My Heart Is Broken in Three

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"My Heart Is Broken in Three"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side "Keep It a Secret"
"My Heart Is Broken in Three"
Released1952
Length2:45
Label Imperial
Songwriter(s) Ray Glaser
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"An Amateur in Love" / "By the Waters of the Minnetonka"
(1952)
"My Heart Is Broken in Three" / "Keep It a Secret"
(1952)
"All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" / "How Can I Tell"
(1953)
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" / "Tell Me"
(1956)
"I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three"
(1956)
"Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves"
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard positive [1]

"My Heart Is Broken in Three" is a song written by Ray Glaser (or Glasser) [2] [3]

Contents

Slim Whitman released it as a single (Imperial 8169, with "Keep It a Secret" on the opposite side) in 1952. [2] [4] [5]

In the UK, the song was originally released coupled with "Cold Empty Arms" (London L 1206, 1952) [6] [7] and some years later chosen as the filp side to "I'm a Fool" (London HL 8252, 1956). [8] [7]


Track listing

7-inch single (Imperial 45-8134, 1952, United States) [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep It a Secret" Jessie Mae Robinson 2:45
2."My Heart Is Broken in Three" Ray Glaser 2:45

Spade Cooley version

Spade Cooley released his version on Decca (cat. no. 46376, with "The Cowboy Waltz" on the flip side) in 1951. [9] [10] [11]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboard positive [11]

Charts

Chart (1953)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country & Western Records — Most Played in Juke Boxes [12] [13] [14] 10

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