“LOVING YOU” – By Des Kelly The title is very well known. The original version of the song was written by Minnie Riperton & Richard Rudolph. Minnie wrote the lyrics as a dedication to her baby daughter but tragically died herself, at 31, a victim of the dreaded Cancer. Elvis Presley came along & recorded a completely different “Loving You” (I could spend my whole life through, loving you, loving you,) remember?. He had a slightly longer life than Minnie, but still, died far too early, as we all know. These recordings were done many years ago & sadly are all but forgotten. Then, comes the band that I have been writing a lot about, lately, “The Mavericks”& they have just recorded still another “Loving You” song, written, I take it, by Raul Malo. Personally, I have been around the “‘recording business” for a very long time. Almost 70 years ...

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