# Sentimental Me

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For the album by Marti Pellow, see [Sentimental Me (album)](/source/Sentimental_Me_(album)).

"**Sentimental Me**" is a [popular](/source/Popular_music) [song](/source/Song) which was written by James T. Morehead and James Cassin and published in [1949](/source/1949_in_music).

The most popular version was recorded by [The Ames Brothers](/source/The_Ames_Brothers). Other hit versions in 1950 were recorded by the [Russ Morgan](/source/Russ_Morgan) Orchestra and by [Ray Anthony](/source/Ray_Anthony).

The Ames Brothers version was recorded on December 5, 1949. The recording was released by [Coral Records](/source/Coral_Records) as catalog number 60140. The record first reached the [Billboard magazine](/source/Billboard_magazine) charts on January 20, 1950, and lasted for 27 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 3. The song was part of a double-sided hit; the flip side was the even bigger hit, "[Rag Mop](/source/Rag_Mop)".[1]

The [Russ Morgan](/source/Russ_Morgan) version (vocal by The Morganaires) was recorded on January 23, 1950. The recording was released by [Decca Records](/source/Decca_Records) as catalog number 24904. The record first reached the [Billboard magazine](/source/Billboard_magazine) charts on April 21, 1950, and lasted for 15 weeks on the chart, peaking at No. 10.[1]

Bandleader [Ray Anthony](/source/Ray_Anthony)'s version (vocal by [Ronnie Deauville](/source/Ronnie_Deauville)) was also very popular in 1950, peaking at No. 7 on the Billboard charts.[2]

The song made No. 6 on the UK's sheet music charts.[3]

## Other versions

[Steve Conway](/source/Steve_Conway_(singer)) and [The Stargazers](/source/The_Stargazers_(1940s%E2%80%9350s_group)) recorded the song on July 12, 1950, for [UK](/source/United_Kingdom) [Columbia Records](/source/Columbia_Graphophone_Company) (issued as catalog number DB 2724).[4] Another contemporary British recording was by [Joe Loss](/source/Joe_Loss) and His Orchestra.[5]

[Pat & Shirley Boone](/source/Pat_Boone) included the song on their album *Side by Side* (1959).[6]

[Steve Lawrence](/source/Steve_Lawrence) & [Eydie Gorme](/source/Eydie_Gorme) released a single containing the song in 1959.[7]

[Elvis Presley](/source/Elvis_Presley) recorded the song for his 1961 album *[Something for Everybody](/source/Something_for_Everybody)*.

[Bobby Vinton](/source/Bobby_Vinton) also released a version of the song.

## References

1. Whitburn, Joel (1973). *Top Pop Records 1940-1955*. Record Research.

1. Whitburn, Joel (1986). [*Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954*](https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/30). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. [30](https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/30). ISBN 0-89820-083-0.

1. Henson, Brian (1989). *First hits, 1946-1959*. London: Boxtree. ISBN 1-85283-268-1. [OCLC 19389211](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19389211)

1. ["45worlds"](https://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/db2724). *45worlds*. Retrieved May 6, 2019.

1. Henson, Brian (1989). *First hits, 1946-1959*. London: Boxtree. ISBN 1-85283-268-1. [OCLC 19389211](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19389211)

1. ["allmusic.com"](https://www.allmusic.com/album/side-by-side-mw0000836835). *allmusic.com*. Retrieved May 6, 2019.

1. ["45cat.com"](https://www.45cat.com/record/4510008). *45cat.com*. Retrieved May 6, 2019.

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