Searching (For Someone Like You)

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"Searching (For Someone Like You)"
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Single by Kitty Wells
B-side "I'd Rather Stay Home"
Released1956
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Murphy "Pee Wee" Maddux

"Searching (For Someone Like You)" is a song written by Pee Wee Maddux, sung by Kitty Wells, and released on the Decca label (catalog no. 9-29956). In July 1956, it peaked at No. 3 on Billboard 's country and western juke box chart. [1] It spent 34 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 5 on Billboard's 1956 year-end country and western retail best seller chart and No. 9 on the year-end juke box chart. [1] [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 348. ISBN   0823076326.
  2. "1956's Top Country and Western Records". The Billboard. January 26, 1957. p. 64.