I Love You Because by Hugsie

Strolling Down Memory Lane is this great country western song ....This is from the era of country music that i loved ....Today's country is more rock and roll...ok for those that like it but I personally prefer the older style....
thank you for your listens ....
Hope you enjoy....

"I Love You Because" is a 1949 song written and originally recorded by Leon Payne. The single went to number four on the Billboard Country & Western Best Seller lists and spent two weeks at number one on the Country & Western Disk Jockey List, spending a total of thirty-two weeks on the chart. "I Love You Because" was Payne's only song to make the country charts.
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"I Love You Because" has been covered by several artists throughout the years:

In 1950, Ernest Tubb and Clyde Moody each recorded their own version both making the Top 10 on the Country & Western charts. others were...
Elvis Presley,... Hank Locklin,... Johnny Cash.... Matt Monro,... Slim Whitman,... George Jones,...Willie Nelson,...Ray Price,...Jean Shepard,

In 1963, Al Martino recorded the most successful version of the song peaking at number three on the Hot 100 and number one on the Middle-Road (or Easy Listening) chart for two weeks in May that year.

In 1964, Jim Reeves took the song to number five in the UK. In 1976, the song was the title track of a posthumous Jim Reeves album, which peaked at number 24 on the US Country chart. The single version reached number 54 in the US that year.