To follow up on the point about emotional content.
I have my favorite. She is from the '60s....but she is still from today (still recording love songs.)

Warning: "Old School" ahead!

Here are two happy songs from Mireille Mathieu
They are about the memory, return and joy of love.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=h-UaXFjeGC4&mode=related&search=
or.....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8CvqMEI5Ck0&mode=related&search=
The last note, in this case, is not "D". It is C-sharp. She has a "D" of course.

Here is the "D" (near the end). This is the 'tragic' side....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PasexigzLLM
PaganArtist, if you are looking to be cheered up, you might not want to click on the above link.
The 'hook' of this song does not translate well; she means
"Say the truth you are thinking."
(I know it. You know it. It is over.)
For me, this is the line with the most pathos in the song.
"I often cry when you are asleep, and you...you think it is the wind."

But then... the thrilling realization that love has arrived....
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uTkzg-GwYpg
The look of love
Is in your eyes
The look your smile cant disguise
The look of love
Is saying so much more
Than just words could ever say
And what my heart has heard
Well it takes my breath away

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you

Youve got the look of love
Its on your face
A look that time cant erase
Be mine tonight
Let this be just the start
Of so many nights like this
Lets take a lovers vow
And then seal it with a kiss

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Dont ever go

I can hardly wait to hold you
Feel my arms around you
How long I have waited
Waited just to love you
Now that I have found you
Dont ever go
Dont ever go
I love you so