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Love Letters (song)

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Genre
  
Pop

Label
  
Era

A-side
  
"I'm a Fool to Want You"

Writer(s)
  
Edward Heyman Victor Young

Love Letters (1966)
  
"Spinout" / "All That I Am" (1966)

"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 Song for 1945.

Covers

  • Dick Haymes (in 1945, US #11)
  • Ketty Lester (in 1962, US #5, US R&B #2, UK #4)
  • Elvis Presley (in 1966, US #19, UK #6)
  • Frankie Miller had in 1977 a hit with his version in Belgium.
  • Alison Moyet (in 1987, UK #4)
  • Boz Scaggs (in 1997)
  • Tom Jones and Jeff Beck recorded the song for Mike Figgis' 2003 documentary Red, White & Blues, part of Martin Scorsese's PBS television series The Blues.

    • References

    Love Letters (song) Wikipedia
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