To Know You Is to Love You (song)
| "To Know You Is to Love You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by B.B. King | ||||
| from the album To Know You Is to Love You | ||||
| B-side | "I Can't Leave" | |||
| Released | June 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1973 | |||
| Genre | R&B, soul blues | |||
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| Label | ABC | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Syreeta Wright, Stevie Wonder[1] | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Crawford | |||
| B.B. King singles chronology | ||||
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| Official audio | ||||
| "To Know You Is to Love You" (album version) on YouTube | ||||
"To Know You Is to Love You" is a song written by Syreeta Wright and Stevie Wonder in 1972.[2]
Recording history
In June 1972, the song came out as a duet on Syreeta Wright's debut album (Syreeta, MW 113) by MoWest Records (a Motown company).
In 1973, the song came out as both a single and an album by B.B. King, released by ABC Records in 1973, with the title song co-interpreted with Stevie Wonder (track B1 on the album To Know You Is to Love You). In the US, this version went to #12 on the Hot Soul Singles chart and #38 on the Hot 100.[1]
Other recordings include:
- 1974: American R&B, soul and gospel singer Margie Joseph
- 1974: Scottish folk rock band String Driven Thing
- 1975: Thelma Houston and Pressure Cooker, I've Got the Music in Me
- 1975: South African-born British pop singer Danny Williams
- 1977: American jazz, blues, and R&B singer Joe Bourne
- 1979: Norwegian band Baracudaz
- 1998: American blues singer Jake Jewell
- 2021: American children's blues band The Cat and the Owl (instrumental)
References
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 325.
- ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved April 21, 2021.