A_Song_in_the_Night_(song)

A Song in the Night (song)

A Song in the Night (song)

1977 single by Johnny Duncan

"A Song in the Night" is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan. It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer. Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke.

Quick Facts Single by Johnny Duncan, from the album Come a Little Bit Closer ...

Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts.[2] It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.

Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S.[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

More information Chart (1977), Peak position ...

Year-end charts

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References

  1. [1]
    Music VF - Songs written by Bobby Lee Springfield
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 112.
  3. [3]
    Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  4. [4]
    "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. [5]
    Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
  6. [6]
    "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2021.
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