Got You on My Mind (song)

"Got You on My Mind" is a song written by Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas. The lyrics commence: "Got you on my mind feeling kinda sad and low / Wonderin' where you are / wonderin' why you had to go / Tears began to fall ev'rytime I hear your name." The song was recorded by John Greer and the Rhythm Rockers 1951, for whom it was a hit,[1] and then covered by Hawkshaw Hawkins 1952, Buddy Morrow and His Orchestra 1952, Jim Reeves early 1950s, Varetta Dillard 1956, The Del Royals 1961, Cookie and the Cupcakes 1963, Jerry Lee Lewis 1965, Carl Hall 1966, Sleepy LaBeef 1970, Price Mitchell & Jerri Kelly 1974, Carol Channing & Webb Pierce 1977, Eric Clapton 2001, and by Dale Sellers. The song was also the title track on albums of the same title by Jean Shephard 1961 and William Galison and Madeleine Peyroux 2004.

References
  1. The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music 1882267028 Colin Larkin - 1992 "... using small units from Millinder's band, billed as his Rhythm Rockers, on RCA-Victor between 1949 and 1955. While there, he notched up his only chart hit in 1951 with the Howard Biggs and Joe Thomas-penned 'Got You On My Mind'."
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