My Heart Is Broken in Three

"My Heart Is Broken in Three"
Single by Slim Whitman
A-side"Keep It a Secret"
"My Heart Is Broken in Three"
Released1952
Length2:45
LabelImperial
SongwriterRay Glaser
Slim Whitman singles chronology
"An Amateur in Love" / "By the Waters of the Minnetonka"
(1952)		 "My Heart Is Broken in Three" / "Keep It a Secret"
(1952)		 "All That I'm Asking Is Sympathy" / "How Can I Tell"
(1953)
Slim Whitman UK singles chronology
"Tumbling Tumbleweeds" / "Tell Me"
(1956)		 "I'm a Fool" / "My Heart Is Broken in Three"
(1956)		 "Serenade" / "I Talk to the Waves"
(1956)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[1]

"My Heart Is Broken in Three" is a song written by Ray Glaser (or Glasser)

Slim Whitman released it as a single (Imperial 8169, with "Keep It a Secret" on the opposite side) in 1952.[2][3]

In the UK, the song was originally released coupled with "Cold Empty Arms" (London L 1206, 1952)[4] and some years later chosen as the filp side to "I'm a Fool" (London HL 8252, 1956).[4]

Track listing

7-inch single (Imperial 45-8134, 1952, United States)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Keep It a Secret"Jessie Mae Robinson2:45
2."My Heart Is Broken in Three"Ray Glaser2:45

Spade Cooley version

Spade Cooley released his version on Decca (cat. no. 46376, with "The Cowboy Waltz" on the flip side) in 1951.[5][6][7]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Billboardpositive[7]

Charts

Chart (1953) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country & Western Records — Most Played in Juke Boxes[8][9][10] 10

References

  1. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1952 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 15, 1952 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 22, 1952 – via Google Books.
  4. 1 2 "Country-western News". 1966.
  5. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 3, 1951 – via Google Books.
  6. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 17, 1951 – via Google Books.
  7. 1 2 "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. November 3, 1951 – via Google Books.
  8. ↑ Joel Whitburn (2002). Top Country Singles, 1944 to 2001: Chart Data Compiled from Billboard's Country Singles Charts, 1944-2001. Record Research. ISBN 978-0-89820-151-2.
  9. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2005). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Songs: 1944-2005, Billboard. ISBN 9780898201659.
  10. ↑ "Billboard". Nielsen Business Media, Inc. December 20, 1952 – via Google Books.
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