I Can't Stop Loving You
I Can not Stop Loving You is a standard of country and pop music, which composed by Don Gibson in 1957 and became a successful country hit. Ray Charles grabbed the song in 1962 and made it again to the million seller.
Genesis
Don Gibson for ten years was already in recording studios and had sung for several record labels, but could only be a country hit for the record label MGM show (Sweet Dreams of March 1956). In September 1956 he moved to RCA Records, where Chet Atkins as a producer in Nashville taking care of him as of February 1957. On 3 December 1957 ( acoustic guitar), Velma Smith emerged in the local RCA recording studios in the cast Chet Atkins ( rhythm guitar), Joseph Zinkan ( bass), Floyd Cramer ( piano ), Troy Hatcher (drums) and The Jordanaires as a background choir four titles. Among these were also Gibson's own compositions Oh, Lonesome Me / I cant't Stop Lovin 'You, which he both composed in one afternoon in his trailer in Knoxville, Tennessee. Both titles were the first typical representative of the Nashville Sounds.
RCA decided, Oh, Lonesome Me as A-side to present on the single (RCA # 7133 ) on December 30, 1957. That turned out to be the right decision out because the A-side reached on April 14, 1958 for eight weeks the first rank, while the B - side was number seven on the country charts. In the pop charts, only the A-side was recorded in seventh. The single - and thus its B-side - sold during the year 1958 over a million copies. The recipe for success for Gibson's country career was found, as previously published in the August 1957 Single Blue Blue Day came in June 1958 in the country charts and also on the top position.
First cover versions
Country star Kitty Wells hastened to take on December 20, 1957 in Nashville with her producer Owen Bradley a cover. As a sideman appeared with her on, among others, bassist Joseph Zinkan, who had also played in the original by Gibson. For her to Decca Records, I Can not Stop Loving You decided as an A- side select and released the single in January 1958. Their version reached the third rank of the C & W charts, Wells was able to after a long time a top 5 present hit and put the hit potential of the original B-side to the test. Roy Orbison recorded the song on 15 September 1960 with producer Fred Foster; Here Floyd Cramer was present in the original session. The song was released as the B-side of I'm Hurting in November 1960.
Cover version of Ray Charles
The rooted in the Rhythm & Blues Ray Charles, who is now able to achieve at ABC - Paramount Records with pop music elements, the peak positions of the pop charts, was planning an album with country songs. To this end, his producer Sid Feller had specially put together a list of about 150 country songs from the catalogs of publishers Acuff - Rose and Hill & Range, in spite of great resistance in the record company. With the orchestra Marty Paich as an accompaniment 7 tracks between the 5th and 7th February 1962 emerged ( Capitol Studios New York) and on February 15, 1962 ( United Recording Studios Hollywood; additional 7 songs ) for the epochal album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, which sold over 500,000 copies in April 1962 after publication. On this LP and I Can not Stop Loving You was included, which was produced on February 15, 1962 in the United Recording Studios in Hollywood. Ray Charles appreciated the opportunities low one, because he placed the title of the second to last track on the LP.
After Tab Hunter had taken a ajar to the Ray Charles arrangement version at Dot Records (# 16355 ) in mid-April 1962 to ABC - Paramount spontaneously decided to couple out a shortened version of I Can not Stop Loving You from the LP as a single and published the title on April 23, 1962 the airplay on the radio -. well in the R & B stations - focused on the Ray Charles version and catapulted the title from 26 May 1962 10 weeks in the R & B charts, 2nd June 1962 for five weeks in the pop charts in the first place - a massive crossover hit. This also reflected the sales figures, because of the single over 2 million copies have been sold. When Ray Charles the spelling on I Can not Stop Loving You was changed, as it matches the registered copyright for Gibson. Charles received a Grammy for Best R & B Recording of the Year in 1962.
More versions
The versatile Connie Francis produced the song with Danny Davis and Jim Vienneau on June 19, 1962 the LP Country Music Connie (published in July 1962) shortly after the success of the Ray Charles version. A German version brought Ivo Robić under the title A life in August 1962 out who came up to Rank 8 on the German charts. The Flippers remembered on their LP Love Is ( April 1996) thereto.
Johnny Tillotson immortalized the song on 4 November 1963, producer Paul Tannen (EP Talkback Trembling Lips; published in November 1963), Peggy Lee followed on 7 December 1963 with her producer Dave Cavenaugh. Jerry Lee Lewis took on 26 February 1969, producer Jerry Kennedy on 17 tracks, including I Can not Stop Loving You, released in April 1969 on the LP Jerry Lee Lewis Sings The Country Music Hall of Fame Hits Vol 2 by Elvis Presley, there is a live version of 25 August 1969 the International Hotel in Las Vegas, published in November 1969 on the LP from Memphis to Vegas / From Vegas to Memphis.
Conway Twitty 1972 occupied the first place on the country charts with his on May 22, 1972, supervision of Owen Bradley incurred version (published in July 1972).
Statistics
I Can not Stop Loving You was recorded by over 700 artists, composer Don Gibson has made, according to the BMI register 201 titles by copyright, of which 15 received a BMI Award - also I Can not Stop Loving You.