Love Put a Song in My Heart (song)

"Love Put a Song in My Heart"
Single by Johnny Rodriguez
from the album Love Put a Song in My Heart
Released September 1975
Format 7"
Recorded 1975
Genre country
Length 2:45
Label Mercury
Writer(s) Ben Peters
Producer(s) Jerry Kennedy
Johnny Rodriguez singles chronology
"Just Get Up and Close the Door"
(1975)
"Love Put a Song in My Heart"
(1975)
"I Couldn't Be Me Without You"
(1976)

"Love Put a Song in My Heart" is a 1975 single by Johnny Rodriguez. "Love Put a Song in My Heart" would be the last of six number ones on the country chart for Johnny Rodriguez. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.[1]

Rodriguez's version includes a Spanish translation of the refrain after a key change.

In addition to Rodriguez's hit single, Debby Boone, Dean Martin and Charley Pride recorded cover versions of the song.

Chart performance

Chart (1975) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 3

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 296.
Preceded by
"Secret Love"
by Freddy Fender
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

December 13, 1975
Succeeded by
"Convoy"
by C. W. McCall