Atta Way to Go explained

Atta Way To Go
Type:single
Artist:Don Williams
Album:Don Williams Volume Two
B-Side:I Recall a Gypsy Woman
Released:November 17, 1973
Recorded:1973
Studio:Jack Clements Studio, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Country
Length:2:46
Label:JMI
Producer:Allen Reynolds
Prev Title:Come Early Morning
Prev Year:1973
Next Title:We Should Be Together
Next Year:1974

"Atta Way To Go" is a song written and recorded by American country music singer Don Williams. It was in November 1973 as the first single from the album Don Williams Volume Two.[1] [2] [3] The single would reach number thirteen on the Billboard hot country chart.[4] The track was produced by Allen Reynolds, who also produced Williams' previous top 20 chart hits.

A song from Don Williams Volume One called "I Recall A Gypsy Woman" written by Williams, along with Allen Reynolds and Bob McDill, was the b-side for the single.

Many of Williams' best known songs would be written by other composers (including Bob McDill, Allen Reynolds and Al Turney) and this single release was notable in that it was one of the few of Williams' self-penned tunes to be a charting single.[5]

"Atta Way to Go" is considered one of the early hits that helped establish the Don Williams sound that made him a success throughout the 1970s.

References

  1. Betts. Stephen. September 1, 2015. Country Icon Don Williams to Headline Fall Tour. Rolling Stone.
  2. Book: Erlewine, Michael. All Music Guide To Country: The Experts' Guide to the Best Recordings in Country Music. Hal Leonard Corporation. 1997. 9780879304751. 509.
  3. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of 70s Music. Virgin. 2002. 9781852279479. 490.
  4. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2. 420.
  5. Web site: Country Music Hall of Fame Member Don Williams Dead at Age 78. https://web.archive.org/web/20170909061555/http://www.cmt.com/news/1786330/country-music-hall-of-fame-member-don-williams-dead-at-age-78/. dead. September 9, 2017. Morris. Edward. September 8, 2017. CMT. November 24, 2019.