To Make Love Sweeter for You

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"To Make Love Sweeter for You"
Single by Jerry Lee Lewis
from the album She Still Comes Around
B-side "Let's Talk About Us"
ReleasedNovember 1968
Genre Country
Label Smash
Songwriter(s) George Morgan
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Jerry Lee Lewis singles chronology
"She Still Comes Around (to Love What's Left of Me)"
(1968)
"To Make Love Sweeter for You"
(1968)
"Don't Let Me Cross Over"
(1969)

"To Make Love Sweeter For You" is a song written by George Morgan and performed by Jerry Lee Lewis. The song was Jerry Lee Lewis' third number one on the country chart and his first since "Great Balls of Fire" in 1958. "To Make Love Sweeter For You" stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the country chart. [1]

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Chart performance

Chart (1968–1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks4

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 200.