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"I Love You Because" | ||||
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Single by Leon Payne | ||||
B-side | "A Link in the Chain of Broken Hearts" | |||
Released | 1949 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Leon Payne | |||
Leon Payne singles chronology | ||||
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"I Love You Because" is a song written and recorded by country music singer and songwriter Leon Payne in 1949. The song has been covered by several artists throughout the years, including hit cover versions by Al Martino in 1963 and Jim Reeves in 1964.
In 1949, Leon Payne's original version of the song went to number four on the Billboard Country & Western Best Seller lists and spent two weeks at number one on the Country & Western Disk Jockey List, spending a total of thirty-two weeks on the chart. [1] "I Love You Because" was Payne's only song to make the country charts.
"I Love You Because" | |
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Song by Elvis Presley | |
from the album Elvis Presley | |
Released | March 13, 1956 |
Recorded | July 4–5, 1954 |
Songwriter(s) | Leon Payne |
Producer(s) | Sam Phillips |
"I Love You Because" was first recorded by Elvis Presley on July 4 and 5, 1954, at SUN Studio. The session started on the 4th and ended early on the morning of the 5th of July in Memphis, Tennessee, the same day he recorded "That's All Right". Producer Sam Phillips did not think "I Love You Because" was the right song for Elvis's first single, but it was instead used as the B-side of "Tryin' to Get to You", both of which can be found on his 1956 debut album Elvis Presley .
"I Love You Because" | |
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Single by Johnny Cash | |
B-side | "Straight A's in Love |
Released | December 1959 |
Genre | Country |
Label | Sun 334 |
Music video | |
"I Love You Because" (audio only) on YouTube |
The song was also notably covered by Johnny Cash. His version was released by Sun Records as a single (Sun 334, with "Straight A's in Love" on the opposite side) [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] in December 1959, [7] [8] when Cash had already left the label for Columbia.
Chart (1960) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [9] | 20 |
"I Love You Because" | ||||
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Single by Al Martino | ||||
from the album I Love You Because | ||||
B-side | "Merry-Go-Round" | |||
Released | April 1963 | |||
Genre | Easy listening | |||
Length | 2:40 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Leon Payne | |||
Producer(s) | Voyle Gilmore | |||
Al Martino singles chronology | ||||
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In 1963, Al Martino recorded the most successful version of the song, which peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart [10] and number one on the Middle-Road (Adult Contemporary) chart for two weeks in May that year. [11]
In 1963, American country singer Jim Reeves recorded a version of the song for his album Gentleman Jim. Released as a single in 1964, the song peaked at number five in the UK. The song became his most successful single in Norway, topping the VG-Lista chart for 13 weeks. [12] In 1976, the song was the title track of a posthumous Jim Reeves album, which peaked at number 24 on the US Country LP chart. [13] The 45 release reached number 54 in the US Billboard Country singles chart that year.
Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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Norway Singles Chart | 1 |
Irish Singles Chart | 1 |
Dutch Singles Chart [14] | 9 |
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company) [15] | 5 |
US Billboard Hot Country Songs [16] | 54 |
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Straight A's in Love I Love You Because Sun 334.
Straight A's in Love I Love You Because.
December
"Straight A's In Love"/"I Love You Because" (Sun 334) released. Both sides of this single will chart during February and March 1960.