Paul Davis - '65 Love Affair (1981 LP Version) HQ

"'65 Love Affair" is a 1981 song performed by the late Paul Davis from his album Cool Night. It was written by Davis and released as a single in February 1982. Davis had originally titled the song "'55 Love Affair", but Arista felt that some modernization was needed to target an audience whose teenage years had occurred in the 1960s, including Davis himself. As Arista pointed out, Davis was only 7 years old in 1955, too young for a "love affair", but was 17 years old in 1965, perfect for the song. However, even with the title change, the song highlighted many aspects of 1950s youth culture, including carhops, drive-ins and doo-wop. The great Ed Seay played bass, keyboards, and co-produced on the track and album. He was also the bassist and did backing vocals on the ballad "I Go Crazy" in 1977.
"'65 Love Affair" reached #6 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 in May 1982. It spent 20 weeks on the chart, and on the Billboard Year-End Hot 100 chart, it placed at #39. It peaked at #5 on the Adult Contemporary chart and #10 on the Cash Box Top 100.