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"I'm the Singer, You're the Song" is a song originally recorded by American country artist, Tanya Tucker. It was composed by Tucker herself, along with Jerry Goldstein. It was released as a single by MCA Records in March 1979. It became a top 20 single on the American country songs chart and a top ten single on the Canadian country songs chart. It was the second single spawned from Tucker's MCA album, TNT.
"Love Knows We Tried" is a song originally recorded by American country artist, Tanya Tucker. It was composed by Rory Bourke, Kerry Chater and Jan Crutchfield. The song was first included on Tucker's 1980 studio album, Dreamlovers. In April 1981, it was spawned as the third and final single from the album and reached the top forty of the North American country music charts.
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- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 357.
- ↑ "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ↑ "Tanya Tucker Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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