| (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time | |
| Cover: | (I'd_Be)_A_Legend_in_My_Time_-_Ronnie_Milsap.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ronnie Milsap |
| Album: | A Legend in My Time |
| B-Side: | The Biggest Lie |
| Released: | November 30, 1974 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:55 |
| Label: | RCA Victor |
| Producer: | Tom Collins, Jack D. Johnson |
| Prev Title: | Please Don't Tell Me How the Story Ends |
| Prev Year: | 1974 |
| Next Title: | Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry |
| Next Year: | 1975 |
"(I'd Be) A Legend in My Time" is a song written and recorded by Don Gibson in 1960. It appeared as the B-side of his hit "Far Far Away", from the album Sweet Dreams. Gibson re-recorded the song on the 1972 album Country Green.
The song was recorded by Ronnie Milsap and released in November 1974 as the lead single from his album A Legend in My Time. This was Milsap's sixth country hit and his third number one. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks within the top 40.[1] Milsap's recording altered the song from its original 3/4 time signature to a 4/4 time signature.[2]
Frequently covered, the song is usually titled without the parenthetical lead. Versions have been recorded by
