Recorded by his band Ted Daffan's Texans, with vocal by Leon Seago, on February 20, 1942,[1] it was released as a double A-side single exactly one year later, at the height of the Second World War.

[7] Released as a single (as a flip side to "I Can't Stop Loving You"), his recording peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100,[8] which earned Charles a platinum disc in 1962.

ARC's former A&R man/producer Art Satherley, one of the best known execs in the business In the late 1930s, Ted Daffan was working on his song writing and steel-guitar skills, mostly in association with Cliff Bruner and Decca Records.

)[10] In early 1942, Ted Daffan wrote "Born to Lose" along with "No Letter Today", and recorded both on February 20, at CBS Columbia Square Studio, located at Sunset Boulevard & Gower Street in Los Angeles, California.

This environment created opportunity for two Hillbilly singles that would have been routinely overlooked, Okeh 6706 and 6708, the latter released a few weeks later, Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama" / "Rosalita".

"No Letter Today" was the hottest jukebox record during June and July, followed by "Pistol Packin' Mama" in August, which stayed on top through the end of the year.