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Please Help Me, I’m Falling (Song)
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| “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” | |
|---|---|
| Single by Hank Locklin | |
| from the album Please Help Me, I’m Falling | |
| B-side | “My Old Home Town” |
| Released | February 1960 |
| Recorded | January 5, 1960 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 2:21 |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Songwriter(s) | Don Robertson Hal Blair |
| Producer(s) | Chet Atkins |
| Hank Locklin singles chronology | |
| “Blues in Advance” (1959) “Please Help Me, I’m Falling“ (1960) “One Step Ahead of My Past” (1961) | |
“Please Help Me, I’m Falling” is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin. The single was Locklin’s most successful recording and was his second number one on the country charts. “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” spent 14 weeks at the top spot and spent nine months on the country chart and crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at number eight.
Chart performance
| Chart (1960) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) | 1 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 | 8 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 9 |
| Norway VG Lista | 4 |
Answer record
Later in 1960, Skeeter Davis had a hit with an answer record titled “(I Can’t Help You) I’m Falling Too“, which peaked at number two for three weeks on the Hot C&W Sides charts and number 39 on the Hot 100.
Cover versions
- During the early 1960s, Broadway Record Label released a version of this song on an EP – 45 rpm that featured “Vocals and Orchestra by Popular Artists,” none of which are listed anywhere on the record label.
- In October 1963, The Everly Brothers recorded the song as one of the tracks on their album The Everly Brothers Sing Great Country Hits, featuring their covers of classic country songs.
- In June 1965, Vic Damone recorded the song as one of the tracks on his album You Were Only Fooling.
- On August 1, 1967, Charley Pride covered the song. His version was not released as a single and remained unreleased until it was included on his 1997 album The Essential Charley Pride.
- In 1973, John Fogerty covered the song on his first solo album Blue Ridge Rangers.
- In 1978, Janie Fricke released a cover version of the song as “Please Help Me (I’m Fallin’ in Love with You)” and took it to number 12 on the country charts. Unlike Locklin’s piano-based, bright mid-tempo version, Fricke’s version is a ballad in the country pop vein.
- In 1989, Kirsty MacColl covered the song as b-side to her single “Days”.
- In 1993, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette recorded their version of “Please Help Me (I’m Fallin’ in Love with You)” for their album Honky Tonk Angels,
- Loretta recorded a duet with Conway Twitty from the 1987 album Heartland Music.
- In 1996, Puff Johnson recorded a version of “Please Help Me (I’m Fallin’ in Love with You)” for her album Miracle.
- Gladys Knight covered the song on her 2001 album At Last.
- In 2007, David Ball covered the song on his album Heartaches by the Number.
- In 2008, Patty Loveless covered the song on her album Sleepless Nights.
- Crystal Gayle
Connie Francis and Hank Williams
- Floyd Cramer
- Bobby Vinton
- Glen Campbell and Skeeter Davis
Please Help Me, I’m Falling (album)
| Please Help Me, I’m Falling | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by Hank Locklin | |
| Released | July 1960 |
| Recorded | December 1956 – January 1960, RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN |
| Genre | Country |
| Label | RCA Victor |
| Producer | Chet Atkins |
| Hank Locklin chronology | |
| Foreign Love (1958) Please Help Me, I’m Falling (1960) Happy Journey (1962) | |
Please Help Me, I’m Falling is the title of a recording by American country music singer Hank Locklin, released in 1960. It marks Locklin’s first release considered part of the Nashville Sound.
Included are Locklin’s previous hit singles “Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On,”, “Livin’ Alone”, “It’s a Little More Like Heaven“, and “Please Help Me, I’m Falling“, all placing in the Country Singles Top 10.
Reissues
- Please Help Me, I’m Falling was reissued on CD in 1999 on the Charly label.
Track listing
Side one
- “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” (Don Robertson, Hal Blair)
2. “My Old Home Town” (Hoyt Johnson, Kermit Barrett)
3. “(I’m So Tired of) Goin’ Home All by Myself” (Pete Hunter)
4. “It’s a Little More Like Heaven” (Hoyt Atkins, Jim Atkins)
5. “Livin’ Alone” (Wayne Walker)
6. “Seven Days (The Humming Song)” (Roy Drusky)
Side two
- “Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On” (Hank Locklin)
2. “Blues in Advance” (Neil Drummond)
3. “Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me” (Lonnie Glosson, Wayne Raney)
4. “When the Band Plays the Blues” (John D. Loudermilk)
5. “Hiding in My Heart” (Ken Hodges)
6. “Foreign Car” (Lawton Williams)
Personnel
- Hank Locklin – vocals, guitar
- Grady Martin – guitar
- Chet Atkins – guitar
- Ray Edenton – guitar
- Velma Smith – guitar
- Bob Moore – bass
- Jerry Byrd – bass
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Floyd Cramer – piano
- Marijohn Wilkin – background vocals
- Millie Kirkham – background vocals
- The Jordanaires – background vocals
Production
- Produced by Chet Atkins
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