A Letter to You explained

A Letter to You
Cover:File:Shakin' Stevens A Letter to You.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Shakin' Stevens
Album:Greatest Hits
B-Side:Come Back and Love Me
Genre:Rock and roll
Label:Epic
Producer:Peter Collins[1]
Prev Title:A Love Worth Waiting For
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Teardrops
Next Year:1984
In a Letter to You
Type:single
Artist:Eddy Raven
Album:Temporary Sanity
B-Side:Risky Business
Released:March 1989
Genre:Country
Label:Universal
Producer:Barry Beckett
Prev Title:'Til You Cry
Prev Year:1988
Next Title:Bayou Boys
Next Year:1989

"A Letter to You" is a song written by Dennis Linde and originally recorded by Shakin' Stevens.[2] His version of the song went to #10 on the UK Singles Chart.

Five years later, the song was covered by Eddy Raven under the title "In a Letter to You". His first release for Capitol Records, it was Raven's fifth number one on the country chart, staying at number one for one week and spending fourteen weeks in the Top 40.[3]

Chart performance

Eddy Raven

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1989)Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[5] 55
US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 18

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Shakin' Stevens – A Letter to You (1984, Vinyl).
  2. Web site: Dennis Linde. https://web.archive.org/web/20121109021521/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/dennis-linde-429897.html . 2012-11-09 . limited . live. 27 December 2006. The Independent. 14 September 2010.
  3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 281.
  4. Web site: Danish Chart Archive - Singles 1979 - ____ (B.T./IFPI DK). www.ukmix.org. 30 November 2018. 4 November 2020.
  5. Web site: RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1989. RPM. December 23, 1989. August 28, 2013.
  6. Web site: Best of 1989: Country Songs . . . 1989. August 28, 2013.