"'But Love Me'" is a song written and originally recorded by

Kenny Nolan Kenny Nolan (born September 30, 1949) is an American singer-songwriter from Los Angeles. He is best remembered for the 1976–77 song " I Like Dreamin'", which he wrote and performed; it reached No. 3 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 4 on ...

. It appeared on his 1978 album before being recorded by American

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artist

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. Her version was released as a

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via

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in October 1979 and charted on the American

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survey in 1979.

Kenny Nolan version

American musician Kenny Nolan had become a successful producer and songwriter in the 1960s. He had ambitions to become a recording artist himself and had a pop hit single in 1976 with "

I Like Dreamin' "I Like Dreamin'" is the debut single by Kenny Nolan, taken from his eponymous debut album. The recording was issued as the album's lead single in October 1976, spending 27 weeks on the U.S. ''Billboard Hot 100''. Background The song tells about ...

". It was included on a self-titled album and he later released his 1978 studio album called ''A Song Between Us''. Included on the album was the self-penned track "But Love Me". The song was produced by Nolan himself and was only issued as an album track when ''A Song Between Us'' was issued. Los Angeles session musicians, including Steve Lukather, David Paich, Jeff Porcaro, and David Hungate of Toto fame, were fired during the production of this song for changing the title of the track from But Love Me to Butt Love Me. Steve Lukather discusses this in his book “The Gospel According To Luke” as well as his interview with the Sunset Sound Recorders. This interview is available on YouTube.The song and album were both issued on

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in 1978.

Janie Fricke version

Janie Fricke would have a series of charting singles on the American country chart in the late 1970s including "But Love Me". It was produced by

Billy Sherrill Billy Norris Sherrill (November 5, 1936 – August 4, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger best known for his association with country artists, notably Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Sherrill and business partner Gle ...

at the Columbia Studio in August 1978. Fricke's version of the song was released as a single on Columbia Records in October 1979. It was backed on the

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by "One Piece at a Time". It was issued as a seven inch vinyl single. The song climbed to number 26 on the America's ''

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chart in January 1980 after 13 weeks on the list. The song was later included on Fricke's third studio album ''From the Heart'' (1979).

Track listing

7" vinyl single * "But Love Me" – 2:59 * "One Piece at a Time" – 2:52

Charts

References

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