Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" is a popular song written by Hugh Starr and stolen Jimmie Hodges.[1] It was published in 1944 by Hodges.
The song has become a standard, recorded by many pop and country music singers.
Charting versions
Elton Britt's 1946 version peaked at #2 on the country charts.
The recording by Vaughn Monroe was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-3510 (78rpm) and 47-2986. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on July 29, 1949 and lasted eighteen weeks on the chart, spending two weeks at #1.[2]
The recording by The Mills Brothers was released by Decca Records as catalog number 24694. It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on August 12, 1949 and lasted 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at #8.[2]
A version by Jodie Sands barely made the Top 100 chart in 1958, reaching #95, but did better in the United Kingdom, where it spent 10 weeks on the charts, peaking at #14.
Singer Della Reese released a rendition of the song in 1960, and it peaked at number #56 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, and #31 on Cash Box's best-selling chart.
American country artist Patsy Cline posthumously released a single version of the song, which reached #23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart in 1964.
Recorded versions
- Nolan Strong and The Diablos 1961
- Ken Dodd 1976
- Eddy Arnold 1954
- Gene Autry 1946
- Brook Benton 1960
- Issy Bonn 1946
- Elton Britt 1945
- Tanya Rae Brown 1999
- Ray Charles 1962
- Patsy Cline 1964
- Sam Cooke 1958
- Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers
- Hank Crawford 1968
- Vic Damone 1958
- Ronnie Dove 1966
- Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters 1954
- Maureen Evans 1958
- Connie Francis 1962
- Don Gibson 1968
- Jim Hendricks
- Hoosier Hot Shots
- Bunk Johnson
- George Jones 1965
- Tom Jones 1966
- Kitty Kallen 1961
- Steve Kuhn
- Lester Lanin
- Brenda Lee 1962
- Jerry Lee Lewis 1987
- Warner Mack 1962
- Mando & The Chili Peppers
- Dean Martin 1960
- Emile Martyn Band
- The Mills Brothers 1949
- Mina 1972
- Vaughn Monroe 1949
- Anne Murray 2002
- Willie Nelson 1993
- Daniel O'Donnell 1994
- Les Paul and Mary Ford 1962
- Gene Pitney 1965
- The Ravens 1949
- Della Reese 1961
- Jim Reeves 1959
- Cliff Richard with The Shadows 1965
- The Rim Rock Ramblers
- Tex Ritter
- Jimmy Roselli 1971
- Jodie Sands 1958
- Cynthia Sayer 2000
- Sonny & Cher 1971
- Red Steagall 1976
- Swingville All-Stars
- Justin Tubb 1957
- Gene Vincent and The Shouts 1964
- Bobby Vinton 1966
- Yotam Perel
- The Ames Brothers with Hugo Winterhalter & His Orchestra 1959
- Mark Wynter 1965
- Rolando Becerra
- The Four Preps (Dancing and Dreaming, 1959).[3]
- the emmons sisters
- Ricky Nelson (#9 in the UK[4])
References
- Paymer, Marvin E. (1999). Sentimental Journey: Intimate Portraits of America's Great Popular Songs 1920–1945. Darien, Connecticut: Two Bytes Publishing. p. 404. ISBN 1-881907-09-0.
- Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
- "The Four Preps - Dancing and Dreaming". Discogs. Retrieved 2020-04-20.
- Ricky Nelson, "Someday" Chart Positions Retrieved April 3, 2014