You're the Reason I'm Living
1962 single by Bobby Darin
"You're the Reason I'm Living" | ||||
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Single by Bobby Darin | ||||
from the album You're the Reason I'm Living | ||||
B-side | "Now You're Gone" | |||
Released | December 31, 1962 | |||
Recorded | 1962 | |||
Studio | Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California | |||
Genre | Countrypolitan | |||
Length | 2:29 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bobby Darin | |||
Producer(s) | Nick Venet | |||
Bobby Darin singles chronology | ||||
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"You're the Reason I'm Living" is a 1963 single written and performed by Bobby Darin,[1] from his album of the same name. Musicians on the recording session included drummer Earl Palmer.[2]
Chart performance
The single was very successful spending 2 weeks at #3 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart beginning March 16, 1963. "You're the Reason I'm Living" peaked at #9 on the Hot R&B Singles chart.[3] In Canada the song reached #11.[4]
Cover versions
- Elvis Presley recorded a live version of the song for 1975's "Live in Las Vegas."
References
- ^ "Cover versions of You're the Reason I'm Living by Bobby Darin | SecondHandSongs". SecondHandSongs.
- ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 145.
- ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - February 11, 1963".
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