The most famous version was performed by country music singer
Jim Reeves, who styled the song in his favoured style of
Nashville Sound. Reeves' version was included on his 1962 album
A Touch of Velvet and was released as a single in the United States in early 1964, reaching No. 2 on the
Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the spring of that year. It was also occasionally aired on pop radio stations, reaching the No. 2 spot on
Billboard's
Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. The song became one of Reeves' last major hits in the U.S. during his lifetime, as he was killed in a plane crash on July 31, 1964. Reeves' version had been a hit single in the United Kingdom prior to its release as a single in the U.S., peaking at No. 6 in July 1963, and reaching No. 60 on the list of the top 100 best-selling singles of 1963 in the UK. A
Dean Martin version of the song also appears on Martin's
album of the same title.
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