Guitar Learning Journey: "There Goes My Everything" instrumental cover

Guitar Learning Journey: "There Goes My Everything" instrumental cover

There Goes My Everything is a studio album by American country music artist Jack Greene.

It was released in December 1966 on Decca Records and was produced by Owen Bradley. It was Greene's debut studio album as a recording artist after playing in the band of Ernest Tubb for several years. Three singles were included in the album. Its biggest hit was the title track, which topped the country charts in 1966 and helped jump start Greene's music career. The album itself would also reach peak positions on the Billboard country chart following its release.

The song is about a couple who are splitting up, but why is a mystery. The singer says that he can hear a voice refer to him as "darling", which seems an unlikely address when a couple are bitterly splitting up. The song describes the narrator's feelings as his lover is leaving him. He comes to realize how much she meant to him now that he is losing her — "There goes my reason for living/There goes the one of my dreams/There goes my only possession/There goes my everything".

In 1967, Engelbert Humperdinck hit #20 on the Billboard Hot 100 with his version of the song, #2 on the UK Singles Chart and #2 in Ireland.

In 1971, Elvis Presley hit the top ten on the country charts with his version which is also featured on the album Elvis Country (I'm 10,000 Years Old).