"Seven Lonely Days" B-side "If You Took My Heart Away" Released January 1953 Label Mercury Songwriter(s) Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, Marshall Brown
"My Favorite Song"
"Seven Lonely Days "
"For Me, For Me"
"Seven Lonely Days " is a song written by Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, and Marshall Brown . It was originally recorded by American singer Georgia Gibbs with orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser and the Yale Bros. choir in December 1952 and released in January 1953,[ 1] US chart .[ 2]
The song was later performed by The Pinetoppers And The Marlin Sisters,[ 3] Bonnie Lou , The Crows with Viola Watkins,[ 4] Gisele MacKenzie , Ivo Robić ,[ 5] Kitty Wells , The Teddy Bears , Patsy Cline , The Migil 5 ,[ 6] Wanda Jackson , Dave Dudley , Dan Folger ,[ 7] Jean Shepard , Owen Gray ,[ 8] Lynn Anderson , Debbie ,[ 9] [ 10] Fred Stuger ,[ 11] [ 12] Sheila & B.Devotion , Mario Cavallero et son orchestre (with Karine Miet),[ 13] [ 14] k d lang ,[ 15] [ 16] Kelly Willis ,[ 17] Petty Booka , Kirsten Siggaard, Smoking Popes, The Ranch Girls & Their Ragtime Wranglers,[ 18] [ 19] [ 1] Shidaiqu song "Give Me a Kiss" (給我一個吻) by Zhang Lu ,[ 20] Tang Kee-chan and Lee Wai (李慧).[ 21]
Chart (1953)
Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot 100
5
Country music and rock and roll singer Bonnie Lou released the song as a single in March 1953. It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Magazine Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes chart[ 22] Bonnie Lou Sings .
Chart (1953)
Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W in Juke Boxes
7
Gisele MacKenzie version [ edit ] Canadian singer Gisele MacKenzie performed her own version of Seven Lonely Days in July 1953. It reached the sixth place in the UK Singles Chart .[ 2]
Jean Shepard version [ edit ] In 1969, Jean Shepard released a version from her album Seven Lonely Days . It was her first single to become a major hit since 1967's "Your Forevers Don't Last Very Long ". Shepard's versions reached number 18 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart and number 34 on the RPM [ 22]
Chart (1969)
Peak
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles
18
Canadian RPM Country Singles
34
Studio albums Compilation albums Songs See also
