About The Song
“Since I Don’t Have You” is a song written and composed by Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, and Wally Lester. It was first a 1958 hit single for the doo-wop group the Skyliners on the Billboard Hot 100.
Country music artist Ronnie Milsap’s version was a number 6 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in 1991.[9] The single was taken from his album Back to the Grindstone, released on RCA Nashville. It was produced by Milsap, Rob Galbraith, and Richard Landis.
This is typical Ronnie Milsap fare. His bright clear vocals seem rather effortless, but he shows significant range in his singing, with even a few falsetto notes thrown in. The video includes three backup singers dressed up in period attire with ball gowns. It certainly re-creates the feeling of a high school prom round about 1960.
This is a music video so it is not really a live performance. The video clips appear to be taken from a film; I can’t tell whether this is from a movie, or simply a music video. Perhaps Milsap’s performance was included in a movie, but if so I have been unable to find the title.
In the 1980s, Ronnie Milsap released a number of ballads that scored significantly higher on the Adult Contemporary charts than on country playlists. However, he has remained a popular figure in country music.
Video
Lyrics
When you walked out on me
In walked the misery
And he’s been here since then
I don’t have plans and schemes
I don’t have hopes and dreams
I, I, I don’t have anything
Since I don’t have you
(since I don’t have you)
I don’t have fond desires
And I don’t have happy hours
No, I don’t have anything
Since I don’t have you
I don’t have happiness and I guess
I never will ever again
When you walked out on me
In walked the misery
And he’s been here since then
I don’t have love to share
I don’t have one who cares
No, I don’t have anything
Since I don’t have you!
When you walked out on me
In walked old misery
And he’s been here since then
I don’t have love to share
And I don’t have one who cares
I don’t have anything
Since I don’t have you-oooo!
You-oooo!
You-oooo!
You-oooo!
