Bedtime Story (Tammy Wynette song)

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"Bedtime Story"
Single by Tammy Wynette
from the album Bedtime Story
B-side "Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)"
ReleasedNovember 1971
Genre Country
Length4:13
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Billy Sherrill
Glenn Sutton
Producer(s) Billy Sherrill
Tammy Wynette singles chronology
"Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)"
(1971)
"Bedtime Story"
(1971)
"Reach Out Your Hand (And Touch Somebody)"
(1972)

"Bedtime Story" is a song written by Billy Sherrill and Glenn Sutton, and recorded by American country music artist Tammy Wynette. It was released in November 1971 as the first single and title track from the album Bedtime Story . The song was Wynette's eleventh number one on the country charts spending one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the country charts. [1]

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Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1971–1972)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [2] 86
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [4] 30

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References

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  2. "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  3. "Tammy Wynette Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1972". Billboard. Retrieved July 29, 2021.