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"I Love How You Love Me" was a British chart hit around the same time as "Take 5" by Dave Brubeck circa 1961. Although the original version of the song was cut the same year by the Paris Sisters in an early Phil Spector production, the version that is remembered the most by the oldies crowd is the recording by Jimmy Crawford.

The British Jimmy Crawford might get confused with either the American swing jazz drummer or country & western pedal steel player of the same name. Either of these namesakes easily drown him out in terms of the number of records they have released or their importance in musical history. The British Crawford is mostly remembered in his hometown of Sheffield, a locale that has produced as much British pop talent as it has unexplained stone circles. Def Leppard, Dave Berry, Heaven 17, Mick Jones, and Joe Cocker all hail from the same region. Crawford's hit was remade in 1968 by Bobby Vinton with great chart success. In the early '70s Bryan Ferry released his take on the song as part of his romantic These Foolish Things album. Ferry's version was released as a single in France in 1973 and it has gotten the best reviews of any version of the song. Crawford's version, however, is the one used on a slew of compilations with romantic themes. Various online wedding and romantic messaging companies also offer the Crawford version of "I Love How You Love Me" for use as an ultra-romantic cyber-greeting. Crawford himself is seen and heard performing the blues number "Take It Easy" in the 1962 low-budget mod-rocker film Play It Cool; Crawford can be seen in the film accompanied in his number by the group of Lionel Blair & His Dancers. Jimmy Crawford died on July 24, 2024, at the age of 86. ~ Eugene Chadbourne