Country Party (song)

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"Country Party"
Single by Johnny Lee
from the album H-e-e-ere's Johnny!
ReleasedMay 9, 1977
Genre Country
Label GRT
Songwriter(s) Rick Nelson
Johnny Lee singles chronology
"Ramblin' Rose"
(1977)
"Country Party"
(1977)
"Dear Alice"
(1977)

Country Party is a song written by Rick Nelson and recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in May 1977 as the third single from the album, H-e-e-ere's Johnny!. It is a slight re-write of Rick Nelson's song, Garden Party. The song reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 50 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1977)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 15
Canadian RPM Country Tracks50

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 198.
  2. "Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.