Released February 1953 | Label Mercury | |
Writer(s) Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, Marshall Brown "My Favorite Song"
(1952) "Seven Lonely Days"
(1953) "Seven Lonely Days"
(1953) "For Me, For Me"
(1953) | ||
"Seven Lonely Days" is a song written by Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, and Marshall Brown. It was originally recorded by American singer Georgia Gibbs with orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser and the Yale Bros. choir in December 1952 and released in February 1953, peaking at number 5 in the US chart.
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The song was later performed by Bonnie Lou, The Crows with Viola Watkins, The Pinetoppers And The Marlin Sisters, Gisele MacKenzie, Ivo Robić, Kitty Wells, The Teddy Bears, Patsy Cline, The Migil 5, Wanda Jackson, Dave Dudley, Dan Folger, Jean Shepard, Owen Gray, Lynn Anderson, Sheila & B.Devotion, Mario Cavallero et son orchestre (with Karine Miet), Kristi Rose and the Midnight Walkers, k.d. lang, Petty Booka, Kirsten Siggaard, Smoking Popes, Wenche Hartmann, Cowslingers, and Marti Brom.
Bonnie Lou version
Country music and rock and roll singer Bonnie Lou released the song as a single in March 1953. It peaked at number 7 on the Billboard Magazine Most Played C&W in Juke Boxes chart and was later included on her 1958 album, Bonnie Lou Sings.
Gisele MacKenzie version
Canadian singer Gisele MacKenzie performed her own version of Seven Lonely Days in July 1953. It reached the sixth place in the UK Singles Chart.
Jean Shepard version
In 1969, Jean Shepard released a version from her album Seven Lonely Days. It was her first single to become a major hit since 1967's "Your Forevers Don't Last Very Long". Shepard's versions reached number 18 on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart and number 34 on the RPM Country Singles chart.