I Love You Because: 24 Country Love Songs

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Tracklist

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#TitleArtistLength
1Baby We’re Really in Love
recording of:
Baby, We’re Really in Love (on 1951-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams
Hank Williams2:32
2My Heart Skips a Beat
recording of:
My Heart Skips a Beat
lyricist and composer:
Buck Owens
Buck Owens2:27
3I Love You Because
Ernest Tubb3:33
4Stand by Your Man
cover recording of:
Stand by Your Man (on 1968-10-10)
writer:
Billy Sherrill and Tammy Wynette
publisher:
Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. and EMI Music Publishing Ltd.
Lynn Anderson2:43
5I Love You More Today
recording of:
I Love You More Today
lyricist and composer:
L.E. White
Conway Twitty2:33
6You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven
producer:
Jack Clement
acoustic guitar and lead vocals:
Johnny Cash (on 1958-05-15)
double bass:
Marshall Grant (on 1958-05-15)
drums (drum set):
Jimmy Van Eaton (on 1958-05-15)
electric guitar:
Luther Perkins (on 1958-05-15)
piano:
Jimmy Wilson (on 1958-05-15)
vocals:
Gene Lowery Singers (on 1958-07-09)
recorded at:
Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15, on 1958-07-09)
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (from 1958-05-15 until 1958-07-09)
lyricist:
Johnny Cash
writer:
Jim Atkins, John R. Cash and Hoyt Johnson
version of:
It’s a Little More Like Heaven
Johnny Cash2:39
7If My Heart Had Windows
recording of:
If My Heart Had Windows
lyricist and composer:
Dallas Frazier
George Jones2:45
8I Don’t Wanta
recording of:
I Don't Wanna (on 1958-01-08)
writer:
Durwood Haddock, Eddie Miller and W.S. Stevenson
Patsy Cline2:21
9Slowly but Surely
cover recording of:
Slowly but Surely
lyricist and composer:
Charles “Fuzzy” Owen
Merle Haggard2:21
10Love Me Tender
Faron Young2:53
11You Mean the World to Me
David Houston2:09
12Some Birds
recording of:
Some Birds
lyricist and composer:
Ken Tobias
Anne Murray2:06
13A Fallen Star
cover recording of:
A Fallen Star
lyricist and composer:
James Joiner
Ferlin Husky2:25
14Slowly
recorded in:
Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1953-11-29)
bass:
unknown, probably Ike Inman (on 1953-11-29)
electric guitar:
Grady Martin (on 1953-11-29)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (on 1953-11-29)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Doyle Wilburn (on 1953-11-29)
pedal steel guitar:
Bud Isaacs (on 1953-11-29)
piano:
Owen Bradley (on 1953-11-29)
vocals:
Webb Pierce (on 1953-11-29)
recording of:
Slowly (on 1953-11-29)
writer:
Tommy Hill and Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce2:31
15Then I’ll Stop Loving You
recording of:
Then I’ll Stop Loving You
lyricist and composer:
Jim Reeves
Jim Reeves2:24
16Old Flames Can’t Hold a Candle to You
Norma Jean3:35
17Heaven Is My Woman’s Love
recording of:
Heaven Is My Woman’s Love
lyricist and composer:
S.K. Dobbins
publisher:
Sony/ATV Music Publishing Australia Pty Ltd.
Tommy Overstreet2:32
18You Lay So Easy on My Mind
recording of:
You Lay So Easy on My Mind
writer:
Charles William Fields, Bobby G. Rice and Donald L. Riis
Bobby G. Rice3:04
19I Go On Loving You
Alabama2:48
20Dallas
Billie Jo Spears2:50
21Since I Met You Baby
cover recording of:
Since I Met You Baby
lyricist and composer:
Ivory Joe Hunter
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs, Bonuswise Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Freddy Fender3:12
22I’ll Still Love You
Jim Weatherly3:00
23On My Knees
recording of:
On My Knees
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc.
Charlie Rich3:03
24Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends
recording of:
Please Don’t Tell Me How the Story Ends
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
publisher:
Combine Music Corp.
Bobby Bare2:27