| 词条 | Love Letters (song) | ||||||||||||||
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| name = Love Letters | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Ketty Lester | album = | B-side = "I'm a Fool to Want You"[1] | released = 1962 | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = | label = Era | writer = {{plainlist}}
| producer = | prev_title = Queen For A Day | prev_year = 1962 | next_title = But Not For Me | next_year = 1962 }} "Love Letters" is a 1945 popular song with lyrics by Edward Heyman and music by Victor Young. The song appeared, without lyrics, in the movie of the same name, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1945 but lost out to “It Might as Well Be Spring”. Ketty Lester versionIn 1961, Era Records released Ketty Lester's single "I'm a Fool to Want You" b/w "Love Letters". Radio listeners and disc jockeys preferred the B-side, and Lester's recording of "Love Letters", which featured Lincoln Mayorga's sparse piano arrangement and Earl Palmer on drums, rose to #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 early in 1962.[2] The record also reached #2 on the R&B chart and #4 in the UK Singles Chart, selling over 1 million copies, and was awarded a gold disc by the RIAA.[3] In 1991, it was ranked 176th in the RIAA-compiled list of Songs of the Century. Chart performance (Ketty Lester)
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References1. ^{{cite web|title=Ketty Lester Discography|url=http://www.soulfulkindamusic.net/klester.htm|website=Soulful Kinda Music|accessdate=29 June 2017}} 2. ^Profile, Oldies.com; accessed August 15, 2015. 3. ^{{cite book| first= Joseph| last= Murrells| year= 1978| title= The Book of Golden Discs| edition= 2nd| publisher= Barrie and Jenkins Ltd | location= London| page= 148| isbn= 0-214-20512-6}} 4. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=RBcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT15|title=Billboard Magazine, June 23, 1962 |work=Billboard}} 5. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=ShcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Billboard Magazine, June 16, 1962 |work=Billboard}} 6. ^{{cite web |url=https://books.google.nl/books?id=VBcEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA16|title=Billboard Magazine, June, 1962 |work=Billboard}} 7. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10139/ketty-lester/|title=UK Official charts company |work=UK official charts company}} 8. ^{{cite book |last= Whitburn|first= Joel|date=2000 |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits|url= |location= |publisher= Billboard|page= 371|isbn= |author-link= }} 9. ^{{cite book |last= Whitburn|first= Joel|date=2006 |title= The Billboard Book of Top 40 R & B and Hip-hop Hits|url= |location= |publisher= Billboard|page= 338|isbn= |author-link= }} 10. ^{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=205}} 11. ^Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992 12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19871213/7501/|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|language=en|access-date=2017-07-16}} External links
10 : 1945 songs|1962 singles|1966 singles|Songs with music by Victor Young|Songs with lyrics by Edward Heyman|Elvis Presley songs|Alison Moyet songs|Songs written for films|Song recordings produced by Bill Szymczyk|1987 singles |
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