"A Letter to You" is a song written by

Dennis Linde Dennis Linde (pronounced LIN-dy, March 18, 1943December 22, 2006) was an American music songwriter based in Nashville who has had over 250 of his songs recorded. He is best known for writing the 1972 Elvis Presley hit, "Burning Love". Rarely wo ...

and originally recorded by

Shakin' Stevens Michael Barratt (born 4 March 1948), known professionally as Shakin' Stevens, is a Welsh singer and songwriter. He was the UK's biggest-selling singles artist of the 1980s. His recording and performing career began in the late 1960s, althoug ...

. His version of the song went to #10 on the UK Singles Chart. Five years later, the song was covered by

Eddy Raven Edward Garvin Futch (born August 19, 1944), known professionally as Eddy Raven, is an American country music singer and songwriter. Active since 1962, Raven has recorded for several record labels, including ABC, Dimension, Elektra, RCA, Univers ...

under the title "In a Letter to You". His first release for

Capitol Records Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...

, it was Raven's fifth number one on the country chart, staying at number one for one week and spending fourteen weeks in the Top 40.

Chart performance

Shakin' Stevens

Eddy Raven

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References

Songs about letters (message) 1984 singles 1989 singles Shakin' Stevens songs Eddy Raven songs Songs written by Dennis Linde Song recordings produced by Barry Beckett 1984 songs Universal Records (1988) singles Epic Records singles {{1984-country-song-stub