I Love You (Otis Leavill song)

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"I Love You"
Single by Otis Leavill
B-side "I Need You"
Released1969
Genre Soul
Length2:58
Label Dakar Records 45-614
Songwriter(s) Carl Davis, Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin
Producer(s) Willie Henderson
Otis Leavill singles chronology
"It's the Same Old Me"
(1968)		"I Love You"
(1969)		"Glad I met You"
(1970)

"I Love You" is a song and single written by Carl Davis, Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin and performed by American soul singer, Otis Leavill. [1] [2] Record and Acklin also provided backing vocals. [3] At the time of the recording, Leavill was vice-president of Dakar Records, the label upon which the song was released. [4]

Chart performance

It was first released in 1969 in America and reached 10 on the R&B chart and 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970. [3] [5] Allmusic.com described Leavill's rendition as "imitating Record, the Chi-lites' lead singer". [3] It was released on Atlantic in the UK in 1970 but failed to chart. [6]

References

  1. ↑ "I Love You". www.discogs.com. 1969. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ↑ "I Love You". BMI Repertoire. 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-09-21. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  3. 1 2 3 "Otis Leavill". www.allmusic.com. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  4. ↑ Talevski, Nick (7 April 2010). Knocking On Heavens Door. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857121172 . Retrieved 2013-06-07.
  5. ↑ "January 17, 1970 Hot 100". Billboard. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
  6. ↑ "I Love You (UK)". www.discogs.com. July 1970. Retrieved 2013-06-07.
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