A Song in the Night (song)

"A Song in the Night"
"A Song in the Night"
Single by Johnny Duncan
from the album Come a Little Bit Closer
B-side	"Use My Love"
Released	June 1977
Recorded	1977
Genre	Country
Length	2 : 41
Label	Columbia 10554
Songwriter(s)	Bobby Springfield
Producer(s)	Billy Sherrill
Johnny Duncan singles chronology

" A Song in the Night " is a country music song written by Bobby Lee Springfield, recorded by Johnny Duncan . It was the first of two singles from his 1977 LP, Come a Little Bit Closer . Harmony vocals during the last minute of the song were provided by Janie Fricke .

Initially promoted as "his best record yet," the song went to No. 5 on both Billboard American and Canadian Hot Country Singles charts. ^[2] It became his fourth of a string of seven Top Five hits.

Duncan's only song to cross over to the Pop charts, "A Song in the Night" also reached #105 in the U.S. ^[3]

Charts [ edit ]

Weekly charts [ edit ]

Chart (1977)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) ^[4]	5
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ^[5]	105
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	5

Year-end charts [ edit ]

Chart (1977)	Position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) ^[6]	30

References [ edit ]

^ Music VF - Songs written by Bobby Lee Springfield
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition . Record Research. p. 112.
^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
^ "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)" . Billboard .
^ Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004
^ "Hot Country Songs ? Year-End 1977" . Billboard . Retrieved July 21, 2021 .

External links [ edit ]

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[1] Music VF - Songs written by Bobby Lee Springfield

[2] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition . Record Research. p. 112.

[3] Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Johnny_Duncan-4] "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)" . Billboard .

[5] Joel Whitburn's Bubbling Under the Billboard Hot 100 1959-2004

[6] "Hot Country Songs ? Year-End 1977" . Billboard . Retrieved July 21, 2021 .

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v t e Johnny Duncan
Albums	Nice 'n' Easy (with Janie Fricke ) (1980)
Songs	" Here We Go Again " " Thinkin' of a Rendezvous " " It Couldn't Have Been Any Better " " A Song in the Night " " Come a Little Bit Closer " (with Janie Fricke ) " She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime) " " Slow Dancing " " He's Out of My Life " (with Janie Fricke)