Love Me with All Your Heart explained

"Love Me with All Your Heart" is a popular song, based on the Spanish language song "Cuando calienta el sol", originally composed as "Cuando Calienta El Sol En Masachapa". The music was written by Rafael Gastón Pérez, a Nicaraguan songwriter and bandleader. SADAIC (the Argentine Society of Music Authors and Composers) also credits the Argentine composer, Carlos Albert Martinoli.^[1]

The song was made famous first with Spanish lyrics written by the Los Hermanos Rigual (Carlos Rigual and Mario Rigual). The English lyrics are sometimes credited to Michael Vaughn (or Maurice Vaughn) and sometimes to Sunny Skylar.^[2] The song was published in 1961. Although both the Spanish and the English versions are love songs, the lyrics are not translations of each other. The Spanish title translates as "When the sun heats (or warms) up".

Ray Charles Singers recording

• A version recorded by The Ray Charles Singers went to number three on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent four weeks at number one on the Pop-Standard singles chart in June 1964.^[3]

Notable recorded versions

Love Me with All Your Heart
Type:	single
Artist:	The Ray Charles Singers
Album:	Something Special for Young Lovers
B-Side:	Sweet Little Mountain Bird
Released:	April
Genre:	Doo-wop, easy listening
Label:	Command
Producer:	Enoch Light

Cuando calienta el sol (Love Me with All Your Heart)
Type:	single
Artist:	Sergio Franchi
A-Side:	Chicago
Label:	RCA Victor

• U.K singer Karl Denver also had a hit version that reached number 37 in the UK charts in 1964.^[4]
• The Bachelors (#38 US Pop, 1966)^[5]
• Engelbert Humperdinck, included it on his "We Made It Happen" LP (1970)^[6]
• Johnny Rodriguez (#7 US country hit in 1978)^[7]

Charts

+The Ray Charles Singers	Chart (1964)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[8]	17
US Easy Listening (Billboard)^[9]	1

See also

• List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1964 (U.S.)

External links

• Song lyric (including original Spanish lyric and a French version)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Los Hermanos Rigual "Cuando calienta el sol", su nº 1 en España inició la moda de las canciones del verano | Valencia Magazine . Nicolasramospintado.wordpress.com . 2007-01-30 . 2014-05-23.
2. Web site: LOVE ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART (CUANDO CALIENTA EL SOL) - Lyrics - International Lyrics Playground . Lyricsplayground.com . 2007-10-10 . 2014-05-23.
3. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 53.
4. Web site: officialcharts.com. officialcharts.com. June 17, 2023.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 . Joel Whitburn . 2013 . Record Research . 52.

6. Web site: www.allmusic.com. allmusic.com. June 17, 2023.
7. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Joel Whitburn

   . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 297.

8. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1964-06-22 . 2020-04-28.
9. The Ray Charles Singers Chart History (Easy Listening) . https://web.archive.org/web/20180901132032/https://www.billboard.com/music/The-Ray-Charles-Singers/chart-history/adult-contemporary . dead . September 1, 2018 . Billboard.