Before My Time

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"Before My Time"
Single by John Conlee
from the album Forever
B-side "Forever"
ReleasedAugust 11, 1979
Genre Country
Length2:40
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Ben Peters
Producer(s) Bud Logan
John Conlee singles chronology
"Backside of Thirty"
(1979)
"Before My Time"
(1979)
"Baby, You're Something"
(1979)

"Before My Time" is a song written by Ben Peters, and recorded by American country music artist John Conlee. It was released in August 1979 as the first single from the album Forever . The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1979)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 87.
  2. "John Conlee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.