You're in My Heart (George Jones song)

"You're in My Heart" is a song written and recorded by country music artist George Jones. It appeared as the B-side to his first single on Starday Records, "No Money in This Deal."

"You're in My Heart"
Single by George Jones
A-side"No Money in This Deal"
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1954
RecordedBeamont, Texas, January 19, 1954
GenreCountry
Length2:30
LabelStarday (130)
Songwriter(s)George Jones
Producer(s)Jack Starnes
George Jones singles chronology
"You're in My Heart"
(1954)
"Play It Cool, Man"
(1954)

Recording and background

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Jones recorded his first songs with Starday Records in the living room of Jack Starnes in Beaumont, Texas on January 19, 1954. The fourth recording was "You're in My Heart" a honky-tonk side obviously influenced by some late Hank Williams releases, including "My Heart Would Know." As Rich Kienzle notes in the 1994 Sony retrospective The Essential George Jones: The Spirit of Country, "When [producer] Pappy Daily met George at his second Starday session, he listened as the young man sang like every other singer before imparting the words of wisdom: 'George,' said Daily, 'You've sung like Roy Acuff, Lefty Frizzell, Hank Williams and Bill Monroe. Can you sing like George Jones?'"

The song was the b-side to the very first recording ever cut by George Jones: "No Money in This Deal."

Personnel

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  • George Jones - vocal, acoustic
  • Robert Larry "Blackie" Crawford - lead guitar
  • John "Johnny" Rector - piano
  • Corlue Bordelon - steel
  • Buck Crawford - bass
  • Olen "Big Red" Hays - fiddle
  • Kenneth "Little Red" Hays - fiddle