"Love Put a Song in My Heart" is a song written by

Ben Peters Ben James Peters (born Greenville, Mississippi, June 20, 1933; died Nashville, Tennessee, May 25, 2005) was an American country music songwriter who wrote many #1 songs. Charley Pride recorded 68 of his songs and 6 of them went to #1 on the Americ ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...

artist

Johnny Rodriguez Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s and ...

Background

"Love Put a Song in My Heart" was released in September 1975 as the first single and title track from the album ''Love Put a Song in My Heart''. Rodriguez's version includes a Spanish translation of the refrain after a key change.

Chart performance

The song was the last of six number ones on the country chart for Rodriguez. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of eleven weeks on the country chart.

References

1975 songs 1975 singles Johnny Rodriguez songs Songs written by Ben Peters Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Mercury Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub