City Lights (Ray Price song)
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City Lights (Bill Anderson song)
)"City Lights" | ||||
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Single by Bill Anderson | ||||
B-side | "No Song to Sing" | |||
Released | 1958 | |||
Recorded | 1957 | |||
Studio | University of Georgia | |||
Genre | Country[1] | |||
Label | TNT | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Anderson | |||
Producer(s) | Bob Ritter | |||
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Ray Price singles chronology | ||||
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Single by Mickey Gilley | ||||
from the album City Lights | ||||
B-side | "Fraulein" | |||
Released | November 1974 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1974 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:48 | |||
Label | Playboy 6015 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Bill Anderson | |||
Producer(s) | Eddie Kilroy | |||
Mickey Gilley singles chronology | ||||
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"City Lights" is an American
Ray Price recorded it and his version hit number 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs singles chart in August 1958. Mickey Gilley
's version also hit number 1 in June 1975.
About the song
"City Lights" was one of Anderson's earliest major successes. Released in June 1958, Price's version of "City Lights" stalled at #2 on the Hot 100, where it peaked at #71.[2]
Cover versions
- Dave Rich recorded this song in May 1958 and was the first to have it played on the Nashville radio stations.
- Ivory Joe Hunter recorded it in 1959 during his shift to country music late in his career and his version peaked at #92 on the US Billboard charts.
- Debbie Reynolds recorded it in 1960 and her version peaked at #55 on pop charts.
- Jerry Lee Lewis recorded it his 1965 album, Country Songs for City Folks,[3]
- Mickey Gilley recorded a piano-backed honky-tonk rendition on his 1975 album, City Lights, and his version hit number 1 on the country charts in February 1975.
- Mel Tillis's 1989 version peaked at number 67 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[4]
- Others who have recorded the song are: Connie Smith, Rick Trevino, Conway Twitty, Johnny Bush and Dottie West.
References
- ^ "Bill Anderson -- "City Lights" (1958, Vinyl)". Discogs. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 676.
- ^ Jerry Lee Lewis, Country Songs for City Folks Retrieved June 15, 2012.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-203-8.