All His Children

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"All His Children"
Single by Charley Pride with Henry Mancini
from the album Sometimes a Great Notion
B-side "You'll Still Be the One"
ReleasedJanuary 1972
Genre Country
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Alan Bergman
Marilyn Bergman
Henry Mancini
Producer(s) Henry Mancini
Charley Pride singles chronology
"Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'"
(1971)
"All His Children"
(1972)
"It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer"
(1972)

"All His Children" is a song recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride with music by Henry Mancini. It was released in January 1972 and was the theme of the film Sometimes a Great Notion . The song peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

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The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971.

Chart performance

Chart (1972)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 2
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 92
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Other recordings

Bing Crosby recorded the song for his 1972 album Bing 'n' Basie .

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References

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  2. "RPM Country Singles for April 1, 1972". RPM . Archived from the original on 22 October 2012. Retrieved 18 March 2011.
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  4. "Charley Pride Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.