A Lady Like You

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"A Lady Like You"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album Letter to Home
B-side "Tennessee"
Released November 26, 1984
Genre Country
Length3:33
Label Atlantic
Songwriter(s) Keith Stegall, Jim Weatherly
Producer(s) Harold Shedd
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"Slow Nights"
(1984)
"A Lady Like You"
(1984)
"(Love Always) Letter to Home"
(1985)

"Slow Nights"
(1984)
"A Lady Like You"
(1984)
"(Love Always) Letter to Home"
(1985)

"A Lady Like You" is a song written by Keith Stegall and Jim Weatherly, and recorded by American country music artist Glen Campbell. It was released in November 1984 as the second single from the album Letter to Home . The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Robert Keith Stegall is an American country music recording artist and record producer. Active since 1980, Stegall has recorded two-major label studio albums: 1985's Keith Stegall and 1996's Passages, although he is mainly known for his production work.

James Dexter Weatherly is an American singer-songwriter. Weatherly played quarterback at the University of Mississippi before choosing songwriting over a football career.

Glen Campbell American musician, songwriter, actor

Glen Travis Campbell was an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, television host, and actor. He was best known for a series of hit songs in the 1960s and 1970s, and for hosting a music and comedy variety show called The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour on CBS television, from January 1969 until June 1972. He released over 70 albums in a career that spanned five decades, selling over 45 million records worldwide, including twelve gold albums, four platinum albums, and one double-platinum album.

Chart performance

Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 4

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 67.
  2. "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.