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"Rainy Day People" is a song written and recorded by
Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
, released on his 1975 album, '' Cold on the Shoulder'', and also as a single. "Rainy Day People" went to number 26 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. It was Lightfoot's last of four songs to reach number one on the
Easy Listening Easy listening (including mood music) is a popular music genre and radio format that was most popular during the 1950s to the 1970s. It is related to middle of the road (MOR) music and encompasses instrumental recordings of standards, hit s ...
chart, spending one week at number one in May 1975.


Personnel

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Gordon Lightfoot Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr. (November 17, 1938 – May 1, 2023) was a Canadian singer-songwriter who achieved worldwide success and helped define the singer-songwriter era of the 1970s. Widely considered one of Canada's greatest songwriters, ...
– vocal, acoustic guitar * Terry Clements – acoustic guitar *
Red Shea Patrick Henry "Red" Shea (November 29, 1898 – November 17, 1981) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played in with the Philadelphia Athletics, and and with the New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American foot ...
– acoustic guitar *Rick Haynes – bass *Pee Wee Charles – pedal steel guitar *Nick DeCaro – piano, string arrangement * Jim Gordon – drums


Chart performance


See also

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List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.) In 1975, ''Billboard (magazine), Billboard'' magazine published a record chart, chart ranking the top-performing songs in the United States in the easy listening market. The chart, which in 1975 was entitled Easy Listening, has undergone vario ...


References

Gordon Lightfoot songs 1975 singles Songs written by Gordon Lightfoot Reprise Records singles 1975 songs Song recordings produced by Lenny Waronker {{1970s-single-stub