SOMEDAY YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU

Created on 11/07/2004
Latest update on 09/09/2012

Artist: Elton Britt
Author: Jimmie Hodges
Label: Bluebird
Year: 1944

Jimmie Rodgers sound-alike but a little more sophisticated, with a high falsetto, triple yodels and breathtaking long notes. See also: Give Me A Pinto Pal.

Covers:

1945:

Hoosier Hot Shots [with Sally Foster]

1946:

Gene Autry [also in film Sioux City Sue]

1949:

Vaughn Monroe [n°1 US]

1949:

Ravens

1949:

Mills Brothers [later also in Volker Schlöndorff film The Handmaid's Tale]

1954:

Eddy Arnold

1956:

Drifters [vocal: Clyde McPhatter]

1957:

Jerry Lee Lewis

1958:

Ricky Nelson [hit UK]

1958:

Jodie Sands [idem]

1958:

Maureen Evans

1959:

Jim Reeves

1960:

Della Reese

1960:

Brook Benton

1960:

Dean Martin [as Someday]

1962:

Ray Charles

1962:

Brenda Lee

1962:

Connie Francis

1963:

Patsy Cline

1964:

Gene Vincent

1964:

Eydie Gorme

1965:

Jimmy Dean

1965:

Bobby Vinton

1965:

Cliff Richard

1966:

Gene Pitney & George Jones

1966:

Tom Jones

1966:

José Feliciano

1968:

Don Gibson

1971:

Sonny & Cher

1976:

Red Steagall

1993:

Mina

1994:

Willie Nelson

2002:

Anne Murray

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