Love Letters (song)

This article is about the 1945 song. For other uses, see Love letter (disambiguation).

"Love Letters"
Single by Ketty Lester
A-side	"I'm a Fool to Want You"
Genre	Pop
Label	Era
Writer(s)	Edward Heyman Victor Young

"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.

The song has been performed many times, but the best-known versions were made by:

Dick Haymes (in 1945, US #11)
Peggy Lee (in 1954)
Nat King Cole recorded the song in December 1956 for his 1957 album Love Is the Thing.
Ketty Lester (in 1962, US #5, US R&B #2,^[1] UK #4)
Cilla Black recorded the song for her debut album Cilla (1965, No. 5)
Elvis Presley (in 1966, US #19, UK #6)^[2]
Frankie Miller had in 1977 a hit with his version in Belgium
Joe Walsh (in 1983)
Alison Moyet (in 1987, UK #4)^[3]
Boz Scaggs (in 1997)

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942–2004. Record Research. p. 345.
↑ Whitburn, Joel The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, Billboard Books, New York, 1992
↑ 45Cat

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Elvis Presley singles discography

1950s

1954	"That's All Right" / "Blue Moon of Kentucky" "Good Rockin' Tonight" / "I Don't Care if the Sun Don't Shine" "Milkcow Blues Boogie"

1955	"Baby Let's Play House" "I Forgot to Remember to Forget" / "Mystery Train"

1956	"Heartbreak Hotel" / "I Was the One" "I Want You, I Need You, I Love You" / "My Baby Left Me" "Don't Be Cruel" / "Hound Dog" "Blue Suede Shoes" / "Tutti Frutti" "Money Honey" "I Got a Woman" "Tryin' to Get to You" "Blue Moon" "I'll Never Let You Go (Lil' Darlin')" / "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Cry (Over You)" "Shake, Rattle and Roll" / "Lawdy Miss Clawdy" "Love Me Tender"

1957	"Too Much" "All Shook Up" "Peace in the Valley "(Let Me Be Your) Teddy Bear" "Jailhouse Rock"

1958	"Don't" "Wear My Ring Around Your Neck" "Hard Headed Woman" "One Night"

1959	"I Need Your Love Tonight" / "A Fool Such as I" "A Big Hunk o' Love"

1960s

1960	"Stuck on You" "It's Now or Never" "Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

1961	"Surrender" "I Feel So Bad" "(Marie's the Name) His Latest Flame" / "Little Sister" "Can't Help Falling in Love" / "Rock-A-Hula Baby"

1962	"Good Luck Charm" / "Anything That's Part of You" "She's Not You" "Return to Sender"

1963	"One Broken Heart for Sale" "(You're the) Devil in Disguise" "Bossa Nova Baby"

1964	"Kissin' Cousins" / "It Hurts Me" "What'd I Say" / "Viva Las Vegas" "Ain't That Loving You Baby" "Blue Christmas"

1965	"Do the Clam" / "You'll Be Gone" "Crying in the Chapel "(Such an) Easy Question" "I'm Yours" "Puppet on a String" / Wooden Heart"

1966	"Tell Me Why" "Frankie and Johnny" "Love Letters" "Spinout" / "All That I Am" "If Every Day Was Like Christmas"

1967	"Indescribably Blue" "Long Legged Girl (With the Short Dress On)" / "That's Someone You Never Forget" "There's Always Me" "Big Boss Man" / "You Don't Know Me"

1968	"Guitar Man" "U.S. Male" "You'll Never Walk Alone" "Your Time Hasn't Come Yet, Baby" / "Let Yourself Go" "A Little Less Conversation" "If I Can Dream"

1969	"Memories" "How Great Thou Art" "In the Ghetto" / "Any Day Now" "Suspicious Minds" "Don't Cry Daddy"

1970s

1970	"Kentucky Rain" "The Wonder of You" "I've Lost You" "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" / "Patch It Up" "I Really Don't Want to Know" / "There Goes My Everything"

1971	"Rags to Riches" "Life" "I'm Leavin'" "It's Only Love" "Merry Christmas Baby" / "O Come All Ye Faithful"

1972	"Until It's Time for You to Go" "He Touched Me" "An American Trilogy" / "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" "Burning Love" "Separate Ways" / "Always on My Mind"

1973	"Steamroller Blues" "Raised on Rock" / "For Ol' Times Sake"

1974	"I've Got a Thing About You Baby" "If You Talk In Your Sleep" "Promised Land"

1975	"My Boy" "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" "Bringing It Back" / "Pieces of My Life"

1976	"Hurt" / "For the Heart" "Moody Blue"

1977	"Way Down" "My Way" / "America the Beautiful"

1978	"Unchained Melody" / "Softly as I Leave You"

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