Jerry Lee Lewis

I LOVE YOU BECAUSE

(Leon Payne)

Sound-illustrated recordings' history

Recording session (date, location), number of takes, personnel	Take No.: listen Real Media	Net length, m:s	Vinyl release	CD release			Note
	Take No.: listen Real Media	Net length, m:s	Vinyl release	BFB¹	SB4²	Sd35³ etc	Note
Prob. December 13, 1956 One known take Johnny Cash's session, 706, Union Ave., Memphis, Tn Johnny Cash: vocal/guitar poss. Jerry Lee Lewis: piano Luther Perkins: guitar Marshall Grant: bass unknown: drums Overdub session: unknown date unknown vocal chorus	Undubbed	2:24	SunBox 103	Cash 1/29	—	.	Self-made mix
	Overdubbed	2:24	Sun 334	Cash 1/31	—	.	Self-made mix
Late 1956 or early 1957 One take 706, Union Ave., Memphis, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: piano Roland Janes: guitar unknown: bass prob. J. W. Brown, J. M. Van Eaton: drums	One	3:02	SB102⁴ 2A3	C1/19	3/6	.	.
June 12, 1961 One take Phillips St., 317 7th Ave., Nashville, Tn Jerry Lee Lewis: piano Wayne Moss: guitar Kelton 'Kelso' Herston: guitar Bob L. Moore: bass Murrey M. 'Buddy' Harman, Jr.: drums unknown vocal group	One	1:52	Sun LP-128	C7/13	12/25	.	.

Notes

1. BFB: Bear Family Records' CD-boxes:

C: «CLASSIC JERRY LEE LEWIS. The definitive edition of his Sun recordings 1956 – 1963», 8-CD box (246 tracks), BCD 15420 HH, West Germany, 1989
L: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. The Locust years... and the return to the promised land», 8-CD box, BCD 15783 HI, Germany, 1994
M: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. Mercury Smashes... and Rockin' Sessions», 10-CD box, BCD 15784 JK, Germany, 2000.
P: «THE CLASSIC CARL PERKINS», 5-CD box, BCD 15494 EH, West Germany, 1990.
Cash: «JOHNNY CASH: The Man In Black, 1954–1958», 5-CD box, BCD 15517, West Germany, 1990.

2. SB4: «JERRY LEE LEWIS. THE ULTIMATE (Sun years)», 11-CD set (318 tracks) + Bonus CD (CD Sun Box 4-12, 29 tracks), CD Sun Box 4, Charly Records, UK, 1993.
3. Sd35: «Jerry Lee Lewis. The Alternate Collection», 2-CD set (61 tracks), CD SUND 35 (File under Rock & Roll), Charly Records, UK, 1991.
4. SB102: «JERRY LEE LEWIS: THE SUN YEARS», 12-LP set, Sun Box 102, Charly Records, UK, 1982.