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Sonny James’ 1968 number one,
“A World Of Our Own,” was his eighth number one record! And
just a dozen years earlier, Sonny had had his very first chart
single, “For Rent,” which peaked at # 12 in 1956.
“A
World Of Our Own” was also his fourth number one in a row!
And it was his second recording of a song, which had already
made the pop music charts for a group known as The Seekers.
Sonny had already made the country music charts with a
previously recorded Seekers hit song, “I’ll Never Find Another
You.” The Seekers version of “A World Of Our Own” made it to
# 19 on the pop music charts. Both songs were written by
English songwriter Tom Springfield.
Sonny James remembered he was
a little nervous when he first met Springfield. According to
Sonny, “But as soon as we met, he started talking about how
much he liked my record the first time he heard it! And that,
when he wrote the song, he never dreamed that our kind of
musical arrangement would work! But that he really liked the
fresh approach to the songs”!
“A World Of Our Own” was
produced by George Richey. The record entered the country
music charts January 20th, 1968, and was in the number one
spot the week of March 16th. It stayed in the
number one spot for three weeks. It was Sonny James’ 26th
chart record and was on the charts for 17 weeks.
Doug
Davis
Country Music Classics
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