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"Only the Lonely" 1 1 92 1 93 Only the Lonely "Running Bear" 1 1 94 1 74 The Astrodome Presents in Person "Since I Met You Baby" 1 1 65 3 79 "It's Just a Matter of Time" 1 1 87 4 85 It's Just a Matter of Time "—" denotes releases that did not chart
"Only the Lonely (Know the Way I Feel)" is a 1960 song written by Roy Orbison and Joe Melson. [3] Orbison's recording of the song, produced by Fred Foster for Monument Records, was the first major hit for the singer. It was described by The New York Times as expressing "a clenched, driven urgency". [3]
In 1969, Billboard magazine named Sonny James Country Music's Artist of the Year. In February 1971, James was the first country artist whose music went into space; he made a special music recording for the crew of Apollo 14. They later presented him with one of the small American flags that they had carried to the Moon. [4]
Pages in category "Sonny James songs" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total. ... Only the Lonely; R. Running Bear; S. Since I Met You Baby ...
Sonny James had major success covering pop standards, both of the present time and of the past, during the 1960s. In 1969 alone, he had reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart with two such covers: "Only the Lonely" and "Running Bear." "Since I Met You Baby" was James' third cover song released during 1969.
In the issue of Billboard dated January 7, Sonny James was at number one with the compilation album The Best of Sonny James, the record's third week in the top spot. [2] It was displaced from the top spot in the issue dated January 21 by Somebody Like Me by Eddy Arnold. One of the biggest country stars of the 1960s, Arnold had four chart ...
In January 1965, "You're the Only World I Know was Sonny James' second No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart (after "Young Love" in early 1957). [1] The song had crossover popularity, reaching the Billboard Top 100 and Easy listening surveys.
The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the Billboard chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Country & Western Best Seller chart, also at No. 1; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2.