful song was playing. Windows in the car all steamy, never wanting the nite to end. What a beautiful, romantic song. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories of young love.
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.
Im 60, the older I get the better this sounds, I find it hard to explain what this music does to me but I will try, it seems to go down deep into me untill it reaches my soul, when it does it turns my body to jelly my heart leap and my eyes weep...
Well said, Brian. You are not alone. One interesting note since going through the many comments about this song here... Notice how many of us "tough" guys back then, now melt and express our feelings today when we hear this wonderful song? I think that may be what is called, "romantic". It must have always been there, no? :-) Hawthorne, NJ - walks in Goffle Brook Park.
Released in January 1963...got as high as #9 on the Billboard "Hot 100" on March 30, 1963...spent 14 weeks on the charts...a CLASSIC!
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
You, myself and nearly 3/4 million others feel the same way about this song....and thanks for leaving your comment.
This song and Percy Faith's A Summer Place, the best!
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.
Also Last Date - Floyd Cramer
I have to add "Soul Coaxing" (Ame Caline) to "Our Winter Love" and "Theme From 'A Summer Place' as the 3 best instrumentals! But there are so many excellent instrumentals to choose from in pop music, which is why they are so loved!
"Soul Coaxing" (Ame Caline), composed by Michel Polnareff (France; b. Jul. 3, 1944; now 80); a gorgeous performance by Raymond LeFevre Orchestra, here: ua-cam.com/video/ILFsdDcgwdQ/v-deo.html
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.
I agree 100%. I remember hearing it when it 1st came outback in the 1960s. Thanks for leaving the comment.
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.
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.
Me too.
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
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 UA-cam. 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.
Thanks and yes Chris Rea 's song is great , But I have to mention Tommy Roe's "Its Now Winters Day" @@DrinkingStar
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.
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!❤
I was 17 when that came out. Thanks for leaving a comment.
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
+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
+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.
+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.
+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
a national treasure
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.
Condolences!!! Timeless, gorgeous music. Absolutely gorgeous!!!!!
This is one of my all-time favorite instrumentals. A song that can’t be played too much..
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.
Hi grammie! It’s Henry
It's unfortunate that music like this beautiful arrangement hasn't been produced in several decades....
I agree 100%
And the days are gone when we used to enjoy beautiful movie themes which lasted for decades.
Think back....replay them...beautiful memories..soundtracks
@@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 💖🙏😪💏
...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.
@@christopheretzwiler5635 Thanks for sharing that incredible heart of yours Christopher!!!! Blessings!!!!
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.
I just typed this in, it’s soooo BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!❤️❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
@@isoldeward3199 sounds like a Christmas 🎄 song
Sounds like a theme song for several somebodies❤
I'm 71 years old now and you can't believe the memories this song brings back. Thanks much, Dave
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.
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.
This is a great story and another reason why this song has almost .75 million hits on UA-cam
What a romantic Joan
Thanks for sharing such a great moment of your past with us Joan!!!
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.
Well said!
This is the earliest use of a fuzz guitar that I know of.
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.
I agree
@@kennethsmith7301 Me too.
Yes!
Brings me to tears everytime...thinking of family memories.
Agree it would have been played at my wedding if it had ever happened
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.
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.
I agree 1,000 percent! I love it!
For an in-depth history of just how this beautiful and haunting melody came to be, go to: m.ua-cam.com/video/0c45spFPiQE/v-deo.html#dialog
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.
A great memory indeed. Thanks for sharing.
Happy times.
great story! simple times back then. I was just imagining my childhood from the 1980s! I want it back , it goes fast :O(
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.
+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.
One of the best instrumental
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.
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.
@@DrinkingStar I will check it out, thank you.
That's the way it is Today...............very 😢😢😢
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❤
First heard this in the Winter of '63 (?) on 77-WABC in New York..... and it remains an all-time classic! THANK YOU! *****
YES!!! Good old 77-WABC... Palisades Park... GSP to the "SHORE"... Wildwood... OMG, what memories from the 60s!!!
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.
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...
Man, what wonderful and gentler times we had back then............sigh...
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.
A lovely song. A song that make you wish for better times again.
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".
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
This song is heaven with a chorus of angels.
In this case the Anita Kerr singers
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!
You are so correct about the youth of today missing out on what we experienced
That's how I feel....
That is why we have the privilege, as well as the sacred duty, to set them right by bringing them this music.
Love this tune. Just makes my heart soar like a hawk.
mine to!!
I totally agree but the vocal version by the lettermen blew me away even more especially the video with the lyrics on it
@@dennishanson3671 Vocal version? Nah, this is a song that needs no words.
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!
@@SummerSong.17 You're a little late to the party pal, but pour yourself a drink anyway!!
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.
I am glad you like the video. The song is one of my favorites too, especially when it is snowing at night.
Well said and well put, Mr Salter ! I know the feeling ! It's so incredibly beautiful !
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.
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 UA-cam.. Many of them are romantic.
Beautiful song.
I am glad you liked the song,,,,thanks for leaving a comment
One of the best instrumentals of my life. Such a warm, beautiful melody to listen to on a cold, winter night.
Thanks. I am glad you find it warm and beautiful.
brings back times that are gone forever.
+john mcnamara If you can still remember them and cherish them they are not gone!!
Not in our memories...
@@johnmccormick5702 this song does get playtime during Christmas time
Your so right
@@tonyallen6510 it is also a Christmas song as well
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.
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
Thanks for your Service Ron!!!!!
oldie but still a goodie
You are correct about that....thanks for leaving a comment
RIP Bill Pursell. This song haunted my mind for decades before I finally found it by chance on YT.
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.
This is my husband's and my song. Married in 1968....still goin strong.
THanks for the beautiful work.
Donna Allman You are very welcome
Donna Allman May you and your husband have many more years of health and happiness, this record is a beauty
+Donna Allman Congrats hope your life has been one filled with love joy and respect for each other.
+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.
+Donna Allman You chose wisely, it's a great song. Thanks for sharing your memory it's cool.
I was 14 when this song came out. I'm 62 now. It brings back feelings of a place and time I had forgotten. While I was listening, I caught myself whispering the name of someone that I knew, so very long ago. Somehow, I believe she heard me. I still love you, Annie.
Fantastic music Bill Pursell "our winter love" and Percy Faith "A summer place".
Two of the absolute best winter & summer love music.
Perfectly said.....
I totally agree with you. My two favorites of all time.
I agree completely. And throw in Floyd Cramer's Last Date.
In my opinion, "A Summer Place" has a much more interesting melody and a very beautiful chorus.
I agree, but would also add Soul Coaxin' by Raymond LeFevre. Three great instrumentals.
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!
+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.
+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!!
a beautiful memory
Donn Valkenaar beautiful.! I'm lucky that I'm listening it now
The music was way ahead of it's time. I first heard it in the summer of 1963.
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.
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.
Beautiful music
Thank you for the comment. I really appreciate that.
After 50 some years this piece still breaks my heart. I have always loved this song.
+Dominic Joseph Radanovich It is beautiful indeed.
yes indeed i recall and cherish this song and those times. hauntingly beautiful truly music for the soul. ... Mark Osko
My favorite instrumental of all time
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.
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.
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
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".
"Our WInter Love"...a melody that washes away from the soul, the dust of every day life.
HAUNTING, AND BEAUTIFUL !
Well said... VERY well said!
God bless your grandfather for writing one of my all-time favorite instrumentals! We just don't hear music this pretty anymore.
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........
I am glad you like the song. BTW, I am 2 years older than you(LOL)
Lovey this beautiful song Grandpa, thank you!!😍
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.
Love this song Heaven knew what was doing when this song was composed by God ALMIGHTY 👍🙏✝️✝️💖💖👍
You are not alone in how your feel about this song. BTW, thanks for the comment.
Ths is to lovely for words,Im a Aussie male nearlly 60,I have cherished this music since my youth, its takes my heart and soul of dancing with the angels,
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...............
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.
The beautiful music of Bill Pursell, enough said.
He is still living.
Bill is still active today and working with other artists.
Anita Kerr, absolutely fabulous vocals on this and so many other classics of this era.
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
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.
When I heard this music I got the shivers and I felt a real sadness that all this beauty around me , my family and just my extremely fortunate life in general has to come to an end.It was a mysterious feeling and I prayed that the Lord would give me the strength to face the final end. I know it sounds very strange but I really thought of all the lovely people in my life, my wife , my kids and how I want to be with them forever.Neverthless I know that God will provide.
Simple, beautiful, and timeless. Sometimes that's all it takes to touch your soul.
Tell me why they don't make music like t his anymore every time I hear precious m emories of when this song first played on the airwaves just unbelievably beautiful when this world wasn't as stressful peopl e took time to enjoy the moments of life I am listening to it on you tube tonight Ma rich 2022 with tears in my eyes of the da ys gone by. Thanks Bill Purcell and Jerry cowell.
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 🙏👍
My father loved this song .Brings back so many memories.
Your father is among the nearly two thirds million people who have viewed my video. It amazes me that people remember and love a song that came out in late 1962. I am glad it brings back so many happy memories.
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!
As a music lover and dj i can’t believe i am just hearing this lovely composition but i might have heard it on USA
WPAT 93 in new jersey
I am glad you discovered this 1963 song. I was 17 years old when it came out. There have been very few songs released as lovely and as romantic as this song.....and thanks for leaving the comment.
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.
Music is powerful medicine.....if you would just slow down to listen and absorb a dose.
This is an example.
No prescription needed, totally free...take advantage.
Great advice
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.
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 UA-cam. I am glad you liked it. Thanks
I'm 73 and I searched for this rendition. It does the same for me .
Thanks
This is what falling in love sounds like.
Yesssssss!
Such a masterpiece! Very soothing and calming!
Well said, wish I had said this.......
Falling in love...set to music. Well put, sir.
Amen!
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.
I meant to say, no matter how many times I hear it
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.
You are so right that those days are gone.
My favorite instrumental, takes me on a sentimental journey through the past.
You are not alone in feeling that way.. Thanks for leaving a comment
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.......
Great songs and great marriages last forever.
How beautiful. Many memories of my Mother and Father when they were very young. I'm very touched...thank you.
Today I am, 87. What memories this brings back.
I am 75 and this song brings back some great memories
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.
I agree 100 per cent !!
I absolutely love this instrumental, Arthur Hirsch
You and nearly 2/3 of million people who have viewed my video say the same thing.
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.
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.
One of the Best songs...............❤❤
Thank you for the comment. I too believe this is one of the most romantic and beautiful songs ever done.
People will be listening to this for centuries to come
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.
I am glad you like the video. I agree the song is incredibly beautiful
I was 13 in 1963 and don't recall ever hearing this song. But it reminds me now of how that time felt.
It's the kind of song you could play at your 50th anniversary after being married to your true (and aging) love
Thank you for leaving the comment. I was 17 when this song came out.
Here is another song that you might like to play at your 50th wedding anniversary. I made a music video of that song for my wife for our 50th wedding anniversary. Here is the UA-cam link to it . ua-cam.com/video/Mh7fKsFbIpk/v-deo.html
@DrinkingStar Thanks, I was married for 25 years but am currently not married. I will never have a 50th anniversary, but I'm okay with that.
This is the sweetest, most moving song from the golden age of pop music. It is my favorite instrumental of all time and it was songs like this that made my teenage years in the 60s so very special. Thank you so much for such a wonderful video and for sharing this memory with us.
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.....
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
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
ahhh the good old days when instrumentals were high on the charts of pop music!
Oh how I wish the music today was like this.
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.
Good ear. Bill Pursell did the piano, Jimmy Wilkerson on guitar, Henry Strzelecki on bass,Jack Greubel played drums.
Beautiful heartwarming I loved it in 1963 still do, thank you 🙏
Pure beauty! love and miss this kind of music.
RIP Bill...thanks for the music and memories
Lovely song...right up there with Misty and A Stranger on the Shore and of course A Summer Place!
I see you remember all the classic romantic songs of the late 50s and early 60s.
@@DrinkingStar True...and I should have added Autumn leaves!! Actually I am an ex Dj and I would play this type of music when I would do a wedding during dinner. Quality music....! Not many 18 year olds were into this type of music back in the 70s but I always had an appreciation for it...Thanks
I also made a music video of "Theme from A Summer Place".
All four of those beautiful songs were recorded and released within a brief 3-year period between 1959 and 1962.
Always a favorite last hour spin on the Terry Lee Show on WMCK in Pittsburgh. Elaine and I always knew it was near midnight (she had to be home) when this beautiful song was playing. Windows in the car all steamy, never wanting the nite to end. What a beautiful, romantic song. Thanks for bringing back some wonderful memories of young love.
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.
Im 60, the older I get the better this sounds, I find it hard to explain what this music does to me but I will try, it seems to go down deep into me untill it reaches my soul, when it does it turns my body to jelly my heart leap and my eyes weep...
Well said, Brian. You are not alone. One interesting note since going through the many comments about this song here... Notice how many of us "tough" guys back then, now melt and express our feelings today when we hear this wonderful song? I think that may be what is called, "romantic". It must have always been there, no? :-) Hawthorne, NJ - walks in Goffle Brook Park.