Please Don't Stop Loving Me
" Please Do n't Stop Loving Me" is a song written and recorded as a duet by American country music artists Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton.
It was released in July 1974 as the first single from the album" Porter' n' DollyPlease Do n't Stop Loving Me" was Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton's sixteenth country hit and their only number one on the country chart as a duet act.
Though Parton and Wagoner had each topped the charts as solo artists, and many of their duet singles had reached the country top- ten," Please Do n't Stop Loving Me" was their only chart- topper as a duet act.
The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.
Billy Nicholls
William Morris Nicholls Jr( born 15 February 1949) is an English singer, songwriter, composer, record producer, and musical director.
He was born into a musical family, his father Billy Nicholls( Sr.) being a double bassist and big band singer, performing with such bands as The Oscar Rabin Romany Band( Hammersmith Palais}, Alan Green with his boys and RAF band
The Squadronaires and later performed on radio with Will Hay.
Nicholls first gained fame in the 1960s while still a teenager with his" Pet Sounds"- influenced album," Would You Believe", originally released on Immediate Records.
Nicholls' compositions have been covered by many artists.
His first success came in 1977 when Leo Sayer covered" I Ca n't Stop Loving You( Though I Try)"; it rose to No. 7 in the UK Singles Chart.
Nicholls wrote several of the tracks for the film" McVicar"( starring Roger Daltrey) including" Without Your Love", which was a success in the United States.
The Babys covered White Lightning on their Head First album in 1978.
An American southern rock group, the Outlaws, recorded" I Ca n't Stop Loving You" on their 1980 release" Ghost Riders".
More recently, Phil Collins also recorded" I Ca n't Stop Loving You" in 2002 and it proved successful as a U.S. single, appearing on several of his albums, and Collins included it in his last world tour.
A longtime acquaintance and occasional collaborator with Pete Townshend, Nicholls was involved in the Deep End concerts in Brixton and Cannes.
He toured with The Who in 1989 and 1996 – 1997, serving as backup singer and music director; he also provided backing vocals for the band's version of" Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", which appeared on the tribute album.
He has contributed backing vocals for many friends and artists over the years, including uncredited backing vocals on The Nice's 1967 debut single" The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack".
In 2003, Nicholls received an ASCAP award for" I Ca n't Stop Loving You".
Keith Urban recorded the song in 2006 on his fifth studio album," Love, Pain& the Whole Crazy Thing".
In 2009 a promotional copy of Would You Believe was sold on eBay for £ 7,312.
Nicholls set up Southwest Records in 1998 and has so far released nine albums featuring his own work.
He is the father of musician Morgan Nicholls, singer songwriter Amy Fay Nicholls and film director Will Nicholls.
Monty Holmes
Monty Holmes( born in Lubbock, Texas) is an American country music singer- songwriter.
Holmes signed to Bang II Records and released his debut album," All I Ever Wanted", in 1998.
His highest charting single," Why'd You Start Lookin' So Good," peaked at number 43 in 1998.
Holmes' songs have been recorded by George Strait(" When Did You Stop Loving Me, I Know She Still Loves Me, Troubadour") and Lee Ann Womack(" Never Again, Again").
When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You
"When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You" is a 1978 song recorded by singer Marvin Gaye.
Taken from his "Here, My Dear" album, it was written following his 1976 divorce when he was ordered to give half the takings of his next album to ex-wife Anna Gaye.
In the album, he "poured his emotions into songs agonisingly documenting their relationship's rise and fall."
The song was a six-minute-long opus that has been considered the centerpiece of the "Here, My Dear" album.
As if offering confessional testimony to his wife, Gaye airs his side of the story of how his ill-fated marriage to the sister of his record label boss Berry Gordy collapsed.
In a spoken narrative, the singer accuses Anna in the beginning of not following their marriage vows, saying that lying about being faithful was similar to "lying to God".
He then blames himself as well for the death of the marriage, stating: "I tried but all of (our) promises (were) nothing but lies" and then promises himself if he finds someone else
(his new wife Janis), he will try a new way.
But no matter how optimistic he seemed, he always reflected back on his marriage to Anna and how at one point, she called the cops on him for a domestic dispute.
The title is not spoken until the final verse, when Marvin croons in his trademark falsetto about where did the love go in their relationship.
Written and produced solely by the artist himself, the song was unusual for having no distinct melody, no bridge and no distinct chorus and for its length.
However, it did have near melodic consistencies, such as "Memories of the things we did/
Some
we're proud of
, some we hidIf you loved me with all of your heart/You'd never take a million dollars to part".
He would use the instrumental of this song as both an instrumental track (with several Gaye ad-libs) and as the reprise of the album to end it.
The song served as the template for Daryl Hall's song "
Stop Loving Me, Stop Loving You," from his 1993 solo album, "Soul Alone."
After being played the song by a friend and thinking it was an unreleased bootleg, Hall reworked the tune as a standard-structured R&B/pop song.
William Frederick Yeames
William Frederick Yeames( 18 December 1835 – 3 May 1918) was a British painter best known for his oil- on- canvas problem picture And When Did You Last See Your Father?, which depicts the son of a Royalist being questioned by Parliamentarians during the English Civil War.
Falling in Love Again (Marvin Gaye song)
" Falling in Love Again" is a 1977 song recorded by singer Marvin Gaye and issued on his 1978 album," Here, My Dear" album.
The song was another track on the personal album that did not discuss the demise of his first marriage.
Instead of Anna Gaye, the song talked of the other woman in Marvin's life.
Described in" You Can Leave, but It's Going to Cost You" as" that young girl", she was Janis Hunter, whom Gaye had married.
In a solemn but still certain tone, he wanted to be sure that this time his love for Janis will be what he had always wanted.
But as irony would have it, by the time of the album's release, Marvin and Janis' relationship was failing.
By the end of the album's promotion, Janis had split from the singer after nearly two years as a married couple.
They eventually divorced in February 1981.
This song was the last song on" Here, My Dear" with a reprise from the album's" theme songWhen Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You", playing soon afterwards putting the album to a close for good.
Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye (born Marvin Pentz Gay Jr.; April 2, 1939 – April 1, 1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
He helped to shape the sound of Motown in the 1960s, first as an in-house session player and later as a solo artist with a string of hits, earning him the nicknames "Prince of Motown" and "Prince of Soul".
Gaye's Motown hits include "Ain't That
PeculiarHow Sweet
It Is (To Be Loved By You)", and
"I Heard It Through the Grapevine", and duet recordings with Mary Wells, Kim Weston, Diana Ross, and Tammi Terrell.
During the 1970s, he recorded the albums "
What's Going On" and "Let's Get It On" and became one of the first artists in Motown, along with Stevie Wonder, to break away from the reins of a production company.
His later recordings influenced several contemporary R&B subgenres, such as quiet storm and neo soul.
Following a period in Europe as a tax exile in the early 1980s, he released the 1982 hit "Sexual Healing", which won him his first two Grammy Awards, and its parent album "Midnight Love".
Gaye's last television appearances were at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, where he sang "The Star-Spangled Banner" and on "Soul Train" which was his third and final appearance.
On April 1, 1984, the day before his 45th birthday, Gaye's father, Marvin Gay Sr., fatally shot him at their house in the West Adams district of Los Angeles.
Many institutions have posthumously bestowed Gaye with awards and other honors including the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, and inductions into the Rhythm and Blues Music Hall of Fame, the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
When Did You Stop Loving Me
" When Did You Stop Loving Me" is a song written by Donny Kees and Monty Holmes and recorded by American country music artist George Strait.
It was released in April 1993 as the third and final single from his album" Pure Country".
The song reached both number 6 on the" Billboard" Hot Country Singles& Tracks chart and on the Canadian" RPM" Country Tracks chart.
Please Don't Stop Loving Me (Elvis Presley song)
" Please Do n't Stop Loving Me" is a song first recorded by Elvis Presley as part of the soundtrack for his 1966 motion picture" Frankie and Johnny".
It was also in 1966 released as a B-side to" Frankie and Johnny", the title song of the same movie.
Both songs charted on the" Billboard" Hot 100.
" Please Do n't Stop Loving Me'" peaked in it at number 45 on the week of April 23, 1966.
The song also reached the top 10 in Israel.
Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong
" Tell Me When Did Things Go So Wrong" is a song by the American alternative rock group
The Smithereens, appearing on their fourth album" Blow Up".
Despite not being released as a single, the song charted in the United States.

Question: Who is the father of the performer of song When Did You Stop Loving Me, When Did I Stop Loving You?
Answer: Marvin Gay Sr.