Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)
"Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" is a popular song. It was written by Jimmie Hodges and published in 1944.
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.[1]
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.[1]
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
- Ken Dodd
- Eddy Arnold
- Gene Autry
- Brook Benton
- Issy Bonn
- Elton Britt
- Tanya Rae Brown
- Ray Charles
- Patsy Cline
- Sam Cooke
- Norrie Cox & His New Orleans Stompers
- Hank Crawford
- Vic Damone
- Ronnie Dove
- Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters
- Maureen Evans
- Connie Francis
- Don Gibson
- Jim Hendricks
- Hoosier Hot Shots
- Buck Johnson
- George Jones
- Tom Jones
- Kitty Kallen
- Steve Kuhn
- Lester Lanin
- Brenda Lee
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Warner Mack
- Mando & The Chili Peppers
- Dean Martin
- Emile Martyn Band
- Clyde McPhatter
- The Mills Brothers
- Mina
- Vaughn Monroe
- Anne Murray
- Willie Nelson
- Daniel O'Donnell
- Les Paul
- Gene Pitney
- The Ravens
- Della Reese
- Jim Reeves
- Cliff Richard (Love is Forever album).
- The Rim Rock Ramblers
- Tex Ritter
- Jimmy Roselli
- Jodie Sands
- Cynthia Sayer
- Sonny & Cher
- Red Steagall
- Swingville All-Stars
- Justin Tubb
- Gene Vincent
- Bobby Vinton
- Yotam Perel
- Hugo Winterhalter
- Mark Wynter
- Rolando Becerra
- the emmons sisters
- Ricky Nelson (#9 in the UK[2])
- Sam Cooke
References
- ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top Pop Records 1940-1955. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research.
- ^ Ricky Nelson, "Someday" Chart Positions Retrieved April 3, 2014