"I Walk Alone" is a song written by Herbert Wilson. and recorded by American

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artist,

Eddy Arnold Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 – May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the ''Billboard'' country music charts, second onl ...

and was the B-side of his 78 rpm single "Did You See My Daddy Over There" (1945), and later for his

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''Eddy Arnold Sings Them Again'' (1960).

Marty Robbins recording

Marty Robbins Martin David Robinson (September 26, 1925 – December 8, 1982), known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American country and western singer and songwriter. He was one of the most popular and successful singers of his genre for most o ...

, recorded a version which was released in August 1968 as the first single and title track from the album ''I Walk Alone''. 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.

Chart performance

Other versions

Ernest Tubb Ernest Dale Tubb (February 9, 1914 – September 6, 1984), nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" (1941), marked ...

recorded the song during a May 24, 1945 session; but it was unreleased until 1996, when it was included in the CD box set '' Walking the Floor Over You''. *

Don Gibson Donald Eugene Gibson (April 3, 1928 – November 17, 2003) was an American songwriter and country musician. A Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Gibson wrote such country standards as " Sweet Dreams" and " I Can't Stop Loving You", and enjo ...

released his version about the same time as Marty Robbins, on the 1968 album ''More Country Soul''. *Following the success of the Marty Robbins single, at least four other country artists recorded "I Walk Alone" for albums released in 1969:

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's '' Your Squaw Is on the Warpath'',

Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording " It Wasn't God ...

' ''Guilty Street'', David Houston's ''Where Love Used to Live'', and

Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

's '' My Own Peculiar Way''. Nelson had earlier recorded the song for

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, but that version wasn't released until 1975 on the compilation album '' Country Willie'' under the title "I'll Walk Alone."Amazon "I'll Walk Alone" Willie Nelson MP3 with music sample
Retrieved 6 January 2012

References

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