The recording by American country singer Sonny James was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 3602. It first reached the "Billboard" chart on January 5, 1957. On the Disk Jockey chart, it peaked at No. 1; on the Best Seller chart, at No. 2; on the Juke Box chart, at No. 4; on the composite chart of the top 100 songs, it reached No. 2. On "Billboard"'s country music charts, it was a No. 1 hit for nine weeks, and remained the longest-reigning of James's 23 chart-topping songs on the chart. "Billboard" ranked it as the No. 8 song of the year for 1957.