I Want to Go Where No One Knows Me

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"I Want to Go Where No One Knows Me"
Single by Jean Shepard
ReleasedOctober 1958
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Kenneth Grant, Jerry Jericho
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Jean Shepard singles chronology
"He's My Baby"
(1958)
"I Want to Go Where No One Knows Me"
(1958)
"Have Heart, Will Love"
(1959)

"I Want to Go Where No One Knows Me" is a song written by Kenneth Grant and Jerry Jericho and recorded by American country music artist Jean Shepard. The song reached number 18 on the Billboard Most Played C&W in Jockeys chart. [1] Skeeter Davis recorded this song (as "I Want to Go Where Nobody Knows Me" on her 1963 album, Skeeter Davis Sings The End of the World .

Jean Shepard American singer

Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard was an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who pioneered for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the No. 1 spot. She recorded a total of 24 studio albums between 1956–81, and became a member of the Grand Ole Opry in 1955.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

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Hot Country Songs Weekly chart published by Billboard

Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.

Chart performance

Chart (1958)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Most Played C&W in Jockeys18

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References

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