Tonights tune Love Letters in the Sand is a popular song first published in 1931. The music was written by J. Fred Coots and the lyrics by Nick Kenny and Charles Kenny. The song was inspired by an 1881 composition, The Spanish Cavalier by William D. Hendrickson. Ted Blacks orchestra had the first major hit. Cover versions[edit] ##Pat Boones cover became a major hit in June and July 1957, spending 5 weeks at number one on the Billboard Top 100, with 34 weeks in total on the chart. Billboard ranked it as the No. 2 song for 1957.[1] The song was used in Boones film Bernardine. Boone also did the whistling in the instrumental portion of the song as well. The song originally had a short instrumental introduction, however, most versions begin with Boones voice. ##Bob Eberly released a version on his Spanish-oriented album Bob Eberly Con Enoch Light Y Su Orquesta in 1957, sung in English but subtitled Cartas De Amor En La Arena. ##Andy Williams released a version on his 1959 album, Two Time Winners. youtube/watch?v=EviXbSlbY-Y
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