Sea of Heartbreak
"Sea of Heartbreak" is a song written by Paul Hampton and Hal David and recorded by Don Gibson in 1961. The song reached #2 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Content. The song describes the feelings of lost love, and compares them to being lost in a metaphorical sea of intensely sad emotion (to an, at least in the chorus and in the overall impression, surprisingly cheery tune). It contains three verses with a chorus at the beginning and ending, and in between verses. The chorus lines are:- Kenny Price version. Kenny Price recorded the  song in 1972, and peaked at number 24 on the country charts in the USA. It was included on his album of the same name. Ronnie McDowell version. "Sea of Heartbreak" was also a single by the American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. Released in 1989, it was the first single from the album "American Music". The song reached #39 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. Jimmy Buffett/George Strait version. In 2004, Jimmy Buffett recorded a version for his "License to Chill" album. George Strait was featured on this rendition. Other cover versions. Johnny Cash recorded the  song for his Grammy-winning 1996 album Unchained. Cash's daughter, Rosanne Cash, covered the song in 2009 as a duet with Bruce Springsteen on her album "The List". British pop group The Searchers recorded a version in 1964 for their album "It's The Searchers". The Everly Brothers covered the song on their 1967 album, "The Hit Sound of the Everly Brothers". In 1982, Poco went to #35 in the USA on the Adult Contemporary chart with their version. The alternative rock band Meat Puppets recorded a version of the song that was featured 2019 album Dusty Notes. Lynn  Anderson released the song as a single in 1979 from her “Outlaw Is Just a State of Mind” album and it peaked at number 33 on Billboard’s Country Single Chart. Yugoslav rock band Džentlmeni released a Serbo-Croatian version of the song, entitled "Slomljena srca" ("Broken Hearts"), in 1969, the song becoming a big hit in Yugoslavia. Their version appeared in the 1998 Serbian film "Barking at the Stars".