According to songfacts.com : Russell wrote this song for the singer Rita Coolidge, whom he was dating at the time. They met in the late '60s when Russell was one of the top session piano players and Coolidge was getting started as a singer. Russell wrote a song called "Delta Lady" about her that Joe Cocker recorded in 1969. She was again his muse on "A Song For You," which finds him singing about their deep connection when they are alone. It's a very intimate love song that hits hard with a line in the last verse:
"I love you in a place where there's no space or time"
From all the artists who have sung "The most beautiful song ever written", as it was called by Rita Coolidge, I choose the following versions for you.
Amy Winehouse
Donny Hathaway
Merry Clayton
Here is the original by Leon Russell
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