'65 Love Affair
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| “'65 Love Affair” | |||||
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| Single by Paul Davis from the album Cool Night |
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| Released | November 1981 | ||||
| Recorded | 1981 | ||||
| Length | 3:43 | ||||
| Label | Arista | ||||
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"'65 Love Affair" was a song, performed by Paul Davis on his album Cool Night. Released in 1981, the song hit #6 on the Billboard Hot 100 in April 1982.
This song marked Davis's first single release upon his defection from Bang Records to Arista. The style of "'65 Love Affair" was reminiscent of such blue-eyed soul groups as Hall & Oates, a vein that Davis had not explored before. Davis had originally titled the song "'55 Love Affair", but Arista felt that some modernization was needed to target an audience whose teenage years had occurred in the 1960s.
None of Davis's previous hits had been pop-oriented, opting for country roots or ballads instead. The format change proved to be quite marketable, with "'65 Love Affair" and "Cool Night", which were recorded at the same time, ranking higher on the Billboard Hot 100 than any other single in his decade-long career. In spite of this popular success, Davis was so disgusted with the commercialized result that after the completion of his two Arista hit singles, he opted out of his contract with that label.
