I Walk Alone (Marty Robbins song)

"I Walk Alone" is a song written by Herbert Wilson.[1] 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),[2] and later for his compilation album Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again (1960).[3][4][5]

For the popular song composed by Jule Styne with lyrics by Sammy Cahn, first recorded by Dinah Shore in 1944, see I'll Walk Alone. For other uses see I Walk Alone (disambiguation).

"I Walk Alone"
Single by Marty Robbins
from the album I Walk Alone
B-side	"Lily of the Valley"
Released	August 27, 1968
Genre	Country
Length	3:17
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Herbert W. Wilson
Producer(s)	Bob Johnston
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Love Is in the Air" (1968) "I Walk Alone" (1968) "It's a Sin" (1969)

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.[6] 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.[7]

Chart performance

Chart (1968)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[8]	1
US Billboard Hot 100[9]	65
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	96

Other versions

• Ernest Tubb recorded the song during a May 24, 1945 session;[10] but it was unreleased until 1996, when it was included in the CD box set Walking the Floor Over You.[11]
• Don Gibson released his version about the same time as Marty Robbins, on the 1968 album More Country Soul.[12][13]
• 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,[14] Kitty Wells' Guilty Street,[15][16][17] David Houston's Where Love Used to Live,[18][19][20] and Willie Nelson's My Own Peculiar Way.[21][22] 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."[23][24]

References

1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1428363-Herbert-Wilson
2. Chanteurs Eddy Arnold Discography 08/1945, RCA 33-0535. Retrieved 6 January 2012
3. Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Eddy Arnold with music sample Retrieved 6 January 2012
4. Discogs Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again Retrieved 6 January 2012
5. LP Discography Eddy Arnold Retrieved 6 January 2012
6. Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Marty Robbins with music sample Retrieved 6 January 2012
7. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 294.
8. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
9. "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
10. Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies Tubb Ernest Retrieved 6 January 2012
11. Allmusic Walking the Floor Over You (Box Set) Disc 6, track 13. Retrieved 6 January 2012
12. Allmusic More Country Soul Don Gibson Retrieved 6 January 2012
13. LP Discography Don Gibson Sep 1968 Retrieved 6 January 2012
14. Allmusic Your Squaw Is on the Warpath Loretta Lynn Retrieved 6 January 2012
15. Allmusic Guilty Street Kitty Wells Retrieved 6 January 2012
16. Discogs Kitty Wells Guilty Street Retrieved 6 January 2012
17. LP Discography Kitty Wells Retrieved 6 January 2012
18. Allmusic Where Love Used to Live David Houston Retrieved 6 January 2012
19. LP Discography David Houston Retrieved 6 January 2012
20. Discogs David Houston Where Love Used To Live / My Woman's Good To Me Retrieved 6 January 2012
21. Allmusic "I Walk Alone" Willie Nelson with music sample Retrieved 6 January 2012
22. LP Discography Willie Nelson Retrieved 6 January 2012
23. Allmusic The Early Years: The Complete Liberty Recordings Plus More Review Disc 2, track 27 (wrong composer). Retrieved 6 January 2012
24. Amazon "I'll Walk Alone" Willie Nelson MP3 with music sample Retrieved 6 January 2012

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics