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I Walk Alone (Marty Robbins song)
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Wikipedia article
"'I Walk Alone'" is a song written by Herbert Wilson. and recorded by American country music artist, Eddy Arnold and was the B-side of his 78 rpm single "Did You See My Daddy Over There" (1945),[http://www.rocky-52.net/chanteurs/arnold_e.htm Chanteurs Eddy Arnold Discography] 08/1945, RCA 33-0535. Retrieved 6 January 2012 and later for his compilation album 'Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again' (1960).[http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t2224387 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Eddy Arnold with music sample] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.discogs.com/Eddy-Arnold-Sings-Them-Again/master/254456 Discogs Eddy Arnold 'Sings Them Again'] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=16 LP Discography Eddy Arnold] Retrieved 6 January 2012
Marty Robbins recording
*Marty Robbins, recorded a version which was released in August 1968 as the first single and title track from the album 'I Walk Alone'.[http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t1991368 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Marty Robbins with music sample] Retrieved 6 January 2012 It was Robbins' thirteenth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.
Chart performance
Other versions
*Ernest Tubb recorded the song during a May 24, 1945 session;[http://countrydiscography.blogspot.com/search/label/Tubb%20Ernest Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies Tubb Ernest] Retrieved 6 January 2012 but it was unreleased until 1996, when it was included in the CD box set 'Walking the Floor Over You'.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/walking-the-floor-over-you-box-set-r245811 Allmusic 'Walking the Floor Over You (Box Set)'] Disc 6, track 13. Retrieved 6 January 2012
*Don Gibson released his version about the same time as Marty Robbins, on the 1968 album 'More Country Soul'.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/more-country-soul-r92397 Allmusic 'More Country Soul' Don Gibson] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=155 LP Discography Don Gibson Sep 1968] Retrieved 6 January 2012
*Following the success of the Marty Robbins single, at least four other country artists recorded "I Walk Alone" for albums released in 1969: Loretta Lynn's 'Your Squaw Is on the Warpath',[http://www.allmusic.com/album/your-squaw-is-on-the-warpath-r93047 Allmusic 'Your Squaw Is on the Warpath' Loretta Lynn] Retrieved 6 January 2012 Kitty Wells' 'Guilty Street',[http://www.allmusic.com/album/guilty-street-r94573 Allmusic 'Guilty Street' Kitty Wells] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.discogs.com/Kitty-Wells-Guilty-Street/release/2649722 Discogs Kitty Wells 'Guilty Street'] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=385 LP Discography Kitty Wells] Retrieved 6 January 2012 David Houston's 'Where Love Used to Live',[http://www.allmusic.com/album/where-love-used-to-live-r575776 Allmusic 'Where Love Used to Live' David Houston] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=189 LP Discography David Houston] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.discogs.com/David-Houston-Where-Love-Used-To-Live-My-Womans-Good-To-Me/release/1590379 Discogs David Houston 'Where Love Used To Live / My Woman's Good To Me'] Retrieved 6 January 2012 and Willie Nelson's 'My Own Peculiar Way'.[http://www.allmusic.com/song/i-walk-alone-t24518711 Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Willie Nelson with music sample] Retrieved 6 January 2012[http://www.lpdiscography.com/?page=discography&interpret=262 LP Discography Willie Nelson] Retrieved 6 January 2012 Nelson had earlier recorded the song for Liberty Records, but that version wasn't released until 1975 on the compilation album 'Country Willie' under the title "I'll Walk Alone."[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-early-years-the-complete-liberty-recordings-plus-more-r199701 Allmusic 'The Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More' Review] Disc 2, track 27 (wrong composer). Retrieved 6 January 2012[https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002HJ6JKC/ref=dm_mu_dp_trk57 Amazon "I'll Walk Alone" Willie Nelson MP3 with music sample] Retrieved 6 January 2012
References
Category:Songs about loneliness
Category:1968 singles
Category:Marty Robbins songs
Category:Eddy Arnold songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Bob Johnston
Category:Columbia Records singles
Category:1968 songs
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