"Searching (For Someone Like You)" is a song written by Pee Wee Maddux, sung by Kitty Wells, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 9-29956). In July 1956, it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard's country and western juke box chart.[1] It spent 34 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 5 on Billboard's 1956 year-end country and western retail best seller chart and No. 9 on the year-end juke box chart.[1][2]
"Searching (For Someone Like You)" | ||||
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Single by Kitty Wells | ||||
from the album The Kitty Wells Story 1963 | ||||
B-side | "I'd Rather Stay Home" | |||
Released | 1956 | |||
Recorded | 1956 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:25 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Songwriter(s) | Murphy "Pee Wee" Maddux | |||
Kitty Wells singles chronology | ||||
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See also
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edit- ^ a b Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 348. ISBN 0823076326.
- ^ "1956's Top Country and Western Records". The Billboard. January 26, 1957. p. 64.