That's My Pa

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"That's My Pa"
Single by Sheb Wooley
from the album That's My Pa and That's My Ma
B-side "Meet Mr. Lonely"
ReleasedDecember 1961
Genre Country
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Sheb Wooley
Producer(s) Jesse Kaye
Jim Vienneau
Sheb Wooley singles chronology
"Sweet Chile"
(1959)
"That's My Pa"
(1961)
"Don't Go Near the Eskimos"
(1962)

"That's My Pa" is a 1962 single by Sheb Wooley. "That's My Pa" would be Sheb Wooley's first single to hit the country chart, and was also his most successful release hitting the number one spot for one week and staying on the charts for seventeen weeks. [1]

Chart performance

Chart (1961–1962)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [2] 51
Canada CHUM Chart [3] 11
(for 3 weeks)

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 396.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 927.
  3. "CHUM Hit Parade - January 22, 1962".