| "Yonder Comes a Sucker" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Jim Reeves | ||||
| from the album The Country Side of Jim Reeves | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Hurtin' Inside" | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer(s) | Chet Atkins[1] | |||
| Jim Reeves singles chronology | ||||
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"Yonder Comes a Sucker" is a song written and originally recorded for RCA by Jim Reeves. It was released as a single in summer 1955.[2]
Overview
[edit]After the success with "Drinking Tequila", which hit No. 9 on country charts, he recorded his next single in 1955, Yonder Comes a Sucker with the B-side "I'm Hurtin'" Inside. The song reached No. 4 on US Country[3] and No. 9 on Cashbox Country. "I'm Hurtin'" was also released as a single and was later included in his Up Through the Years album.
Other versions
[edit]Vidar Lønn-Arnesen wrote the Norwegian lyrics. In Norwegian, the song is titled "Livets harde spill" ("The Hard Game of Life").
Recordings
[edit]Vidar Lønn-Arnesen, released the version on the LP Countryfest 6 (Talent TLS 4042) in 1980.[4]
Nystogs, included the song on their album Den femte & på’n igjen (1986)[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Jim Reeves – Yonder Comes a Sucker". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ "Cover versions of Yonder Comes a Sucker by Jim Reeves". SecondHandSongs. Retrieved 2022-05-05.
- ^ "Jim Reeves Songs". MusicVF.com. Retrieved 2025-07-16.
- ^ "Lillian Askeland, Ottar Johansen, Ørnulf Holthe & Country Team – Gjester: Lars Børke, Vidar Lønn-Arnesen (1980, Vinyl)". Discogs. Discogs. Archived from the original on 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
- ^ "Nystogs – Den Femte På'n Igjen (1986, Vinyl)". Discogs. Discogs. Archived from the original on 2025-08-03. Retrieved 2025-08-03.
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