Release Me (1946 song)

Release Me (1946 song)

"Release Me" is a popular song by Eddie Miller, Robert Yount, and Dub Williams, published in 1946.

Miller wrote the song in 1946 but could not get anyone to record it for years, so he recorded it himself in 1953. Shortly afterward it was covered by Jimmy Heap, and with even better success by Ray Price and Kitty Wells. Subsequently a big seller was recorded by Little Esther Phillips (#1 on the R&B and pop charts) and the song was also taken to #4 on the pop charts (and #1 in the UK) by Engelbert Humperdinck.

The song has the distinction in the UK of holding the number one slot in the chart for six weeks during March and April 1967, and preventing The Beatles single, "Penny Lane" / "Strawberry Fields Forever", from reaching the top. "Release Me" was also the highest selling single of 1967 in the UK, recording over one million sales.

Recorded versions

*Jimmy Heap (1954)
*Engelbert Humperdinck (1966)
*Charlie McCoy (1973)
*Little Esther Phillips
*The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band (1974)
*Ray Price (1954)
*Kitty Wells (1954)
*Def Leppard (1988)
*George Canyon (2007)
*Junior Kimbrough (2002)

References


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