The Wondering Boy Explained

The Wondering Boy
Type:	studio
Artist:	Webb Pierce
Cover:	The Wondering Boy.png
Released:	August 1956
Genre:	Country
Label:	Decca
Prev Title:	Webb Pierce
Prev Year:	1955
Next Title:	Just Imagination
Next Year:	1958

The Wondering Boy is an album from honky-tonk singer Webb Pierce that was released in August 1956 on the Decca label (DL 8295).^[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called the album "one of his best albums of the '50s" with a "dynamite" track sequence.^[2]

The album included seven songs that reached No. 1 on the US country charts: "Wondering" (Jockey #1, 1952), "That Heart Belongs to Me" (Jockey #1, 1952), "Back Street Affair" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1952), "It's Been So Long" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1953), "There Stands the Glass" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1953), "Slowly" (Best Seller #1, Juke Box #1, Jockey #1, 1954), and "Love Love Love" (Jockey #1, Juke Box #1, Best Seller #1, 1955).^[3]

Track listing

Side A

1. "Wondering" (Joe Werner)
2. "There Stands the Glass" (Autry Greisham, Mary Jean Shurtz, Russ Hull)
3. "That's Me Without You" (J. D. Miller)
4. "Don't Throw Your Life Away" (Billy Wallace, Webb Pierce)
5. "Love Love Love" (Ted Jarrett)
6. "If You Were Me (And I Were You)" (Frank Miller, Webb Pierce)

Side B

1. "Back Street Affair" (Billy Wallace)
2. "It's Been So Long" (Autry Greisham)
3. "Slowly" (Tommy Hill, Webb Pierce)
4. "That Heart Belongs to Me" (Webb Pierce)
5. "Yes I Know Why" (Webb Pierce)
6. "I'm Gonna Fall Out of Love With You" (Martha Ellis Taylor, Randy Hughes)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Wondering Boy. Discogs. November 30, 2020.
2. Web site: The Wondering Boy. Allmusic. November 28, 2020.
3. Book: The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Joel Whitburn. Billboard Books. 1996. 0823076326 . 244–245.