I Can't Stop Loving You

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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.

The song was also recorded by Ray Charles in 1962 and released from Charles' groundbreaking Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music album. The Ray Charles cover version reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100in 1962, as well as the U.S. R&B and Adult Contemporary charts and ranked #161 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and #49 on CMT's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music.

Contents 1 Other notable covers 2 Succession 2.1 Ray Charles version 2.2 Conway Twitty version

[edit] Other notable covers

• Roy Orbison recorded the song for his 1961 album, Sings Lonely and Blue.

• Frank Sinatra recorded the song for his 1964 album It Might As Well Be Swing, his second collaboration with Count Basie & his orchestra.

• Jerry Lee Lewis recorded a blues version of the song in 1969. However, when he returned to it in 1979, it took the form of country balladry, a la Gibson's original.

Martina McBride performed the song in Charles's style at a Grand Ole Opry tribute to him that originally aired on Great American Country TV on June 3, 2006.

In addition to the covers by Lewis and McBride, many other country singers either covered or have had success with the song. The two most successful covers were by Kitty Wells (No. 3 in 1958 on the Billboard magazine country chart and Conway Twitty (who reached No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart in September 1972).

• Van Morrison, a lifetime fan of Charles, recorded a version for his 1991 album Hymns to the Silence and has performed it on numerous occasions in live concerts. His 2006 performance of this song at the Austin City Limits Festival appears on a limited edition album Live at Austin City Limits Festival.

• Ricky Nelson, also covered this song.

• The song appeared on the soundtrack of the 2001 Japanese anime movie Metropolis where it was used instead of sound effects in the film's final scene.

[edit] Succession

[edit] Ray Charles version

Preceded by "Stranger on the Shore" by Mr. Acker Bilk	Billboard Hot 100 number one single June 2, 1962 (5 weeks)	Succeeded by "The Stripper" by David Rose
Preceded by "Come Outside" by Mike Sarne with Wendy Richard	UK number one single Ray Charles version 12 July 1962 (2 weeks)	Succeeded by "I Remember You" by Frank Ifield

[edit] Conway Twitty version

Preceded by "When the Snow is on the Roses" by Sonny James

Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Conway Twitty September 23, 1972

Succeeded by "I Ain't Never" by Mel Tillis