| "Seven Lonely Days" | ||||
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| Single by Georgia Gibbs | ||||
| B-side | "If You Took My Heart Away" | |||
| Released | January 1953 | |||
| Label | Mercury | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, Marshall Brown | |||
| Georgia Gibbs singles chronology | ||||
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"Seven Lonely Days" is a song written by Earl Shuman, Alden Shuman, and Marshall Brown. It was originally recorded by American singer Georgia Gibbs with orchestra conducted by Glenn Osser and the Yale Bros. choir in December 1952 and released in January 1953,[1] peaking at number 5 in the US chart.[2]
The song was later performed by The Pinetoppers And The Marlin Sisters,[3] Bonnie Lou, The Crows with Viola Watkins,[4] Gisele MacKenzie, Ivo Robić,[5] Kitty Wells, The Teddy Bears, Patsy Cline, The Migil 5,[6] Wanda Jackson, Dave Dudley, Dan Folger,[7] Jean Shepard, Owen Gray,[8] Lynn Anderson, Debbie,[9][10] Fred Stuger,[11][12] Sheila & B.Devotion, Mario Cavallero et son orchestre (with Karine Miet),[13][14] Kristi Rose and the Midnight Walkers, k d lang,[15][16] Kelly Willis,[17] Petty Booka, Kirsten Siggaard, Smoking Popes, The Ranch Girls & Their Ragtime Wranglers,[18][19] Wenche Hartmann, Cowslingers, and Marti Brom.[1] The melody is the basis for the popular 1954 Mandarin Shidaiqu song "Give Me a Kiss" (給我一個吻) by Zhang Lu,[20] and a 1965 Cantonese pop song "Typhoon Signal No. 10" (十號風波) by Tang Kee-chan and Lee Wai (李慧).[21]