| Set Him Free | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Skeeter Davis |
| Album: | I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too |
| B-Side: | "The Devil's Doll"[1] |
| Released: | February 1959 |
| Recorded: | January 1959 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S |
| Genre: | Country, Nashville Sound |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Chet Atkins |
| Prev Title: | The Slave |
| Prev Year: | 1958 |
| Next Title: | Homebreaker |
| Next Year: | 1959 |
"Set Him Free" is a song written by Skeeter Davis, Helen Moyer, and Marie Wilson. In 1959, Skeeter Davis recorded and released the song as a single for RCA Victor.
"Set Him Free" was recorded in January 1959 at the RCA Victor Studio in Nashville, Tennessee, United States.[1] The song was released as a single in February 1959, and it peaked at number five on the Billboard Magazine Hot C&W Sides chart later that year. The single became Davis' highest-charting single to that point and her third solo hit. In November 1959, "Set Him Free" was issued onto Davis' debut studio album entitled, I'll Sing You a Song and Harmonize Too.[2]
In 1959, "Set Him Free" became the first song by a female country artist nominated by the Grammy Awards.[3]
In 1967, Davis re-recorded an updated version of "Set Him Free" and released it as a single in late 1967. The new version peaked at number fifty-two on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and was issued onto her studio album entitled, What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied).[2]
. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research.