Behind the Tear

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"Behind the Tear"
Single by Sonny James
from the album Behind the Tear
B-side "Runnin'"
ReleasedJune 1965
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Ned Miller
Sue Miller
Producer(s) Marvin Hughes
Sonny James singles chronology
"I'll Keep Holding On (Just to Your Love)"
(1965)
"Behind the Tear"
(1965)
"True Love's a Blessing"
(1965)

"Behind the Tear" is a 1965 single by Sonny James. The single was Sonny James's third number one on the U.S. country music chart. "Behind the Tear" spent three non-consecutive weeks at number one and a total of twenty weeks on the country chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1965)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles1
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 10013

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 172.