The Minute You're Gone

About The Minute You're Gone

"The Minute You're Gone" is a song written by Jimmy Gateley (often miscredited as "Gately" or "Gatelie"), a Nashville, Tennessee based fiddle player and singer, for Sonny James in 1963. This song originally made No. 95 in the US charts and No. 9 in the country charts for Sonny James in 1963. Cliff Richard recorded it in 1965 and his single spent a week at number one in the UK Singles Chart in April 1965. It was also recorded by Al Martino, Faron Young and Loretta Lynn.