I Love You Because: 24 Country Love Songs

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Baby We’re Really in Love
recording of:
Baby, We’re Really in Love (on 1951-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
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 (US songwriter/producer/arranger) and Tammy Wynette
publisher:
Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Al Gallico Music Corp., EMI Blackwood Music Inc. (1989-07-24–present) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated)
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
recorded in:
Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1958-05-15)
producer:
Jack Clement
recording of:
You’re the Nearest Thing to Heaven (on 1958-05-15)
lyricist:
Johnny Cash (country music legend)
writer:
Jim Atkins (US country musician), John R. Cash (country music legend) 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 (American songwriter and musician)
George Jones2:45
8I Don’t Wanta
recording of:
I Don't Wanna (on 1958-01-08)
writer:
Durwood Haddock, Eddie Miller (US country music songwriter) 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 (Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.) (on 1953-11-29)
electric guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1953-11-29)
fiddle:
Tommy Jackson (bluegrass fiddler) (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 (Nashville record producer and songwriter) and Webb Pierce
Webb Pierce4.52:31
15Then I’ll Stop Loving You
recording of:
Then I’ll Stop Loving You
lyricist and composer:
Jim Reeves (US country & pop singer)
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
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 (US country singer/songwriter) 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 (American rhythm and blues singer, songwriter and pianist) and Gary Moore (Thin Lizzy, blues guitar)
publisher:
BMG Platinum Songs, Bonuswise Ltd. and Unichappell Music, Inc.
Freddy Fender33:12
22I’ll Still Love You
Jim Weatherly3:00
23On My Knees
recording of:
On My Knees
lyricist and composer:
Charlie Rich
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