Heartaches by the Number

For other uses, see Heartaches by the Number (disambiguation).

"Heartaches by the Number"

Single by Guy Mitchell

Released

1959

Genre

Country

Length

2:35

Writer(s)

Harlan Howard

Guy Mitchell singles chronology

"Call Rosie On the Phone"
(1957)

"Heartaches by the Number"
(1959)

"The Same Old Me"
(1960)

"Heartaches by the Number" is a popular country song written by Harlan Howard and published in 1959.

The biggest hit version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on August 24, 1959. It reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of December 14 and December 21, 1959.^[1] The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 41476. This would be Guy's second Pop chart topper (After Singing the Blues); ironically, it would also be his last top-40 single in the Billboard charts. The video game Fallout: New Vegas does not feature his original Columbia Records version; rather it is a 1980 re-recording made for K-Tel records.^[2]

Earlier in the year, the song also made the country music charts in a version by Ray Price (Columbia 41374).^[3] Price's version reached number two and spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart.

Sheet music for the song was a best seller in both the US and Britain in January 1960.^[3]

In 1961, a George Jones version of the song was included on the Mercury label album George Jones Sings Country and Western Hits (MG 20624/SR 60624).^[4]

Mercury also included a version of the song by Leroy Van Dyke on the album Walk on By (MG 20682/SR 60682).^[5] Also in 1961 Kitty Wells recorded a version for her LP Heartbreak U.S.A.. A later version by Jack Reno reached #26 on the same chart in 1972.^[6]

Other artists who have covered this song include: Johnny Tillotson in 1965, Willie Nelson in 1966, Waylon Jennings in 1967, Jerry Lee Lewis in 1969, Dwight Yoakam in 1986, Martina McBride (featuring Dwight Yoakam) in 2005, Connie Francis, Buck Owens, The Playtones in 2013. Recently in 2014 artist Mary Sarah released a duet version featuring Ray Price to country music radio in January 2014 ^[7] as the first single of the upcoming album release of Great American Country Duets "Bridges" featuring duets with Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Tanya Tucker, Vince Gill, Ronnie Milsap, The Oakridge Boys, Lynn Anderson, John Rich, Big and Rich, and executive producer Freddy Powers. Cyndi Lauper covered the song for her 2016 studio album Detour.

Chart performance

Ray Price

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	2

Guy Mitchell

Chart (1959)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	1
U.K. Singles Charts	5
U.S. Hot Rhythm & Blues Singles	19
Norway VG-Lista^[8]	3
German Singles Charts	2

Johnny Tillotson

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	35
U.S. Adult Contemporary	4
Canadian RPM Top Singles	14

Jack Reno

Chart (1972)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	26

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 431.
↑ Songs from the Mojave Wastelands (Music As Heard In "Fallout: New Vegas") Retrieved 09-19-11
1 2 Billboard Jan 11, 1960. page 48
↑ George Jones, Country and Western Hits Retrieved 09-19-11
↑ Leroy Van Dyke, Walk on By Retrieved 09-19-11
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 347. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
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↑ Heartaches by the Number On Norwegian Charts

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Guy Mitchell

Singles	"My Heart Cries for You" "The Roving Kind" "You're Just in Love" "Sparrow in the Treetop" "Christopher Columbus" "Unless" "My Truly, Truly Fair" "Belle Belle My Liberty Belle" "Sweetheart of Yesterday" "There's Always Room At Our House" "I Can't Help It" "Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania" "Day of Jubilo" "Feet Up (Pat Him on the Po-Po)" "'Cause I Love You, That's a Why" "She Wears Red Feathers" "Tell Us Where the Good Times Are" "Pretty Little Black Eyed Susie" "Look at That Girl" "Chicka Boom" "Cloud Lucky Seven" "The Cuff of My Shirt" "I Dime and a Dollar" "Ninety Nine Years" "Singing the Blues" "Crazy With Love" "Knee Deep in the Blues" "Take Me Back Baby" "Rock-a-Billy" "In the Middle of a Dark Dark Night" "Sweet Stuff" "Call Rosie On the Phone" "Heartaches by the Number" "The Same Old Me" "My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You" "Your Goodnight Kiss" "(I'd Like to Be In) Charlie's Shoes" "Go Tiger Go" "Traveling Shoes" "Alabam" "Frisco Lane"

Songs	"Allegheny Moon" "Charlie Brown" "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" "East of the Sun (and West of the Moon)" "Everybody Loves a Lover" "Everybody Loves Somebody" "It's Been a Long, Long Time" "Music! Music! Music!" "My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time" "O mein Papa" "Pennies from Heaven" "Side by Side" "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah"

Television	The Guy Mitchell Show Whispering Smith

Related acts	Rosemary Clooney Mindy Carson

Ray Price

Studio albums	San Antonio Rose Last of the Breed

Songs	"I Can't Escape from You" "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" "Release Me" "Crazy Arms" "I've Got a New Heartache" "City Lights" "Heartaches by the Number" "The Same Old Me" "Under Your Spell Again" "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today" "Make the World Go Away" "Night Life" "Please Talk to My Heart" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "Danny Boy" "Crazy" "She Wears My Ring" "For the Good Times" "I Won't Mention It Again" "She's Got to Be a Saint" "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "Faded Love" "New San Antonio Rose" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "All the Way" "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone"

Related articles	Discography

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