Endlessly (Brook Benton song)

"Endlessly" is a 1959 single by Brook Benton. The follow-up to his breakthrough hit "It's Just a Matter of Time", it reached number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Its B-side, "So Close", also reached the chart, peaking at number 38.^[1] "Endlessly" also was Benton's first chart success in the UK, where it reached #28.^[2]

In 1970, country singer Sonny James, who had topped the country charts with a remake of "It's Just a Matter of Time" earlier in the year, released his version of "Endlessly" as a single. It was James' sixteenth number-one song on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent three weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart.^[3]

British singer Tom Jones also recorded a version, released on his 1965 debut album Along Came Jones.

Chart performance

Brook Benton

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	12
U.K. Singles Chart	28

Sonny James

Chart (1970)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100	8
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	10

References

↑ Joel Whitburn, Top Pop Singles 1955-1999 (Menomonee Falls, WI: Record Research, 2000), 48.
↑ Rees, Dafydd; Luke Crampton (1999). Rock Stars Encyclopedia. New York: DK Publishing. pp. 192–194. ISBN 0-7894-4613-8.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.

Preceded by "Fifteen Years Ago" by Conway Twitty	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single November 28-December 12, 1970	Succeeded by "Coal Miner's Daughter" by Loretta Lynn

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Sonny James

Notable singles	"Young Love" "Lovesick Blues" "I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know" "Apache" "The Minute You're Gone" "You're the Only World I Know" "Behind the Tear" "Take Good Care of Her" "Need You" "I'll Never Find Another You" "It's the Little Things" "A World of Our Own" "Heaven Says Hello" "Born to Be with You" "Only the Lonely" "Running Bear" "Since I Met You Baby" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "My Love" "Don't Keep Me Hangin' On" "Endlessly" "Empty Arms" "Bright Lights, Big City" "Here Comes Honey Again" "Only Love Can Break a Heart" "That's Why I Love You Like I Do" "When the Snow Is on the Roses" "Is It Wrong (For Loving You)" "In the Jailhouse Now" "Abilene"

Related articles	Discography Capitol Records

Brook Benton

Singles	"Endlessly" "It's Just a Matter of Time" "So Many Ways" "Thank You Pretty Baby" "Baby (You've Got What It Takes)" "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" "Kiddio" "A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" "Think Twice" "Frankie and Johnny" "Boll Weevil" "Shadrack" "Walk on the Wild Side" "Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" "My Way" "Rainy Night in Georgia"

Other songs	"Goodnight My Love" "It's Been a Long, Long Time"

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