The one song that still moves you

Modern - "I wasn't expecting that" by Jamie Lawson - so sad.

Classical - Caro Nome from Rigoletto - the last bit is like liquid silver.

Oh and Grant My Last Request, bu Paolo Nutini

rockgran I love "I wasn't expecting that*. It features in the film "Up".

gillybob I love Box Scaggs, had forgotten about them. They'll be on my Spotify list now. Love Sierra.

Boz Scaggs! Gr.

When you walk through a storm from Carousel. My mantra for life.

For me, it's the Fields of Athenry by the Dubliners as it was my dad's favourite and he taught all the grandchildren to sing it. My daughter is going to have the First Time Ever I Saw your Face as her wedding entrance music so that will probably make me cry!

'Leaving on a jet plane' is high in the lump in throat category for me

Leonard Cohen's Hey, that's no way to say goodbye. Or Suzanne. Or Dance me to the end of love...

There are 2 songs that always stop me in my tracks:
Peggy Lee, 'Is that all there is'?
The other one is:
Dusty Springfield, 'Going back'.
I just cannot choose between them.

Passing Strangers - Billy Eckstine and Sarah Vaughan
Strangers in the Night - Frank and Nancy Sinatra
Oops have I got a thing about strangers
Also The Living Years by Mike and the Mechanics
Lots more really.

Roberts Flack for me as well, also Kathleen Ferrier singing "what is life without you" wonderful.

I recently was amazed and delighted to meet a very low key Peggy Seeger at a local lobbying event - she's the woman Ewan McColl wrote 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' for.

Killing me softly-Roberta flack
So strong -Labi Siffre

just the way you are - Billy Joel (wedding song)
Against all odds - Phil collins

Everybody hurts

So nice to read about all these songs, and I want to add a couple more now!?
Fields Of Gold by Sting
Without You by Nilsson
Is That All There Is by Peggy Lee ( thank you 1974Cookie.)

Oh spooky lemon I so nearly said your first two!

So many.
Rod Stewart duetting with Amy Belle, 'I don't want to Talk about it'.

So many of the songs mentioned bring back bitter sweet memories.

How long will I love you by The Waterboys.

Agree Paddyann love Paulo Nutini Autumn leaves.
Also...
Ye banks and braes o' Bonny Doon
Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Dance with my father (my father's funeral)
Amazing Grace. (Mum's funeral)
Ave Maria
Northern Lights Of Old Aberdeen (as sung by my grandfather)

Seasons in the sun, by Terry Jacks.

Last time it came on the radio when I was in the car, I just burst into tears.

Those were the days, by Mary Hopkin has a similar effect on me nowadays too. Must be an age thing!

So many beautiful songs already mentioned. Loving You by Minnie Ripperton. Not only because I love the song and the wonderful memories it brings to the fore but also because she died not long after recording it. Another song which I have always found a tear jerker is Puff the Magic Dragon. He dies at the end, always found that hard.

KatyK
If Passing Strangers gets you, have listen to Niel Sadaka singing I Miss The Hungry Years. Even writing it makes me sad.
I've spent my life quoting Pegggy Lee saying "Is that all there is"
Another ( besides many on here) is Gladys knight singing Your the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Another Day in Paradise - Phil Collins. It gets me every time.