Empty Arms
{{Infobox song
| name = Empty Arms
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Sonny James
| album = Empty Arms
| B-side = Everything Begins and Ends with You
| released = January 1971
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| genre = Country
| length =
| label = Capitol
| writer = Ivory Joe Hunter
| producer =
| prev_title = Endlessly
| prev_year = 1970
| next_title = Bright Lights, Big City
| next_year = 1971
}}
"Empty Arms" is a song composed and first recorded by Ivory Joe Hunter which became an R&B hit in 1957. This original version peaked at #2 on the US, R&B Airplay chart and at #43 on the pop chart.{{cite book |title= Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=267}}
Cover Versions
- A cover version by Teresa Brewer became a hit the same month as the original recording.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i6RMBAAAQBAJ|title=Rock and Roll|last=Dean|first=Maury|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Algora Publishing|isbn=9780875862071|language=en}}
- 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.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=172}}
Chart performance
=Sonny James=
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!align="left"|Chart (1971) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles
|align="center"|1 |
| align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=423}}
|align="center"|93 |
| align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks
|align="center"|1 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Ivory Joe Hunter
Category:Capitol Records singles
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