The Yellow Rose (song)
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Warner Bros. | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Johnny Lee, Lane Brody, John Wilder | |||
| Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen | |||
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"The Yellow Rose" is a song co-written and recorded by American
theme song to the NBC television series of the same name starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album ‘Til the Bars Burn Down. Released as a single
in early 1984, "The Yellow Rose" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One country hit and Lee his fourth.
Content
"The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American
folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics[1]
by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder.
In popular culture
The song was used for the
B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to This," in 1986, although it was never included on an album.[1]
Chart performance
"The Yellow Rose" made its chart debut on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week of February 4, 1984. The song spent twenty-two weeks on the charts, reaching Number One on the chart dated or April 21 and holding that position for one week.[1] It gave Lee the fourth of five Number One hits in his career, and Brody her only Number One.[4] It was also a Number One hit on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks charts, peaking on the week of May 5, 1984.
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- The Chicago Tribune.
- ^ Joe Edwards (1985-04-07). ""Yellow Rose" singer has jingled her way to fame". Wilmington Morning Star.
- ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "1985 Talent Almanat" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 96, no. 51. December 22, 1984. p. TA-23. Retrieved June 15, 2021.