Smooth Sailin' (Sonny Throckmorton song)
"Smooth Sailin" is a song co-written by Curly Putman and Sonny Throckmorton. Connie Smith released this song as a single on Monument Records in 1978 that peaked at No. 68 on the U.S. Hot Country Songs list.. Throckmorton also released this song on his 1978 debut album, Last Cheater's Waltz. His version was re-released in 1979 on Mercury Records as a double-A-side with "Last Cheater's Waltz". This double-sided single peaked at number 47 on the country music charts that year.[2]
| "Smooth Sailin'" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by T. G. Sheppard | ||||
| from the album Smooth Sailin' | ||||
| B-side | "I Came Home to Make Love to You"[1] | |||
| Released | April 5, 1980 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Warner Bros./Curb | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Sonny Throckmorton, Curly Putman | |||
| Producer(s) | Buddy Killen | |||
| T. G. Sheppard singles chronology | ||||
| ||||
T. G. Sheppard then covered this song on his 1980 Warner Bros. Records album Smooth Sailin. Sheppard's version was the most successful and went to number six on the same chart in 1980.[1]
Chart performance
| Chart (1980) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 7 |
gollark: So yes.
gollark: Is this one of those things where you use a pointer when you really mean an array because the C type system is atrocious?
gollark: Yes, that's UTF-16, isn't it.
gollark: "ah yes all my strings are one character"
gollark: What? Why would strings be a pointer to one u32?
References
- Whitburn, pp. 379-380
- Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 420. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
- "T.G. Sheppard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.