Morning Side of the Mountain
| "Morning Side of the Mountain" | |
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| Single by Tommy Edwards | |
| A-side | "Please Mr. Sun" (1959 release) |
| Released | 1951; February 1959 |
| Genre | Pop |
| Label | MGM |
| Songwriter(s) | Larry Stock Dick Manning |
| "Morning Side of the Mountain" | ||||
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| Single by Donny & Marie Osmond | ||||
| B-side | "One of These Days" | |||
| Released | November 1974 | |||
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| Label | MGM/Kolob | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Larry Stock Dick Manning | |||
| Producer(s) | Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd | |||
| Donny & Marie Osmond singles chronology | ||||
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"Morning Side of the Mountain" is a song written by Larry Stock and Dick Manning and first recorded in 1951 by Tommy Edwards. It settled at #24 on the pop chart. Edwards re-recorded it in 1959, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The re-release was featured as the B-side of Edwards' other hit, a cover of Johnnie Ray's 1952 success, "Please Mr. Sun."
Donny & Marie Osmond cover
Late in 1974,
Donny & Marie Osmond released a version which scored #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart.[2]
The song charted equally well in Canada and the UK.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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See also
- List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 202.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 187.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-02-08. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "The Irish Charts โ Search Results โ Morning Side of the Mountain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
- ^ "morning side of the mountain | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 25, 1975". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
- ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
- ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1975". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
- ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1975 (+2) - 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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