Morning Side of the Mountain

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"Morning Side of the Mountain"
Single by Tommy Edwards
A-side "Please Mr. Sun" (1959 release)
Released1951; February 1959
Genre Pop
Label MGM
Songwriter(s) Larry Stock
Dick Manning
"Morning Side of the Mountain"
Morning Side of the Mountain - Donny & Marie Osmond.jpg
Single by Donny & Marie Osmond
B-side "One of These Days"
ReleasedNovember 1974 (1974)
Genre
Label MGM/Kolob
Songwriter(s) Larry Stock
Dick Manning
Producer(s) Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd
Donny & Marie Osmond singles chronology
"I'm Leaving It Up to You"
(1974)
"Morning Side of the Mountain"
(1974)
"Make The World Go Away"
(1975)

"Morning Side of the Mountain" is a song written by Larry Stock and Dick Manning and first recorded in 1951 by Tommy Edwards. It settled at #24 on the pop chart. Edwards re-recorded it in 1959, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100. [1] The re-release was featured as the B-side of Edwards' other hit, a cover of Johnnie Ray's 1952 success, "Please Mr. Sun."

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Donny & Marie Osmond cover

Late in 1974, Donny & Marie Osmond released a version which scored #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart. [2] The song charted equally well in Canada and the UK.

Chart performance

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