Valentine's Day music news: Rod Stewart, Frank Sinatra

Available for streaming on February 12, Rhino aims straight for the heart with CUPID, a new love-themed digital playlist from Rod Stewart. The 16-track collection mixes some of his best-known love songs with five rarities that have never been available digitally until now. In celebration of the release, a new Valentine's Day-themed Instagram filter with audio from the song "Cupid" will make its debut, along with a new lyric video.

"I've always been a hopeless romantic, and this list is perfect for that candlelit date night," says Stewart. "No need to be a DJ, just press play and focus on your lover."

Included are songs like "Tonight's The Night (Gonna Be Alright)" (#1US/#5 UK) and "The First Cut Is The Deepest" (#1UK/#21US), both from Stewart's multi-platinum album, A Night On The Town (1976). That prolific era is revisited for "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (#3UK/#4US) from the follow-up, Footloose & Fancy Free (1977), the singer's second multi-platinum solo album. Meanwhile, the collection's title track, "Cupid," is a bonus track taken from the 2009 Expanded Edition of Stewart's 19th studio album, Human (2001).

The playlist marks the digital debut for several songs, including two b-sides: "Love In The Right Hands," which accompanied the unplugged version of "Reason To Believe" in 1993, and "One Night," which was the flip side to "Have I Told You Lately."

CUPID taps two of Stewart's best-loved film contributions with the Top 10 US hit, "Love Touch" (1986) from Legal Eagles and the #3 US hit "Faith Of The Heart" (1998) from the Patch Adams Soundtrack; the latter is making its digital debut. A number of songs on the playlist spotlight music the singer released during the 1990s, including the Top 40 hit "This" from A Spanner In The Works (1995), "For The First Time" from the platinum-certified If We Fall In Love Tonight (1996) and his tender cover of Van Morrison's "Have I Told You Lately" from the platinum-certified Vagabond Heart (1991).

Track Listing:

1. “Cupid”
2. “Have I Told You Lately”
3. “Faith Of The Heart” *
4. “Love Touch”
5. “Tonight’s The Night (Gonna Be Alright)”
6. “Careless With Our Love” *
7. “For The First Time”
8. “You’re In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)”
9. “Kiss Her For Me” *
10. “If Only”
11. “The First Cut Is The Deepest”
12. “Love In The Right Hands” *
13. “This”
14. “Run Back To Your Arms”
15. “Superstar”
16. “One Night” *
* digital debut

Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities Volume 2, a digital collection from Frank Sinatra Enterprises/UMe features 13 Reprise tracks, many making their digital debut. It follows the recent Volume 1 released in honor of Frank Sinatra’s birthday and celebrating the 60th anniversary of “The Chairman of the Board” founding Reprise Records. Both are now available via all digital streaming platforms: Frank Sinatra: Rarities Volume 2, HERE; Frank Sinatra: Rarities Volume 1, HERE.

Additional volumes of Frank Sinatra: Reprise Rarities will continue to be released in 2021. Siriusly Sinatra (SiriusXM Ch. 71) will also air part two of an exclusive ‘Sinatra: Reprise Rarities’ special in February.

FRANK SINATRA — REPRISE RARITIES Volume 2

1. Tina – December 21, 1961

2. Since Marie Has Left Paree – July 17, 1964
3. Blue Lace – November 11, 1968
4. Star! – November 11, 1968
5. Lady Day – August 25, 1969
6. I Love My Wife – November 12, 1976
7. Nancy – March 9, 1977
8. Emily – March 9, 1977
9. Linda – March 14, 1977
10. Sweet Lorraine – March 14, 1977
11. Barbara – March 14, 1977
12. It’s Sunday – February 28, 1983
13. The Girls I’ve Never Kissed – October 30, 1986

FRANK SINATRA — REPRISE RARITIES Volume 1

1. In the Blue of Evening – March 21, 1961
2. As You Desire Me – November 20, 1961
3. Don’t Take Your Love From Me – November 21, 1961
4. Name It and It's Yours – November 22, 1961
5. Come Waltz with Me – January 17, 1962
6. Everybody’s Twistin’ – February 27, 1962
7. I Left My Heart in San Francisco – August 27, 1962
8. You Brought a New Kind of Love to Me – February 21, 1963
9. Come Fly with Me – October 11, 1965
10. I'll Never Smile Again – October 11, 1965
11. Younger Than Springtime – September 20, 1967
12. Everything Happens To Me – September 24, 1974
13. Just As Though You Were Here – September 24, 1974