The Story of My Life (Burt Bacharach and Hal David song)

"The Story of My Life" is a popular song written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, and published in 1957.

The song became a 1957 hit for US country singer Marty Robbins, which peaked at number one on the US country chart for four weeks and reaching number fifteen on the Billboard Top 100 and number two on Australian Singles Chart.

In the United Kingdom, a cover version recorded by Michael Holliday reached No.1 in the UK Singles Chart in February 1958, before being replaced by Perry Como's "Magic Moments", also written by Bacharach and David.

Gentleman Jim Reeves performed the song in 1957 during one of his hour radio shows broadcasting live on WSM from The National Insurance Building in Nashville Tennessee. Performing with the Anita Kerr singers he managed to forget the lyrics mid-song. Humorously requesting his music from announcer David Cobb, he recovered for the last refrain. These recordings were released in 2008 on "I'm a Hit Again".

"The Story of My Life" was also recorded in 1958 by Alma Cogan, Guy Mitchell and Dave King. Billy J. Kramer also recorded a version of "The story of my life" on his 2013 CD "I won the fight".

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