Released January 1971 Label Capitol | Genre Country Writer(s) Ivory Joe Hunter | |
B-side "Everything Begins and Ends with You" "Empty Arms"
(1971) "Bright Lights, Big City"
(1971) | ||
"Empty Arms" is a song composed and first recorded by Ivory Joe Hunter which became an R&B hit in 1957. A cover version by Teresa Brewer became a hit for her that same year. The song was successfully revived with a 1971 single by Sonny James. "Empty Arms" was Sonny James' eighteenth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for four weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.
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