COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Q & A
April 11th, 2012
QUESTION: "Sweet Dreams" by Emmylou Harris is my favorite record. My dad says somebody else had a hit on that song before Emmylou. Is that true?
ANSWER: Several somebody's had a hit on "Sweet Dreams" before Emmylou. The song was written by Don Gibson and both he and Faron Young had a top ten hit on the tune in 1956, Gibson re-recorded the song and the re-released version made it to # 6 in 1961, Patsy Clines' version peaked at # 5 in 1963, Troy Seals scored a chart record with it in 1976 and Reba McEntire did so in 1979. Emmylou Harris was the only artist to take it to number one – in 1976.
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TODAY IN 1975: Emmylou Harris had her first charted song. "Too Far Gone" came on the charts April 19th, 1975 and peaked at # 73. The same recording was re-released in 1979 and the second release made it to # 13.
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