Heartbreak U.S.A.

"Heartbreak U.S.A."
Single by Kitty Wells
from the album Heartbreak U.S.A.
B-side "There Must Be Another Way to Live"
Released April 1961
Genre Country
Label Decca
Writer(s) Harlan Howard
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Kitty Wells singles chronology
"The Other Cheek"
(1961)
"Heartbreak U.S.A."
(1961)
"Day Into Night"
(1961)

"Heartbreak U.S.A." is a 1961 song by Kitty Wells. The single became one of Wells' most successful releases as a solo artist. "Heartbreak U.S.A." was Kitty Wells' third and final number one, staying at the top spot for four weeks and spending twenty-three weeks on the chart.[1] The B-side of "Heartbreak U.S.A." entitled, "There Must Be Another Way to Live" reached number twenty on the country charts.

Chart performance

Chart (1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 1

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 377.
Preceded by
"Hello Walls"
by Faron Young
Billboard Hot C&W Sides
number-one single

July 10-July 31, 1961
Succeeded by
"I Fall to Pieces"
by Patsy Cline


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