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Daisy a Day

Daisy a Day

1972 single by Jud Strunk


"Daisy a Day" is a song written and performed by Jud Strunk. It was produced by Mike Curb and Don Costa[1] and Costa also was the arranger.

Quick Facts Single by Jud Strunk, from the album ...

It reached No.4 on the U.S. adult contemporary chart, No.14 on the Billboard pop chart, and No.33 on the U.S. country chart in 1973.[2] In Canada, it reached No.3 on the pop chart, No.5 on the adult contemporary chart, and No.18 on the country chart. In Australia it reached No.1. The song was featured on Strunk's 1973 album, Daisy a Day.[3] The single ranked No.89 on Billboard's Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1973.[4]

Background

During the song, the singer tells a story about the relationship between a boy and girl as they grow up together and ultimately grow old together. For every single day of their joined lives, he gives her a daisy as a sign of their love. In the last verse, she has died but her widower husband continues to make daily visits to her grave … and he still gives her a daisy a day.[5]

Chart performance

More information Chart (1973), Peak position ...

Other versions


References

  1. Jud Strunk, "Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  2. Jud Strunk, Daisy a Day Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  3. "Billboard Top 100 - 1973". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  4. "A Daisy a Day". 22 July 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 297. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, May 26, 1973". Archived from the original on February 17, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2018.
  7. Canada, Library and Archives (July 13, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada.
  8. "Billboard Top 100 - 1973". Archived from the original on November 25, 2010. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  9. Dian Hart, "Daisy a Day" single release Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  10. Roy Clark, Come Live with Me Retrieved February 20, 2016.
  11. D'Arcy Broderick, By Request Retrieved February 20, 2016.

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