Cover and Answer Versions
Country singer Dickey Lee, who was still emerging on the music scene at the time, covered the song just months after it was released.
Nat King Cole covered the song for his 1962 album Ramblin' Rose.
Bing Crosby covered the song for his 1965 album Bing Crosby Sings the Great Country Hits. Jerry Lee Lewis also recorded a version of the song that year.
In 1962, Australian country and western singer Kevin Shegog recorded the song and it was a popular hit in Australia.
An answer song, I'm The Girl from Wolverton Mountain, was recorded by Jo Ann Campbell, released in August 1962:
Yes, I'm the girl from Wolverton Mountain
I wish someone would make me their wife
Great Plains covered the song in 1997. Writer Merle Kilgore praised Great Plains' cover, saying that it was the first time since King's original that the "magic" had been recaptured.
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