Our Winter Love

"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] released as a single in January 1963,[2] and spent 14 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1963, peaking at No. 9 on March 30,[3] while reaching No. 4 on Billboard's Middle-Road Singles chart,[4][5] No. 20 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart,[6][7] No. 12 in Australia,[8] and No. 25 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[9]

Pursell's version was ranked No. 54 on Billboard's end of year ranking "Top Records of 1963".[10]

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.

In 1963, a version by Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra, was released as the lead track on his album 1963's Early Hits.[11]

In 1966, The Lettermen released a version, with lyrics written by Bob Tubert.[12] This vocal version spent 4 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1967, peaking at No. 72,[13] while reaching No. 16 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[14][15] No. 12 on Record World's "Top Non-Rock" chart,[16] and No. 91 on Canada's "RPM 100".[17]

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.