Keith Whitley-"Hopelessly Yours"

This is a rare demo of a song that Keith co-wrote that never made it on to any of his RCA-era albums. Suzy Bogguss had a hit with her version of the song which was a duet with Lee Greenwood. That version appears here on YouTube with video from the soap "General Hospital."

Many thanks to my YouTube friend Brian (BengalsRedsfan4life) for lighting a fire under me and for his continued support.

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Music

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• Keith
• Whitley
• Lorrie
• Morgan
• Hopelessly
• Yours

[musicmandon1]

Gone at 32, and this recording shows the ravages his voice had already suffered. Just one of the pointless deaths in music due to substance abuse. I came home from a ball game in New York, and heard the bulletin on the news at 2 A.M. It was an awful jolt. I love "Till Each Tear you Cry Becomes a Rose."

[MAMsMom97]

@musicmandon1 Keith, his brother Randy, and his nephew John all were the same age when they passed, they were all 34. Freaky, huh?

[RheaSoHappy]

OMG....................I have goose bumps!!!!! HOW INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! This has to be the BEST video ever! Wonderful job!!!!! And I am a huge Whitley fan and never heard this song!!!! Kudos!!!! You don't happen to have the lyrics handy??? Oh, just a GREAT video!

[MAMsMom97]

@RheaSoHappy Wow! Glad you enjoyed it so much! Thanks so much for stopping by!

[lindalousbell]

The best of the best always

[drguffey]

i dont think i could cry any more i love keith whitley i think of him every day an every day i get on here even if i can only get on for 5 mins i get on her just to here her him sing to me every day An i cry every day to the funny songs to the sad songs. my name is amber an i a 21 years old i never got to now him but i will always be his bigist fan i love you keith whitley R.I.P

[seetroo]

love Keiths voice, was wondering if you ever heard chris gasky's voice he and "kentucky bluebird" are a tribute band and did an event marking the 20 year anniversary of Keiths death, randy hayes plays guitar for them too, so the sound is incredible!

[tinatavarez]

Wow I thought I knew all of Keith's songs thank you for putting this on U Tube !

[musicmandon1]

@TheBeachside21 To you and the others who pointed out that I made a mistake--yes I did. but 32 or 34, his death was a horrific tragedy of the sort that happens all too often in the music world. Even if he were alive today he'd only be 57, and dying at 57 in today's world is still dying younger than you would hope to.

[vinylgroovs]

What a beautiful song and don't I know how it feels. How I'd love to record this song and post it to the love of my life who right now is trying to figure out what to do with us. Thank you Keith. We were kindred spirits in many ways. You are deeply missed.

[rachelleschmaelzle]

It would be wonderful to be loved this much by the man your inlove with

[carson3007]

I dont think Lori did anything to keith but love him the best she could and he loved her. Keith just struggled with the bottle as many of us have and while tragic you cant always make a conspiricy out of everything. I would rather remember keith in all his glory as a fellow kentuckian.

[mydadtoby]

brought me to tears ,so much to relate to. . .. im from where hes from. . .