Please Help Me I'm Falling
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Please Help Me I'm Falling is the title of a recording by American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 country
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 music singer Hank Locklin
Hank Locklin
Lawrence Hankins Locklin , better known as Hank Locklin, was an American country music singer-songwriter...

, released in 1960. It marks Locklin's first release considered part of the Nashville Sound
Nashville sound
The Nashville sound originated during the late 1950s as a sub-genre of American country music, replacing the chart dominance of honky tonk music which was most popular in the 1940s and 1950s...

.

Included are Locklin's previous hit singles "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On
"Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On" is Country-And-Western song written and recorded by Hank Locklin. The song met success and made it to hit No. 5 on the charts, and became a standard for the Nashville sound. It has been covered by both Pop and Country Artists.Locklin first released the song in...

,", "Livin' Alone", "It's a Little More Like Heaven", and "Please Help Me, I'm Falling
Please Help Me, I'm Falling
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin. The single was Locklin's most successful recording becoming his second number one on the country charts...

", all placing in the Country Singles Top 10.

Side one

  1. "Please Help Me, I'm Falling
    Please Help Me, I'm Falling
    "Please Help Me, I'm Falling" is a 1960 song written by Don Robertson and Hal Blair and first recorded by Hank Locklin. The single was Locklin's most successful recording becoming his second number one on the country charts...

    " (Don Robertson, Hal Blair)
  2. "My Old Home Town" (Hoyt Johnson, Kermit Barrett)
  3. "(I'm So Tired of) Goin' Home All by Myself" (Pete Hunter)
  4. "It's a Little More Like Heaven" (Hoyt Atkins, Jim Atkins)
  5. "Livin' Alone" (Wayne Walker)
  6. "Seven Days (The Humming Song)" (Roy Drusky)

Side two

  1. "Send Me the Pillow You Dream On" (Hank Locklin)
  2. "Blues in Advance" (Neil Drummond)
  3. "Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me" (Lonnie Glosson, Wayne Raney)
  4. "When the Band Plays the Blues" (John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk
    John D. Loudermilk is an American singer and songwriter.-Biography:Born in Durham, North Carolina, Loudermilk grew up in a family who were members of the Salvation Army faith and was influenced by the church singing. His cousins Ira and Charlie Loudermilk were known professionally as the Louvin...

    )
  5. "Hiding in My Heart" (Ken Hodges)
  6. "Foreign Car" (Lawton Williams)

Personnel

  • Hank Locklin
    Hank Locklin
    Lawrence Hankins Locklin , better known as Hank Locklin, was an American country music singer-songwriter...

     – vocals, guitar
  • Grady Martin
    Grady Martin
    Thomas Grady Martin was one of the most renowned, inventive and historically significant American session musicians in country music and rockabilly....

     – guitar
  • Chet Atkins
    Chet Atkins
    Chester Burton Atkins , known as Chet Atkins, was an American guitarist and record producer who, along with Owen Bradley, created the smoother country music style known as the Nashville sound, which expanded country's appeal to adult pop music fans as well.Atkins's picking style, inspired by Merle...

     – guitar
  • Ray Edenton – guitar
  • Velma Smith – guitar
  • Bob Moore
    Bob Moore
    Bob Loyce Moore is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist who was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:...

     – bass
  • Jerry Byrd – bass
  • Buddy Harman
    Buddy Harman
    Buddy Harman was an American session musician.-Career:Born in Nashville, Tennessee, he played drums on over 18,000 sessions for artists such as Elvis Presley, Patsy Cline, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee, Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn, Roy Orbison, Connie Francis, Chet Atkins, Marty Robbins, Roger Miller,...

     – drums
  • Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer
    Floyd Cramer was an American Hall of Fame pianist who was one of the architects of the "Nashville sound." He popularized the "slip note" piano style where an out-of-tune note slides effortlessly into the correct note...

     – piano
  • Marijohn Wilkin – background vocals
  • Millie Kirkham – background vocals
  • The Jordanaires
    The Jordanaires
    The Jordanaires are an American vocal quartet, which formed as a gospel group in 1948. They are best known for providing vocal background for Elvis Presley, in live appearances and recordings from 1956 to 1972...

    – background vocals

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