Stop the Rain

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"Stop the Rain"
Single by Shenandoah
from the album Shenandoah
B-side "What She Wants"
ReleasedDecember 12, 1987
Genre Country
Length3:47
Label Columbia
Songwriter(s) Richard Leigh, Wayland Holyfield
Producer(s) Robert Byrne, Rick Hall
Shenandoah singles chronology
"They Don't Make Love Like We Used To"
(1987)
"Stop the Rain"
(1987)
"She Doesn't Cry Anymore"
(1988)

"Stop the Rain" is a song recorded by American country music group Shenandoah. It was released in December 1987 as the second single from the album Shenandoah . The song reached #28 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Richard Leigh and Wayland Holyfield.

Shenandoah (band) American country music group

Shenandoah is an American country music group founded in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, in 1984 by Marty Raybon, Ralph Ezell, Stan Thorn, Jim Seales, and Mike McGuire. Thorn and Ezell left the band in the mid-1990s, with Rocky Thacker taking over on bass guitar; Keyboardist Stan Munsey joined the line up in 1995. The band split up in 1997 after Raybon left. Seales, Munsey, Thacker and McGuire reformed the band in 2000 with lead singer Brent Lamb, who was in turn replaced by Curtis Wright and then by Jimmy Yeary. Ezell rejoined in the early 2000s, and after his 2007 death, he was replaced by Mike Folsom. Raybon returned to the band in 2014. That same year, Jamie Michael replaced the retiring Jim Seales on lead guitar.

<i>Shenandoah</i> (album) debut album of the American country music band Shenandoah

Shenandoah is the self-titled debut album of the American country music band Shenandoah. Released in 1987 on Columbia Records, it includes three singles: "They Don't Make Love Like We Used To" and "Stop the Rain." "Stop the Rain" was the band's first Top 40 country hit, peaking at #28 on Billboard Hot Country Singles. "She Doesn't Cry Anymore" carried over to the band's 1989 album The Road Not Taken, being released as a single from it.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

Billboard is an American entertainment media brand owned by the Billboard-Hollywood Reporter Media Group, a division of Eldridge Industries. It publishes pieces involving news, video, opinion, reviews, events, and style, and is also known for its music charts, including the Hot 100 and Billboard 200, tracking the most popular songs and albums in different genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm, and operates several TV shows.

Chart performance

Chart (1987-1988)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 28

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 303.
  2. "Shenandoah Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.