Beautiful Ballads for Valentine's Day

If you're looking for a little music to set your Valentine's Day - or any other romantic occasion - off right, there's a series of albums called Beautiful Ballads, featuring the best slow jams by classic R&B artists like The Isley Bros., Patti Labelle, The O'Jays and Gladys Knight and more. Your Guide to R&B has heard a couple of the CDs, and with permission of the music label releasing the collections, Legacy Recordings, here's a couple of my favorite songs from the albums for you to hear: Patti Labelle's "If Only You Knew," and "Groove With You" by the Isley Bros. Just click the appropriate link to stream the music. Enjoy.

Patti Labelle - "If Only You Knew" audio streams:

• Windows Media l RealPlayer l QuickTime

The Isley Bros. - "Groove With You audio:

• Windows Media l RealPlayer l QuickTime

Album covers © Legacy Recordings.