i'm stumped, maybe you can tell me...

[dweller]

i just watched Letterman and he had Alan Jackson on singing 'like red on a rose' and as i was listening, a small flood of memories came back to me that i had heard this song before, but not by him, or at least not like he was singing it.
i searched on google for the lyrics and all links led back to Alan Jackson, but it appears from wikipedia it wasn't released until Sept 06, and i heard this long before, at least a year ago, as i recall.

i wish i remembered who sang it, but it was being sung in my ear while i was slow dancing with my long last love well over a year ago, she would play it for me as we danced and held each other, and i wasn't listening to the performer, but to her, thus the flood of memories. . .

i want to remember that it was a woman singing it on the cd we were listening to, but for the life of me, i can't remember.

thanks for any info, sigh.
dp

[GoddessOfGuinness]

1. Alison Kraus collaberated with Jackson...

Maybe it was her?

[and-justice-for-all]

2. It could be a similar melody your recalling...

...and not the exact same song. Perhaps it the rythem and tone he is singing the song in that reminds you of another as well.

I hear riffs from bands that I have heard elsewhere, either in their music or in some elses. Sometimes is changed a little or played at a different speed..But it happenes.