Mary and Willie

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"Mary and Willie"
Single by K. T. Oslin
from the album Love in a Small Town
B-side "Love Is Strange"
ReleasedFebruary 16, 1991
Genre Country
Length3:32
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) K. T. Oslin
Producer(s) Barry Beckett
K. T. Oslin singles chronology
"Come Next Monday"
(1990)
"Mary and Willie"
(1991)
"You Call Everybody Darling"
(1991)

"Mary and Willie" (sometimes spelled "Mary and Willi") is a song written and recorded by American country music artist K. T. Oslin. It was released in February 1991 as the third single from the album Love in a Small Town . The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) [2] 20
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 255.
  2. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 1508." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. May 4, 1991. Retrieved August 16, 2013.
  3. "K.T. Oslin Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.