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Released on RCA Victor, also Starman (David Bowie), The Passenger (Iggy Pop) and Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)
Written by Mel Tillis, also Detroit City (Tom Jones), Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town (Kenny Rogers) and Emotions (Brenda Lee)
Part of Just Between You and Me, also Before I Met You, Two Sides to Every Story and Love Is Worth Living
Written by Kent Westberry, also I Just Don’t Understand (Spoon), Funnel of Love (Wanda Jackson) and If You Had Only Taken the Time (Charley Pride)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mel Tillis wrote 38 songs on fono
Mel Tillis’s most frequent co-writer is Wayne Walker (7 songs together)
Mel Tillis first appears on fono in 1960, 8 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Kent Westberry and Mel Tillis
- Part of
- Just Between You and Me
- Released on
- RCA Victor
- Written by
- Kent Westberry and Mel Tillis
- Part of
- Just Between You and Me
- Released on
- RCA Victor
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mel Tillis
Same writer: Kent Westberry
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: Just Between You and Me
Same writer: Mel Tillis
Same writer: Kent Westberry
Same label: RCA Victor
Same release: Just Between You and Me
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was written by Kent Westberry
Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was written by Kent Westberry
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2MusicBrainz Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was written by Mel Tillis
Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was written by Mel Tillis
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3MusicBrainz Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) is part of the release Just Between You and Me
Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) is part of the release Just Between You and Me
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4MusicBrainz RCA Victor is the label of the song Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built)
RCA Victor is the label of the song Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built)
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5MusicBrainz Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was released on 1968-01
Sorrow’s Tearing Down the House (That Happiness Once Built) was released on 1968-01
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026