I’ll second “Honey.”
There is also some Dan Fogelberg stuff that, to me, is pretty darn sappy. No, I have bleached the titles out of my brain, so I can’t list them…
Those would be “Honey” by Bobby Goldsboro & “I’ve Never Been to Me” by Charlene. (For anyone desperately needing to rush out and buy the records.)
I knew I shouldn’t have re-checked this thread.
Muskrat Love?
You know, I had just about forgotten about “Muskrat Love,” and now it’s stuck in my head.
Thanks. :rolleyes:
Love grows where my Rosemary goes - Edison Lighthouse.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tr6H1a7YUac
Sappy as a maple tree.
Good choices so far, but some are distinctly lacking that certain maudlin something. Thus I present All By Myself, by Eric Carmen.
Maudlin, sure. But who hasn’t secretly turned up the volume and wailed along when driving alone?
How about “I’ll Walk” by Bucky Covington?
A guy and a girl have a fight on prom night. She gets out of the car and starts walking down the road, then gets hit by a car, rendering her unable to walk ever again. The guy and girl get married (guilty much?) and she insists on walking down the aisle with her father. Bad, bad, bad.
Rocky I’ve Never Been In Love Before.
I can’t find a YouTube link though
We’ve Only Just Begun by the Carpenters
Having My Baby by Paul Anka
Watching Scotty Grow by Bobby Goldsboro (Goldsboro has to be the all-time King of Sap)
I have to stop now. I’m getting sick.
How could I have forgotten Shannon? Why, on purpose of course. It went down with the Wreck of the Emund Fitzgerald.
From 1967…Little Becky’s Christmas wish
http://www.bigozine2.com/features06/littlebecky.html
I was 8 years old
How could I forget?
The dearly departed Dan Fogelberg’s eternal Run for the Roses
Quoted for truth.
Barry Manilow’s “Mandy”. Not only is Barry enjoying his self-pity way too much, but the first time I heard it, the dj followed the song with the comment, “Mandy sounds like a dog.” So now I’m thinking of abandoned dogs. Sappy & a definite downer for an animal-lover.
Yllaria, I fourth (fifth?) Honey.
“Butterfly Kisses” is another matter. My older daughter’s dad (now deceased) sang this song at her wedding, so now it’s a part of our family history.
Love, Phil
I have to respectfully disagree, CTTDSWHC.
Sorry, I know I’ll be in the minority, but I have a “thing” for animals.
Same for the song “Shannon” by Henry Gross.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxz2wQX3EvA
They can’t speak for themselves, so we have to speak for them.
:Shrugs:
Quasi
***Close to You ***by the Carpenters.
The scary thing is that the youtube video is not available due to a third party copyright claim. Someone actually wants to be credited with writing that drivel. What lengths people will go to for fame!
Wouldn’t that make you her Dad, which would make you deceased, wouldn’t it 
You beat me to it. Absolutely the worst. Never mind the creepy incestuous undertones. Just blech.
“Mandy” is another contender, but the OP asked for more current stuff. I thought Mandy WAS about a dog!