VAL DOONICAN - A THING CALLED LOVE ( VINYL 1969 )

VAL DOONICAN - A THING CALLED LOVE . This is the vinyl version of the song which featured as a track from the Album GENTLE ON MY MIND which was released in 1969 . Val Doonican (born Michael Valentine Doonican, 3 February 1927) is an Irish singer. From 1965 to 1986 he was a regular fixture on the BBC Television’s schedule with The Val Doonican Show, which featured his own singing performances and a variety of guest artists. A notably relaxed crooner, Doonican had 5 successive Top 10 albums in the UK Albums Chart in the swinging often wore cardigans and jumpers, which became his trademark along with the rocking chairs from which he often performed, and he was sometimes compared to American singer Perry Como, though he has claimed his main influence was Bing Crosby. A THING CALLED LOVE was written by Jerry Reed Hubbard known professionally as Jerry Reed, who was an American country music singer, guitarist, and songwriter, as well as an actor who appeared in more than a dozen also re