Our Winter Love
{{Infobox song
| name = Our Winter Love
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bill Pursell
| album = Our Winter Love
| B-side = A Wound Time Can't Erase
| released = January 1963
| recorded = 1962
| studio =
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| genre = Easy listening
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=22}}
| label = Columbia
| writer = Johnny Cowell
| producer = Don Law & Frank Jones
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Loved
| next_year = 1963
}}
"Our Winter Love" is an instrumental composition by Johnny Cowell, which was a hit single for Bill Pursell. Pursell's version was recorded in 1962,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1962/Billboard%201962-12-01.pdf Reviews of New Singles]", Billboard, December 1, 1962. p. 26. Accessed July 31, 2016. and was released as a single in January 1963.{{cite web |url=http://mcantil.com/song-of-the-day-bill-pursells-our-winter-love |title=Song of the Day:<"Our Winter Love" |author=M.C. ANTIL |date=November 9, 2010}}
Bill Pursell version
While the Bill Pursell version is largely an instrumental, primarily piano with strings, some riffs are vocalized by a chorus of female and male singers. While it wasn't intended to be a Christmas song, some easy listening and adult contemporary radio stations have the Bill Pursell version on their Christmas music playlists.
=Chart performance=
"Our Winter Love" spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, peaking at No. 9 on March 30,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180521094016/https://www.billboard.com/music/bill-pursell/chart-history/hot-100/song/573829 Hot 100 - Bill Pursell Our Winter Love Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018. while reaching No. 4 on Billboard{{'}}s Middle-Road Singles chart,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180521094051/https://www.billboard.com/music/bill-pursell/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/573829 Adult Contemporary - Bill Pursell Our Winter Love Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-03-30.pdf Middle-Road Singles]", Billboard, March 30, 1963. p. 40. Accessed July 31, 2016. No. 20 on Billboard{{'}}s Hot R&B Singles chart,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180521092406/https://www.billboard.com/music/bill-pursell/chart-history/r-b-hip-hop-songs/song/573829 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs - Bill Pursell Our Winter Love Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-04-13.pdf Hot R&B Singles]", Billboard, April 13, 1963. p. 24. Retrieved March 15, 2018. No. 12 in Australia,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard%201963-06-08.pdf Billboard Hits of the World]", Billboard, June 8, 1963. p. 31. Accessed July 31, 2016. and No. 25 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.{{cite web |url=http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630107 |work=CHUM |title=CHUM Hit Parade - Week of January 7, 1963. Chart Number 302 |accessdate=2016-01-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061107224627/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630107 |archivedate=November 7, 2006 }} Bill Pursell's version was ranked No. 54 on Billboard{{'}}s end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963"."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1963/Billboard-1963-12-28-II-Whos-Who.pdf Top Records of 1963]", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
The Lettermen version
In 1966, The Lettermen released a version, with lyrics written by Bob Tubert.Wood, Herb. "[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1966/Billboard%201966-12-24.pdf Nashville Scene]", Billboard, December 24, 1966. p. 43. Accessed August 1, 2016. This vocal version spent 4 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, peaking at No. 72,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180521094137/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-lettermen/chart-history/hot-100/song/576235 Hot 100 - The Lettermen Our Winter Love Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018. while reaching No. 16 on Billboard{{'}}s Easy Listening chart,[https://web.archive.org/web/20180514132715/https://www.billboard.com/music/the-lettermen/chart-history/adult-contemporary/song/576235 Adult Contemporary - The Lettermen Our Winter Love Chart History], Billboard.com. Retrieved March 15, 2018."[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/60s/1967/Billboard%201967-02-18.pdf Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening]", Billboard, February 18, 1967. p. 16. Accessed August 1, 2016. No. 12 on Record World{{'}}s "Top Non-Rock" chart,"[http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Record-World/60s/67/RW-1967-02-18.pdf Record World's Top Non-Rock]", Record World, February 18, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved March 15, 2018. and No. 91 on Canada's "RPM 100"."[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=848& RPM 100]", RPM Weekly, Volume 6, No. 25, February 18, 1967. Accessed August 1, 2016.
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| Chart (1967)
!Peak |
|---|
| align="left"|US Billboard Hot 100
| 72 |
| align="left"|US Billboard Easy Listening
| 16 |
| align="left"|US Record World Top Non-Rock
| 12 |
| align="left"|Canada - RPM 100
| 91 |
Other versions
- In 1963, a version by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, was released as the lead track on his album 1963's Early Hits."[https://books.google.com/books?id=YAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA23 Dot: The Nation's Best Selling Records]", Billboard, September 28, 1963. p. 23. Accessed August 1, 2016.
References
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Category:Columbia Records singles