All the Time (Kitty Wells song)

"All the Time"
Song
Published	1959
Songwriters	Mel Tillis Wayne P. Walker

"All the Time"
Single by Jack Greene
from the album All the Time
B-side	"Wanting You But Never Having You"
Released	April 1967
Genre	Country
Label	Decca
Producer	Owen Bradley
Jack Greene singles chronology
"There Goes My Everything" (1966) "All the Time" (1967) "What Locks the Door" (1967)

"All the Time" is a song that has been recorded by many country music artists. The first version, by Kitty Wells, peaked at #18 on the country music charts in 1959. ^[1] It was the b-side to her single "Mommy for a Day," which peaked at #5.

Cover versions

• Eight years later, Jack Greene covered the song, taking his version to Number One on the same chart. ^[2] The song "bubbled under" the Hot 100, peaking at No. 3. ^[3] The song's B-side, "Wanting You but Never Having You," peaked at No. 63.
• Patti Page released the song as single with the B-side "Pretty Bluebird". It peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. ^[4] The song was later included on her album Today My Way (1967).
• Jimmy Roselli's more pop version reached number 19 on the Easy Listening chart in 1967. ^[5] It also reached No. 7 on Cashbox's Looking Ahead chart. It was also included in his There Must Be a Way album.
• Wayne Newton released the song as a single in early 1968. It peaked at No. 26 on the Easy Listening chart ^[6] and at No. 34 on Cashbox's Looking Ahead chart.
• Other artists who have released cover versions include Marion Worth, George Morgan, Eddy Arnold, Webb Pierce, Hank Snow, Johnny Paycheck, Charley Pride, Jean Shepard, Anne Murray, and Connie Smith. ^[7]

Chart performances

Kitty Wells Chart (1959) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 18 Jack Greene Chart (1967) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1 U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 3 Patti Page Chart (1967) Peak position U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [4] 23

Jimmy Roselli Chart (1967) Peak position U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [5] 19 U.S. Cashbox Looking Ahead 7 Wayne Newton Chart (1967) Peak position U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [6] 26 U.S. Cashbox Looking Ahead 34

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 453. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
2. Whitburn, p. 169
3. Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 70. ISBN   978-0-8982-0047-8.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0898201697.
5. Italian American Cultural Foundation Newsletter. Italian American Cultural Foundation. 1983. ISBN   978-0-89820-169-7 . Retrieved 2025-07-19.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis. : Record Research Inc. p. 202. ISBN   978-0-89820-169-7.
7. "Song: All the Time, Written by Mel Tillis, Wayne Walker" . Retrieved July 10, 2024.