I'll Do as Much for You Someday

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"I'll Do as Much for You Someday"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky"
"I'll Do as Much for You Someday"
Released1949
Label RCA Victor
Songwriter(s)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard satisfactory [1]

"I'll Do as Much for You Someday" is a song written by Ed G. Nelson and Ed Nelson Jr. [2] [3]

Contents

Slim Whitman recorded it for RCA Victor on February 3, 1949. It was released as a single, as the flip side to "I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky", in April of the same year. [3]

Billboard gave a "satisfactory" review, writing: "Okay ballad number here, with performance less than adequate." [1]

Track listing

10-inch 78-r.p.m. record (RCA Victor 21-0018, 1952, United States) [4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky" 
2."I'll Do as Much for You Someday"
 

Eddy Arnold version

In 1962, Eddy Arnold released his rendition on a single (RCA Victor 7984, "I'll Do As Much For You Someday" / "Tears Broke Out on Me"), [2] [5] but it was the other side that became successful.

Track listing

10-inch 78-r.p.m. record (RCA Victor 47-7984, 1962, United States) [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Do as Much for You Someday"
  • Ed G. Nelson
  • Ed Nelson Jr.
2:50
2."Tears Broke Out on Me" Hank Cochran 2:03

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References

  1. 1 2 "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. April 30, 1949 via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 3 "Eddy Arnold - I'll Do As Much For You Someday". Discogs. 1962. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  3. 1 2 "Cover versions of I'll Do as Much for You Someday by Slim Whitman". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  4. "Tracks on I'm Casting My Lasso Towards the Sky - Slim Whitman (April 1949)". Discogs. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
  5. "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 27, 1962 via Google Books.