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Empty Arms

"Empty Arms"
Single by Sonny James
from the album Empty Arms
B-side "Everything Begins and Ends with You"
Released January 1971
Genre Country
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Ivory Joe Hunter
Sonny James singles chronology
"Endlessly"
(1970)
"Empty Arms"
(1971)
"Bright Lights, Big City"
(1971)
"Endlessly"
(1970)
"Empty Arms"
(1971)
"Bright Lights, Big City"
(1971)

"Empty Arms" is a song composed and first recorded by Ivory Joe Hunter which became an R&B hit in 1957. A cover version by Teresa Brewer became a hit for her that same year. The song was successfully revived with a 1971 single by Sonny James. "Empty Arms" was Sonny James' eighteenth number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for four weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.


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