"I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" is a song written by Frank Harford, and recorded in 1944 by

Tex Ritter Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter (January 12, 1905 – January 2, 1974) was a pioneer of American country music, a singer, and an actor from the mid-1930s into the 1960s. He was the patriarch of the Ritter acting family (son John Ritter, grandso ...

. The song was the first of three number ones on the Juke Box Folk records chart. "I"m Wastin' My Tears on You" stayed at number one for six weeks with a total of twenty weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, entitled " There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder", peaked at number two on the same chart.

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1944 songs 1944 singles Tex Ritter songs Capitol Records singles {{1940s-country-song-stub