Our Winter Love Explained

Our Winter Love
Type:single
Artist:Bill Pursell
Album:Our Winter Love
B-Side:A Wound Time Can't Erase
Released:January 1963
Recorded:1962
Genre:Easy listening
Label:Columbia
Producer:Don Law & Frank Jones
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,[1] and was released as a single in January 1963.[2]

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,[3] while reaching No. 4 on Billboards Middle-Road Singles chart,[4] [5] No. 20 on Billboards Hot R&B Singles chart,[6] [7] No. 12 in Australia,[8] and No. 25 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[9] Bill Pursell's version was ranked No. 54 on Billboards end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[10]

Chart (1963)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 1009
US Billboard Middle-Road Singles4
US Billboard Hot R&B Singles20
Australia - Music Maker12
Canada - CHUM Hit Parade25

The Lettermen version

In 1966, The Lettermen released a version, with lyrics written by Bob Tubert.[11] This vocal version spent 4 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, peaking at No. 72,[12] while reaching No. 16 on Billboards Easy Listening chart,[13] [14] No. 12 on Record Worlds "Top Non-Rock" chart,[15] and No. 91 on Canada's "RPM 100".[16]

Chart (1967)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 10072
US Billboard Easy Listening16
US Record World Top Non-Rock12
Canada - RPM 10091

Other versions

Notes and References

  1. "Reviews of New Singles", Billboard, December 1, 1962. p. 26. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  2. Web site: Song of the Day:<"Our Winter Love" . M.C. ANTIL . November 9, 2010.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. "Middle-Road Singles", Billboard, March 30, 1963. p. 40. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  6. 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
  7. "Hot R&B Singles", Billboard, April 13, 1963. p. 24. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  8. "Billboard Hits of the World", Billboard, June 8, 1963. p. 31. Accessed July 31, 2016.
  9. Web site: CHUM Hit Parade - Week of January 7, 1963. Chart Number 302 . . 2016-01-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061107224627/http://www.1050chum.com/charts/chartview.aspx?img=19630107 . November 7, 2006 .
  10. "Top Records of 1963", Billboard, Section II, December 28, 1963. p. 30. Retrieved February 17, 2018.
  11. Wood, Herb. "Nashville Scene", Billboard, December 24, 1966. p. 43. Accessed August 1, 2016.
  12. 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
  13. 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
  14. "Billboard Top 40 Easy Listening", Billboard, February 18, 1967. p. 16. Accessed August 1, 2016.
  15. "Record World's Top Non-Rock", Record World, February 18, 1967. p. 32. Retrieved March 15, 2018.
  16. "RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 6, No. 25, February 18, 1967. Accessed August 1, 2016.
  17. "Dot: The Nation's Best Selling Records", Billboard, September 28, 1963. p. 23. Accessed August 1, 2016.

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