"You Can Never Stop Me Loving You" is a song written by

Ian Samwell Ian Ralph Samwell (19 January 1937 – 13 March 2003) was an English musician, singer-songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the writer of Cliff Richard's debut single "Move It", and his association with the rock band America, with ...

and Jean Slater, and released in 1963 by

Kenny Lynch Kenneth Lynch, OBE (18 March 1938 – 18 December 2019) was an English singer, songwriter, entertainer, and actor. He appeared in many variety shows in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few black singers in British pop music. He was app ...

. Lynch's version spent 14 weeks on the UK's ''

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'' chart, reaching No. 10.

Johnny Tillotson recording

*Later in 1963,

Johnny Tillotson Johnny Tillotson (born April 20, 1938) is an American singer-songwriter. He enjoyed his greatest success in the early 1960s, when he scored nine top-ten hits on the pop, country, and adult contemporary ''Billboard'' charts, including " Poetry ...

recorded the song. Tillotson's version spent 10 weeks on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 18, while reaching No. 4 on ''

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'', December 7, 1963. p. 28. Retrieved February 24, 2018. and No. 4 in

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'', October 26, 1963. p. 47. Retrieved February 24, 2018.

Chart performance

;Johnny Tillotson version

References

1963 songs 1963 singles Johnny Tillotson songs Songs written by Ian Samwell Cadence Records singles His Master's Voice singles Number-one singles in Germany Kenny Lynch songs {{1960s-single-stub