love letters - ketty lester

Love Letters

Music written by: Victor Young

Lyrics written by: Edward Heyman

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Lyrics:

Love letters straight from your heart

Keep us so near while apart

I'm not alone in the night

When I can have all the love you write

I memorize every line

And I kiss the name that you sign

And, darling, then I read again right from the start

Love letters straight from your heart

Singers:

1 Dick Haymes with Victor Young and His Orchestra (billboard hit) 1945 2  Tony Bennett February 28, 1955 3  Nat King Cole 1957 4  The Johnny Smith Foursome 1957 5  Perry Como 1958 6  Charlie Byrd 1959 7  Peggy Lee 1960 8  Russ Conway 1961 9  Bev Kelly 1961 10  Les McCann, Orchestra Under the Direction of Gerald Wilson 1961 11 Ketty Lester (billboard hot 100) 1962 12  Arthur Alexander 1962 13  The Marvelettes June 1962 14  Cliff Richard with The Norrie Paramor Orchestra November 1963 15  Sandie Shaw 1964 16  Quartette Trés Bien 1964 17  Andy Williams 1964 18  Eddie Higgins Trio 1965 19  Brenda Lee 1965 20  Cilla Black January 25, 1965 21  Al Martino 1966 22  The Lettermen June 1966 23  Elvis Presley June 13, 1966 24  Alton Ellis & Phyllis Dillon 1968 25  Engelbert Humperdinck 1969 26  Fox 1975 27  Dorothy Squires 1977 28  Frankie Miller June 1977 29  Lincoln Mayorga & Amanda McBroom 1980 30  Don McLean October 1981 31  Tal Farlow Quartet 1982 32  The Jim Hall Trio 1982 33  Thorgeir Stubo & Doug Raney 1983 34  Patti Austin 1988 35  Jenni Forbes 1990 36  Johnny Earl and The Jordanaires 1991 37  Sinéad O'Connor September 22, 1992 38  Bonnie Raitt & Elton John 1993 39  The Lew Tabackin Quartet 1994 40  Alison Moyet 1995 41  Natalie Cole 1996 42  Ricky Norton 1996 43  Johnny Logan 1996 44  Vic Damone 1997 45  Boz Scaggs April 8, 1997 46  Jan Lundgren Trio 2000 47  Jerry Deewood 2000 48  Diane Schuur, Maynard Ferguson 2001 49  Janet Seidel and William Galison 2001 50  Diana Krall 2001 51  Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings April 23, 2001 52  Etta James August 21, 2001 53  Paul Ansell's Number Nine 2002 54  Elkie Brooks April 2003 55  Barb Jungr March 7, 2005 56  Aretha Franklin October 16, 2007 57  Jason Donovan November 7, 2008

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