Boxtops, 1967, The Letter
R. B. Greaves, Take a Letter, Maria
Ketty Lester, 1962, Love Letters, with images from David Lynch's Blue Velvet. If you think the Lynch twist spoils a beautiful song, here it is straight. Often covered, never surpassed. E.P.'s version.
Elvis Presley, 1962, Return to Sender
Benny Goodman, Airmail Special
The Marvelettes, 1961, Please, Mr. Postman. The summer of '69 found me delivering mail out of the Vermont Avenue Station, Hollywood 29. One day two girls came up to me and started singing this song. Something this U. S. Male won't forget.
Roosevelt Sykes, Mailbox Blues
Bob Dylan, Take a Message to Mary
Donovan, Epistle to Dippy
Don Gibson, The Last Letter
Jean Shepard and Ferlin Husky, A Dear John Letter
Beatles, P. S. I Love You
Paul McCartney, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter