A Love Story in the Making

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"A Love Story in the Making"
Single by Linda Davis
from the album Some Things Are Meant to Be
B-side "What Do I Know"
ReleasedApril 13, 1996
Genre Country
Length3:40
Label Arista
Songwriter(s) Al Anderson, Craig Wiseman
Producer(s) John Guess
Linda Davis singles chronology
"Some Things Are Meant to Be"
(1995)
"A Love Story in the Making"
(1996)
"Walk Away"
(1996)

"A Love Story in the Making" is a song recorded by American country music artist Linda Davis. It was released in April 1996 as the second single from the album Some Things Are Meant to Be . The song reached #33 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Al Anderson and Craig Wiseman.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as American folk music and blues.

Linda Kaye Davis is an American country music singer. Before beginning a career as a solo artist, she had three minor country singles in the charts as one half of the duo Skip & Linda. In her solo career, Davis has recorded five studio albums for major record labels and more than 15 singles. Her highest chart entry is "Does He Love You", her 1993 duet with Reba McEntire, which reached number one on the Billboard country charts and won both singers the Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration. Her highest solo chart position is "Some Things Are Meant to Be" at No. 13 in 1996. Davis is the wife of the country singer Lang Scott and the mother of Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum.

<i>Some Things Are Meant to Be</i> 1996 studio album by Linda Davis

Some Things Are Meant to Be is the fourth studio album by American country music singer Linda Davis. Her final studio album for Arista Records, it produced Davis's second-highest chart hit in its title track, a number 13 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts in 1996. "A Love Story in the Making" and "Walk Away" were also issued as singles. The former peaked at 33, while the latter failed to chart.

Chart performance

Chart (1996)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 33
Canadian RPM Country Tracks22

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 95.
  2. "Linda Davis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.