Get While the Gettin's Good (song) explained

Get While the Gettin's Good
Type:single
Artist:Bill Anderson
Album:Get While the Gettin's Good
B-Side:"Something to Believe In"
Recorded:November 28, 1966
Studio:Bradley Studio
Label:Decca
Producer:Owen Bradley
Prev Title:I Get the Fever
Prev Year:1966
Next Title:No One's Gonna Hurt You Anymore
Next Year:1967

"Get While the Gettin's Good" is a song written and first recorded by American country singer-songwriter Bill Anderson. It was released as a single in 1967 via Decca Records and became a major hit.

Background and release

"Get While the Gettin's Good" was recorded on November 28, 1966, at the Bradley Studio, located in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions were produced by Owen Bradley, who would serve as Anderson's producer through most of years with Decca Records. The song's B-side, "Something to Believe In," was also recorded at the same session.[1]

"Get While the Gettin's Good" was released as a single by Decca Records in January 1967.[2] The song spent 19 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number five in March 1967. "I Love You Drops" was Anderson's twelfth single to reach the top ten in his career.[3] It was later released on his 1967 studio album, also called Get While the Gettin's Good.[1]

Track listings

7" vinyl single[4]

Notes and References

  1. Anderson . Bill . I Love You Drops (Album Information and Liner Notes) . . August 1966.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc.. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. "Get While the Gettin's Good" chart history . . 23 July 2020.
  4. Web site: Bill Anderson -- "Get While the Gettin's Good" (1967, Vinyl) . . 22 July 2020.