You're the Only World I Know
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| “You're the Only World I Know” | |||||
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| Single by Sonny James from the album You're the Only World I Know |
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| Released | November 1964 (U.S.) | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1964 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 2:13 | ||||
| Label | Capitol Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Sonny James and Robert Tubert | ||||
| Sonny James singles chronology | |||||
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"You're the Only World I Know" is a song made famous by country music singer Sonny James.
[edit] Song popularity
Released in 1964, the song became his second No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart in January 1965. It was James' first chart-topper in eight years (the last being "Young Love" in early 1957).
"You're the Only World I Know" also kicked off James' amazing run of popularity, which spanned from the mid-1960s through the 1970s. From 1965 through 1974, James enjoyed 22 No. 1 songs, including a string of 16 straight singles that began two years later.
| Preceded by "Once a Day" by Connie Smith |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Sonny James January 23-February 13, 1965 by Connie Smith |
Succeeded by "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail" by Buck Owens |
[edit] Sources
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
