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A Thing Called Love is a Gospel act. Their sound grew out of Jerry Reed. Those roots explain a lot about how A Thing Called Love arrange songs and choose their tones. Their influence carried into Elvis Presley, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 2 connections around A Thing Called Love, reaching back through Jerry Reed and forward to Elvis Presley. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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A Thing Called Love is the 39th overall album by country singer Johnny Cash, released on Columbia Records in 1972. The title song, written by Jerry Reed, was released successfully as a single, reaching No. 2 on the country charts; two more singles charted as well, while the album itself also reached No. 2 on the country album charts. "A Thing Called Love" was re-recorded by Cash for Classic Cash: Hall of Fame Series (1988), while "Tear Stained Letter" was reprised on American IV: The Man Comes Around (2002). The Canadian pressing of this album has a different version of "Kate" with altered lyrics.
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A Thing Called Love grew out of Jerry Reed, went on to shape Elvis Presley. 2 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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