Humpty Dumpty Heart Explained

Humpty Dumpty Heart
Cover:Humpty Dumpty Heart.png
Type:single
Artist:Hank Thompson
B-Side:Today
Released:1948
Recorded:1948
Genre:Country
Length:2:05
Label:Capitol
Next Title:Yesterday's Mail
Next Year:1948

"Humpty Dumpty Heart", also known as "(I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart", is a country music song written and sung by Hank Thompson (with backing from His Brazos Valley Boys) and released on the Capitol label. In January 1948, it reached No. 3 on the Billboard folk juke box charts.[1] It was also ranked as the No. 6 record on Billboard's 1948 year-end folk record sellers chart.[2] Thompson's recording was "estimated to have sold a million".[3]

There are at least two other popular songs titled "Humpty Dumpty Heart"

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Joel Whitburn. Billboard Books. 1996. 0823076326 . 319.
  2. News: The Year's Top Folk Records. The Billboard. January 1, 1949. 17.
  3. Book: Murrells , Joseph . 1978. The Book of Golden Discs. 2nd. Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. London. 46. 0-214-20512-6. registration.