LOVE LETTERS IN THE SAND
PAT BOONE
SONGWRITERS: NICK AND CHARLES KENNY
MUSIC BY J. FRED COOTS
COUNTRY: U.S.A.
ALBUM: APRIL LOVE – 22 GREATEST HITS
LABEL: BLARICUM CD COMPANY
GENRE: LOVE SONGS
YEAR: 1993
"Love Letters in the
Sand" is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J.
Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. The song was
"inspired" by an 1881 composition, "The Spanish Cavalier"
by William D. Hendrickson. Ted Black's orchestra had the first major hit.
Charles Eugene "Pat"
Boone (born June 1, 1934) is an American singer, composer, actor, writer,
television personality, motivational speaker, and spokesman. He was a successful pop singer in
the United States during the 1950s and early 1960s. He sold more than 45
million records, had 38 top-40 hits, and appeared in more than 12 Hollywood
films.
According to Billboard,
Boone was the second-biggest charting artist of the late 1950s, behind only Elvis
Presley, and was ranked at No. 9 in its listing of the Top 100 Top 40 Artists
1955–1995. Boone still holds the Billboard record for spending 220 consecutive
weeks on the charts with one or more songs each week.
At the age of 23, he began
hosting a half-hour ABC variety television series, The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom,
which aired for 115 episodes (1957–1960). Many musical performers, including Edie
Adams, Andy Williams, Pearl Bailey, and Johnny Mathis, made appearances on the
show. His cover versions of rhythm and blues hits had a noticeable effect on
the development of the broad popularity of rock and roll. Elvis Presley was the
opening act for a 1955 Pat Boone show in Cleveland, Ohio.
As an author, Boone had a number-one bestseller in the
1950s (Twixt Twelve and Twenty, Prentice-Hall). In the
1960s, he focused on gospel music and is a member of the Gospel Music Hall of
Fame. He continues to perform and speak as a motivational speaker, a television
personality, and a conservative political commentator.
On a day like today
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand
CHORUS
You made a vow that you would ever be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
We passed the time away
Writing love letters in the sand
How you laughed when I cried
Each time I saw the tide
Take our love letters from the sand
CHORUS
You made a vow that you would ever be true
But somehow that vow meant nothing to you
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
Now my broken heart aches
With every wave that breaks
Over love letters in the sand
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