Please Help Me, I'm Falling

This article is about the song. For the album, see Please Help Me, I'm Falling (album).
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"
Single by Hank Locklin
from the album Please Help Me, I'm Falling
B-side"My Old Home Town"
ReleasedFebruary 1960
RecordedJanuary 5, 1960
GenreCountry
Length2:21
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Don Robertson
Hal Blair
Producer(s)Chet Atkins[1]
Hank Locklin singles chronology
"Blues in Advance"
(1959) 		"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"
(1960) 		"One Step Ahead of My Past"
(1961)

"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin.[1] The single was Locklin's most successful recording and was his second number one on the country charts.[2] "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" spent 14 weeks at the top spot and spent nine months on the country chart and crossed over to the Hot 100 peaking at number eight.[3]

  1. ^ a b Gilliland, John (1969). "Show 10 - Tennessee Firebird: American country music before and after Elvis. [Part 2]" (audio). Pop Chronicles. University of North Texas Libraries.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 303.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 376.