That's Why (I Love You So)

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"That's Why (I Love You So)"
Single by Jackie Wilson
from the album Lonely Teardrops
B-side "Love is All"
ReleasedMarch 1959 (1959-03)
Genre Soul
Length2:05
Label Brunswick
Songwriter(s) Berry Gordy Jr., Tyran Carlo
Jackie Wilson singles chronology
"Lonely Teardrops"
(1958)
"That's Why (I Love You So)"
(1959)
"I'll Be Satisfied"
(1959)

"That's Why (I Love You So)" is a song written by Berry Gordy Jr. and Tyran Carlo and performed by Jackie Wilson. It reached #2 on the U.S. R&B chart and #13 on the U.S. pop chart in 1959. [1] It was featured on his 1959 album Lonely Teardrops. [2]

The song was arranged by Dick Jacobs.

The song ranked #90 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1959. [3]

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