"I Can't Stop Loving You" | ||||
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Single by Don Gibson | ||||
from the album Oh Lonesome Me | ||||
Released | 1958 | |||
Format | Vinyl, 7" | |||
Recorded | December 30, 1957 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:14 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Writer(s) | Don Gibson | |||
Producer(s) | Chet Atkins | |||
Don Gibson singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Ray Charles | |||||||||
from the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music | |||||||||
B-side | "Born to Lose" | ||||||||
Released | 1962 | ||||||||
Format | Vinyl, 7" | ||||||||
Recorded | February 15, 1962 United Recording Studios (Hollywood, California) |
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Genre | R&B, country soul | ||||||||
Length | 2:37 (single version) 4:12 (album version) |
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Label | ABC-Paramount 45-10330 | ||||||||
Writer(s) | Don Gibson | ||||||||
Producer(s) | Sid Feller | ||||||||
Ray Charles singles chronology | |||||||||
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"I Can't Stop Loving You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter and musician Don Gibson, who first recorded it on December 30, 1957, for RCA Victor Records. It was released in 1958 as the B-side of "Oh, Lonesome Me", becoming a double-sided country hit single.
The song was covered by Ray Charles in 1962, featured on Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, and released as a single. Charles' version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1962, for five weeks. This version went to number one on the U.S. R&B and Adult Contemporary charts.Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1962. Charles reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1962, staying for two weeks.
The Ray Charles version is noted for his saying the words before the last five lines of the song on the final chorus: "Sing the Song, Children". Choral backing was provided by The Randy Van Horne Singers. It was ranked No. 164 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and No. 49 on CMT's "100 Greatest Songs in Country Music".
Note: This original recording was released as "I Can't Stop Lovin' You".
The song has been recorded by many other artists. Some recordings are titled as "I Can't Stop Lovin' You" (with or without an apostrophe).