“Love and Wealth” is a song written by the Louvin Brothers, Ira and Charlie, the Alabama duo whose piercing close harmony and gift for songwriting made them one of the most influential acts in country music. Like much of their material, it began as a simple songwriter’s demo cut for their publisher in the early 1950s.
The lyric weighs the song’s two title words against each other and comes down firmly on the side of love — a reflection that wealth means little next to a true and faithful heart. That plainspoken moral, set to a strong melody, made the song attractive to other performers.
“Love and Wealth” was recorded by Carl Story and other country and bluegrass artists and became a standard.
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