The Morning After Baby Let Me Down

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"The Morning After Baby Let Me Down"
Single by Ray Griff
from the album Ray Griff Sings!
B-side "I'll Love You Enough for Both of Us"
Released1971
Genre Country
Label Dot
Songwriter(s) Ray Griff
Ray Griff singles chronology
"Wait a Little Longer"
(1971)
"The Morning After Baby Let Me Down"
(1971)
"It Rains Just the Same in Missouri"
(1972)
"The Morning After Baby Let Me Down"
Single by Carroll Baker
from the album Sweet Sensation
Released1977
Genre Country
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Ray Griff
Carroll Baker singles chronology
"It's Late (And I Have to Go)"
(1977)
"The Morning After Baby Let Me Down"
(1977)
"I Might as Well Believe (I'll Live Forever)"
(1977)

"The Morning After Baby Let Me Down" is a song written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Ray Griff. Released in 1971, the song reached the top 20 on both the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada and the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in the United States. In 1977, Canadian country singer Carroll Baker covered the song and released it as the third single from her album Sweet Sensation. The song reached number one on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada in November 1977. [1]

Contents

Chart performance

Ray Griff

Chart (1971–1972)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks12
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles14

Carroll Baker

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles79

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References

  1. "RPM Country Tracks for November 5, 1977". RPM . Retrieved 16 March 2011.