Like Father Like Son (song)

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"Like Father Like Son"
Single by Lionel Cartwright
from the album Lionel Cartwright
B-side "A Little Lesser Blue" [1]
ReleasedFebruary 18, 1989
Genre Country
Length3:28
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Paul Overstreet, Don Schlitz
Producer(s) Tony Brown, Steuart Smith
Lionel Cartwright singles chronology
"You're Gonna Make Her Mine"
(1988)
"Like Father Like Son"
(1989)
"Give Me His Last Chance"
(1989)

"Like Father Like Son" is a song written by Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, and recorded by American country music artist Lionel Cartwright. It was released in February 1989 as the second single from the album Lionel Cartwright . The song reached number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart, and was Cartwright's first Top 40 hit. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 21
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 14

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References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 83. ISBN   0-89820-177-2.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 6340." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 22, 1989. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
  3. "Lionel Cartwright Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.