About The Song
In 1970, Conway Twitty appointed L. E. White to manage his publishing company – “Twitty Bird Music.” White had several important duties – to write songs for Twitty, screen tunes from other composers, and sign new songwriters to Conway’s publishing venture. Although L. E. was not expecting this assignment, it represented a culmination of his personal songwriting desires.
White had been a fan of Twitty ever since Conway’s 1965 decision to veer away from rock and pursue a country music career. L. E. studied him in earnest for about eight months, deciding along the way that Conway’s singing was perfect for the type of songs he wanted to write – and felt he could write.
L. E. composed ten songs that he believed were suited to Conway’s newly-developed “country” style. White lived in Knoxville, Tennessee and when Twitty performed a concert there, L. E. took the demos of his songs and introduced himself to the artist. Conway listened intently to White’s material, and then (much to L. E.’s surprise), he quickly announced, “These two right here will be my next two singles.” They were “To See My Angel Cry” and “I Love You More Today.”
Twitty invited L. E. to his next recording session at Bradley’s Barn studio in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, and, true to his word, he recorded the two songs. “I Love You More Today” was released first and reached the number one position of Billboard’s “Hot Country Singles” chart on July 19, 1969. “To See My Angel Cry” followed it to the top on November 8th. By the end of the year, Conway offered White the job in his publishing company.
Before meeting Twitty, L. E. already had a fairly distinguished musical background. He started writing songs in high school and soon found himself working with Archie Campbell (later of TV’s “Hee Haw”) at Knoxville radio station WNOX. White journeyed to Nashville in 1953, where he played fiddle and sang with bluegrass legend Bill Monroe.
L. E. remained with Conway Twitty for 13 years, finally leaving in 1983. During that period, he helped “Twitty Bird Music” expand from one to three companies, overseen by the giant Tree Publishing conglomerate. Twitty filled many an album with more than 65 of White’s compositions, and notched hit singles with two more of his tunes – “After The Fire Is Gone” (Conway’s introductory duet with Loretta Lynn in 1971) and “I’m Not Through Loving You Yet” in 1974.
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I want you more than anything in the world
You mean more to me than any other girl
She’s with you and things you do with him
We’ve done them for so long
I love you more today than he can from now on
I’ve kissed your tears away when you were sad
Held you close, felt your warm love when you were glad
But no matter how much love he has for you or how long
I love you more today than he can from now on
We’ve already done the things he plans to do
So don’t be surprised if late at night I’m in your dreams with you
And if someday his love for you goes wrong
I love you more today than he can from now on
I love you more today than he can from now on