She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)

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"She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)"
Single by Marty Robbins
B-side "Sittin' in a Tree House"
ReleasedJuly 7, 1958
Recorded1958
Genre Country
Length2:35
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Marty Robbins [1]
Marty Robbins singles chronology
"Just Married"
(1958)		"She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)"
(1958)		"Ain't I the Lucky One"
(1958)

"She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)" is a song written and sung by Marty Robbins. The song was accompanied with Ray Coniff and His Orchestra, and released on the Columbia label.

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Chart performance

In August 1958, it peaked at No. 4 on Billboard 's country and western best seller chart. [2] It spent 10 weeks on the charts and was ranked No. 41 on Billboard's 1958 year-end country and western chart. [3] On the Hot 100, "She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More)" peaked at No. 27. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "classic-country-song-lyrics.com". classic-country-song-lyrics.com. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
  2. ↑ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 271. ISBN   0823076326.
  3. ↑ "Chart Toppers of 1958". The Billboard. December 15, 1958. p. 44.
  4. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 712.
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