Google finally revealed who the original singer of the song is. Of course, it goes without saying that the song was originally country (although it sounds like pop to me). I was surprised not because it is country (I like Trisha Yearwood's The Song Remembers When, and that really reek country), but I always had this image of Bonnie Raitt singing songs similar to Kenny Rogers' (not to say his songs are bad, just that I have yet to find a song of his that I can call a favorite). And I'm glad I'm wrong about her. While Constantine Maroulis' version is mesmerizing, with Raitt's I was spellbound.
The official Bonnie Raitt website
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