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词条 I Love You Because (song)
释义

  1. Leon Payne version

  2. Elvis Presley version

  3. Johnny Cash version

      Chart performance  

  4. Al Martino version

  5. Jim Reeves version

     Chart performance  Weekly charts 

  6. Other versions

  7. See also

  8. References

  9. External links

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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.

Leon Payne version

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.

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Elvis Presley version

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Johnny Cash version

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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 performance

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Chart (1960)Peak
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Al Martino version

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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[9] and number one on the Middle-Road (Adult Contemporary) chart for two weeks in May that year.[10]

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Jim Reeves version

In 1964, American country singer Jim Reeves recorded a version of the song which peaked at number five in the UK. The song became his most successful single in Norway, topping the VG-Lista chart for 13 weeks.[11] 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.[12] The 45 release reached number 54 in the US Billboard Country singles chart that year.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1964) Peak
position
Norway Singles Chart1
Irish Singles Chart1
Dutch Singles Chart[13]9
UK Singles Chart (Official Charts Company)[14]5

Other versions

  • In 1950, Ernest Tubb and Clyde Moody each recorded their own version, both making the Top 10 on the Country & Western charts.
  • A version by Johnny Cash from his album Sings Hank Williams reached number 20 in 1960.
  • in 1969 Don Gibson & Dottie West (Dottie & Don album)
  • Carl Smith recorded a cover for his album, I Love You Because (1969). The song peaked at number 14 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart in 1969.[15]
  • In 1983, Roger Whittaker's version peaked at number 91 on the Hot Country Singles chart.[16]
  • Other artists to record the song include Eddie Fisher, Elvis Presley, Hank Locklin, Matt Monro, Slim Whitman, Jerry Lee Lewis, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Jean Shepard, Harry James, and Ray Price. The Presley recording dates from 1954 and stood as his earliest recording to be released by RCA Records during his lifetime (earlier demos and unreleased tracks would be released after his death in 1977).

See also

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1963 (U.S.)

References

1. ^{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=265}}
2. ^{{cite book|author=John Edwards Memorial Foundation|title=JEMF Quarterly|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yh7aAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22Sun+334%22|year=1974|publisher=John Edwards Memorial Foundation}}
3. ^{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AZszAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22I+Love+You+Because%22+%22Sun+334%22|year=2002|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-151-2}}
{{cite book|author=Joel Whitburn|title=Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OC4KAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22I+Love+You+Because%22+%22Sun+334%22|year=2005|publisher=Record Research|isbn=978-0-89820-165-9}}
4. ^{{cite book|author=Tim Neely|title=Goldmine Records & Prices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fuIXAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22I+Love+You+Because%22+%22Sun+334%22|date=2004-05-01|publisher=Krause Publications|isbn=978-0-87349-781-7}}
5. ^{{cite book|author1=Colin Escott|author2=Martin Hawkins|title=Sun Records: The Brief History of the Legendary Recording Label|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XgUwAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22I+Love+You+Because%22|year=1980|publisher=Quick Fox|isbn=978-0-8256-3161-0}}
6. ^{{cite book|author=George Albert|title=The Cash Box Country Singles Charts, 1958-1982|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t5BHAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22Sun+334%22|date=1984-01-01|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1685-5}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Peter Lewry|title=I've Been Everywhere: A Johnny Cash Chronicle|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ocQK9YBdRhkC&q=%22Straight+A's+in+Love%22+%22I+Love+You+Because%22+%22Sun+334%22|year=2001|publisher=Helter Skelter|isbn=978-1-900924-22-1|quote=
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.}}
8. ^{{cite book|title=The Johnny Cash Record Catalog|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ihbEBcJEx4C&pg=PA21&dq=%22Sun+334%22|year=1994|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29506-5|pages=21–}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/al-martino |title=US Billboard Hot 100 |work=Billboard |date=June 1, 1963 |accessdate=October 1, 2018 |deadurl=no }}
10. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/al-martino/chart-history/adult-contemporary |title=US Billboard Adult Contemporary - Chart History |work=Billboard |date=May 25, 1963 |accessdate=October 20, 2018 |deadurl=no }}
11. ^[https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Jim+Reeves&titel=I+Love+You+Because&cat=s JIM REEVES - I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - NorwegianCharts.com]
12. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/jim-reeves/chart-history/country-albums |title=Top Country Albums |work=Billboard |date=March 20, 1976 |accessdate=November 16, 2018 |deadurl=no }}
13. ^[https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Jim+Reeves&titel=I+Love+You+Because&cat=s JIM REEVES - I LOVE YOU BECAUSE - DutchCharts.nl]
14. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%20love%20you%20because/ |title=Jim Reeves - I Love You Because |work=UK Singles Chart |publisher=UK Official Charts Company |date=February 26, 1964 |accessdate=September 6, 2018 |deadurl= }}
15. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/country-songs/1969-10-04 |title=Hot Country Songs - Billboard |work=Billboard |date=October 4, 1969 |accessdate=August 26, 2018 |deadurl=no}}
16. ^{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|year=2008|isbn=0-89820-177-2|authorlink=Joel Whitburn}}

External links

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