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. The song was a hit on three different music charts: it peaked at number two for one week on the country charts, went to number one for one week on the

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chart, and peaked at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.

Chart performance

Other notable recordings

*1969:

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– album: ''Little Johnny From Down the Street'' *1969:

Wanda Jackson Wanda LaVonne Jackson (born October 20, 1937) is an American retired singer and songwriter. Since the 1950s, she has recorded and released music in the genres of Rock music, rock, Country music, country and Gospel music, gospel. She was among th ...

– album: ''Country'' *1970:

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– album: ''Lord is That Me'' *1970:

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– album: ''Beautiful Second Hand Man'' *1970:

Lynn Anderson Lynn René Anderson (September 26, 1947 – July 30, 2015) was an American country singer and television personality. Her crossover signature recording, " Rose Garden", was a number one hit internationally. She also charted five number one ...

– album: ''I'm Alright'' *1971:

Kitty Wells Ellen Muriel Deason (August 30, 1919 – July 16, 2012), known professionally as Kitty Wells, was an American pioneering female country music singer. She broke down a barrier for women in country music with her 1952 hit recording " It Wasn't God ...

– album: ''Pledging My Love'' *1971:

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– album: "Talk About the Good Times" *1972:

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(葉麗儀) – album: ''Frances Yip Golden Hits'' *1978: Mary McKee & The Genesis - album: ''A Greater Love'' *1996:

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– album: ''Give A Little Back'' *2006:

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& the Rocky Top X-Press – album: ''Try a Little Kindness''

References

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