It's Been So Long

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"It's Been So Long"
Single by Webb Pierce
B-side "Don't Throw Your Life Away"
Released1953 (1953)
Recorded1953
Genre Country
Length2:33
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Autry Grisham
Webb Pierce singles chronology
"I Haven't Got the Heart"
(1953)
"It's Been So Long"
(1953)
"Don't Throw Your Life Away"
(1953)

"It's Been So Long" is a 1953 single written by Autry Grisham and performed by Webb Pierce. The single was Pierce's fourth number one on the country charts, staying at number one for six weeks and spending a total of twenty-two weeks on the chart. [1] The B-side of "It's Been So Long", a song entitled, "Don't Throw Your Life Away" peaked at number nine on the Country Juke Box chart.[ citation needed ]

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  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 267.