Who wrote/sang Everlasting Love originally?

Question

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Answer 1

love affair made it famous It was written by Buzz Cason and Mac Gayden and first recorded by Robert Knight, whose minor success with the song in 1967 was eclipsed when Love Affair's version topped the UK singles chart in 1968. Theirs entered the UK chart on 3 January that year, and that by Knight on 17 January, for two weeks, reaching no higher than No. 40. It had previously been offered to Marmalade, another group on CBS, but they rejected it as they thought it too pop-oriented for them. Knight's version was re-issued in the UK, and made the charts again in 1974. It had however reached No. 13 in the US in the autumn of 1967, and a reissue in the UK in spring 1974 saw it rise to No. 19.

Since then it has been taken into the same chart by a number of further artists. Covers include the reworking by jazz artist Jamie Cullum, a charity version by the stars of the TV medical drama Casualty, and versions by Carl Carlton (1974), Gloria Estefan (1993), Rex Smith & Rachel Sweet (1981) and on a B-side U2. The song's timeless melody, and distinctive optimistic lyrics, make it one of the defining 1960s pop songs.

There is also a different Rufus/Chaka Khan tune of the same name (recorded by Vanessa Lynn Williams).

Answer 2

Robert Knight in 1967 was the first, then Carl Carlton sang it and made it a bigger hit than Robert Knights version. I have both songs and like them both, but gotta admit Carl Carlton's was better. I don't know who wrote the song.

Answer 3

I don't know who wrote it, but originally credited to Love Affair in 1960.

Answer 4

I think it was Gloria Estefan.