(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons

This article is about the song written by Ivory "Deek" Watson and William "Pat" Best. For the similarly titled song by Abner Silver, see For Sentimental Reasons (1936 song).
"(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons"
Song by Deek Watson & His Brown Dots
Published1945 by Leeds Publishing Company
Composer(s)William "Pat" Best
Lyricist(s)Ivory "Deek" Watson

"(I Love You) for Sentimental Reasons" is a popular song written by Ivory "Deek" Watson, founding member of the Ink Spots and of the Brown Dots, and William "Pat" Best, founding member of the Four Tunes.

The credits and Leeds Publishing Company list Watson as a co-writer. Best later claimed that Watson had nothing to do with the creation of the song,[1] but Watson maintained in his late 1960s autobiography[2] that he and Best wrote the song together, lyrics and music respectively. Best was a member of Watson's group, the Brown Dots. The song was published in 1945 and released by Watson's quartet with Joe King as lead vocalist on the Manor Records label (catalog No. 1041A).[3]

  1. ^ "Cafe Songbook". greatamericansongbook.net. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
  2. ^ Watson, Deek (1967). The Story of the Ink Spots. Vantage Press.
  3. ^ "The Online Discographical Project". 78discography.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.