Don't Worry (Marty Robbins song)

"Don't Worry"
Single by Marty Robbins
from the album More Greatest Hits
B-side "Like All the Other Times"[1]
Released 1961
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:15
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Marty Robbins
Producer Don Law
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Five Brothers"
(1960)		 "Don't Worry"
(1961)		 "Jimmy Martinez"
(1961)

"Don't Worry" is a 1961 country/pop single written and recorded by Marty Robbins. "Don't Worry" was Marty Robbins seventh number one on the country chart and stayed at number one for ten weeks.[1] The single crossed over to the pop chart and was one of Marty Robbins' most successful crossover songs, peaking at number three on the Hot 100 [2]

"Don't Worry" is an early example of guitar distortion. Session guitarist Grady Martin's amplifier had an electrical fault in it, creating a distorted sound. Although Martin did not like the sound, Robbins' producer left the guitar track as it was.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1961) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 3

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 355. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 533. 
  3. ^ Halterman, Del (2009). Walk-Don't Run - The Story of the Ventures. Lulu.com. pp. 81. ISBN 9780557040513. http://books.google.com/books?id=8KsyZ0W5hr0C&pg=PA81&dq=%22marty+robbins%22+%22don%27t+worry%22+fuzzbox&client=firefox-a&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
Preceded by
"Wings of a Dove"
by Ferlin Husky		 Billboard Hot C&W Sides
number-one single
February 27-May 1, 1961		 Succeeded by
"Hello Walls"
by Faron Young