"Missing You" | |
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Single by Webb Pierce | |
A-side | "Bye Bye Love" |
Released | 1957 |
Genre | Country[1] |
Length | 2:12 |
Label | Decca |
Songwriter(s) | Dale Noe & Red Sovine |
"Missing You" | |
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Single by Ray Peterson | |
A-side | "You Thrill Me"[2] |
Released | 1961 |
Genre | Traditional pop |
Length | 2:45 |
Label | Dunes |
Songwriter(s) | Dale Noe & Red Sovine |
"Missing You" is a song written by Red Sovine and Dale Noe,[3] which was originally released by Red Sovine in 1955, and was later a hit single for Webb Pierce in 1957, Ray Peterson in 1961, and was posthumously a hit for Jim Reeves in 1972. Sovine's version was the B-side of Red Sovine and Webb Pierce's hit single "Why Baby Why".[4][5]
In 1957, Webb Pierce released a version of the song, as the B-side of "Bye Bye Love".[1] Pierce's version reached No. 7 on Billboard's chart of "Most Played C&W by Jockeys",[6] while reaching No. 8 on Billboard's chart of "C&W Best Selling in Stores", in a tandem ranking with its A-side, "Bye Bye Love".[7]
In 1961, Ray Peterson released a version of the song as a single. Peterson's version spent 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart peaking at No. 29,[8] while reaching No. 7 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[9] and No. 6 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.[10] Peterson's version of "Missing You" was ranked No. 90 on Billboard's end of year "Hot 100 for 1961 - Top Sides of the Year".[11]
Jim Reeves recorded "Missing You" in his last recording session on July 2, 1964.[12] In 1968, Reeves's version was released posthumously on his album A Touch of Sadness.[13] In 1972, Reeves's version of the song was released as the lead track on his album Missing You and as a single. The single spent 16 weeks on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart, reaching No. 8,[14][15] while reaching No. 13 on Canada's RPM's "The Programmers Country Playlist".[16] The album, Missing You, reached No. 9 on Billboard's "Hot Country LP's" chart.[17][18]