I Love You (Otis Leavill song) explained

I Love You
Type:	single
Artist:	Otis Leavill
B-Side:	I Need You
Released:	1969
Genre:	Soul
Length:	2:58
Label:	Dakar Records 45-614
Producer:	Willie Henderson
Prev Title:	It's the Same Old Me
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Glad I met You
Next Year:	1970

"I Love You" is a song and single written by Carl Davis, Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin and performed by American soul singer, Otis Leavill.^{[1] [2]} Record and Acklin also provided backing vocals.^[3] At the time of the recording, Leavill was vice-president of Dakar Records, the label upon which the song was released.^[4]

Chart performance

It was first released in 1969 in America and reached 10 on the R&B chart and 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January 1970.^{[3] [5]} Allmusic.com described Leavill's rendition as "imitating Record, the Chi-lites' lead singer".^[3] It was released on Atlantic in the UK in 1970 but failed to chart.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: I Love You. 1969 . www.discogs.com. 7 June 2013.
2. Web site: I Love You . https://archive.today/20130921055648/http://repertoire.bmi.com/title.asp?blnWriter=True&blnPublisher=True&blnArtist=True&keyID=646751&ShowNbr=0&ShowSeqNbr=0&querytype=WorkID . dead . 2013-09-21 . BMI Repertoire . 2013 . 2013-06-07 .
3. Web site: Otis Leavill . www.allmusic.com . 2013-06-07.
4. Book: Knocking On Heavens Door . 2013-06-07 . Talevski, Nick. 7 April 2010 . 9780857121172 .
5. Web site: January 17, 1970 Hot 100 . Billboard . 2013-06-01.
6. Web site: I Love You (UK) . July 1970 . www.discogs.com . 2013-06-07.