We Had All the Good Things Going

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"We Had All the Good Things Going"
Single by Jan Howard
from the album Rock Me Back to Little Rock
B-side "I'll Go Where You Go"
ReleasedAugust 1969
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Jerry Monday, Mervin Shiner
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Jan Howard singles chronology
"When We Tried"
(1969)
"We Had All the Good Things Going"
(1969)
"Rock Me Back to Little Rock"
(1970)

"We Had All the Good Things Going" is a single by American country music artist Jan Howard. Released in August 1969, the song reached #20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The single was later included on Howard's 1970 album, Rock Me Back to Little Rock. The song was written by Jerry Monday and Mervin Shiner. [1]

Jan Howard American musician, actress

Lula Grace Johnson, known professionally as Jan Howard, is an American country music singer and Grand Ole Opry star. She attained popular success as a country female vocalist during the 1960s and early 1970s and was twice nominated for the Best Female Country Vocal Performance Grammy award. Many of her hits were written by her husband at the time, Harlan Howard.

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Hot Country Songs Weekly chart published by Billboard

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Dolly Parton also covered the song, including her version on her 1969 My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy album. [2]

Dolly Parton American singer-songwriter and actress

Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and philanthropist, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album debut in 1967 with Hello, I'm Dolly. With steady success during the remainder of the 1960s, her sales and chart peak came during the 1970s and continued into the 1980s. Parton's albums in the 1990s sold less well, but she achieved commercial success again in the new millennium and has released albums on various independent labels since 2000, including her own label, Dolly Records.

<i>My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy</i> 1969 studio album by Dolly Parton

My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy is the fourth solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on September 8, 1969, by RCA Victor.

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles20

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  2. http://wfla.com/2016/11/30/keith-cate-reunites-95-year-old-songwriter-with-dolly-parton/