Ninety-Nine (song)

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"Ninety-Nine"
Single by Bill Anderson
B-side "Back Where I Started From"
ReleasedJune 1959 (1959-06)
RecordedApril 1959
Studio Bradley Studio
Genre
Length2:28
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Bill Anderson
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome"
(1958)
"Ninety-Nine"
(1959)
"Dead or Alive"
(1959)

"Ninety-Nine" is a song written and recorded by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released as a single in June 1959 via Decca Records and became a major hit.

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Background and release

"Ninety-Nine" was recorded in April 1959 at the Bradley Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Owen Bradley, who would serve as Anderson's producer through most of years with Decca Records. [2]

"Ninety-Nine" was released as a single by Decca Records in June 1959. [3] It spent a total of 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country and Western Sides chart before reaching number 13 in August 1959. It was Anderson's second chart hit and second major hit as a recording artist. [4] It was not first released on a proper album. However, seven years later, it appeared on his compilation Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs . [2]

Track listings

7" vinyl single [5]

Chart performance

Chart (1959)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [6] 13

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References

  1. "Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs: Bill Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 Anderson, Bill (1962). "Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs (Album Information and Liner Notes)". Decca Records .
  3. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-177-2.
  4. ""Ninety-Nine" chart history". Billboard . Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  5. "Bill Anderson -- "Ninety-Nine" (1959, Vinyl)". Discogs . 2 November 1959. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. "Bill Anderson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved July 21, 2020.