1966 Willie Nelson - as part of his album Country Favorites-Willie Nelson Style.1965 Johnny Tillotson - a single release on the MGM label.1965 Bing Crosby - for his album Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits.1962 Leroy Van Dyke - on the Mercury album Walk on By (MG 20682/SR 60682).1962 Connie Francis - for the album Country Music - Connie Style.1961 Buck Owens - included on his album Buck Owens Sings Harlan Howard.1961 Kitty Wells - for her LP Heartbreak U.S.A.
1961 George Jones - on the Mercury label album George Jones Sings Country and Western Hits (MG 20624/SR 60624). Price reached #2 and spent 40 weeks on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart. 1959 Ray Price - recorded before the Guy Mitchell version.(Columbia 41374). Mitchell's version featured a Whistler who plays during the intro as well as the instrumental break on the song. The hit version has never appeared in stereo and has appeared on only a lone compact disc release (Hit Parade Records 12311, Hard to Find Jukebox Classics 1959: Pop Gold.) The video game Fallout: New Vegas does not feature his original Columbia Records version rather it is a 1980 re-recording made for K-Tel records. Columbia later issued a stereo version of the song, also by Mitchell however, the mono and stereo issues are in fact two completely different recordings. Columbia first issued a mono recording by Mitchell as a 7" 45 rpm single, which became the hit. This would be Mitchell's second pop chart topper (after " Singing the Blues") it was also his last top-40 single in the Billboard charts. The recording was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 41476. It reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the weeks of December 14 and December 21, 1959. The biggest hit version was recorded by Guy Mitchell on August 24, 1959. The chorus tells how the lover loves the narrator "less every day" however, the narrator declares, "Each day I love you more." Although it is apparent that he has "heartaches by the number" and "a love that I can't win", the narrator asserts that the day he stops counting is the "day my world would end". Thirdly, the lover calls stating they plan to return but the narrator waits in vain for the knock on his door and suggests that the object of his affection has lost their way. The lover returns, but never means to stay, and this causes the second round of anguish. 
The first one is when the narrator's lover leaves him. The song mentions three heartaches, listed by the narrator:
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