They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy (song)

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"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy"
Single by Loretta Lynn
from the album They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy
B-side "Nothin'"
ReleasedApril 1974
Recorded25 April 1972
Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, U.S.
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Jerry Chesnut
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn singles chronology
"Hey Loretta"
(1973)
"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy"
(1974)
"Trouble in Paradise"
(1974)

"They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy" is a single by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. Released in April 1974, it was the first single from her album They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy . The song peaked at number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

  1. "Loretta Lynn singles". Allmusic . Retrieved 18 March 2011.
  2. "RPM Country Singles for July 27, 1974". RPM . Retrieved 18 March 2011.