Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone explained

Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone?
Cover:Is_Anybody_Goin'_to_San_Antone?_-_Charley_Pride.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Charley Pride
Album:Charley Pride's 10th Album
B-Side:"Things Are Looking Up" (U.S.)"Wings of a Dove" (Intl.)
Released:February 1970
Studio:RCA Studio B, Nashville
Genre:Countrypolitan[1]
Length:2:13
Label:RCA Victor
Producer:Jack Clement
Prev Title:(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:Wonder Could I Live There Anymore
Next Year:1970

"Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" is a song written by Glenn Martin and Dave Kirby, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in February 1970 as the first single from the album Charley Pride's 10th Album. The song was Pride's third number one in a row on the country charts. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of 16 weeks on the country chart.[2]

Background

Pride's manager, Jack D. Johnson, was given a demonstration tape of this song and rewrote it, changing the chords, lyrics, and arrangement to better fit his client, Charley Pride. Pride recorded and made this rewrite his third number-one hit. Jack did not take songwriter's credit, as he was working for the success of his client. Jack wrote other songs, including "Too Hard To Say I'm Sorry", also sung by Charley Pride, cowritten with Jack Clement.

Chart performance

Chart (1970)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 56
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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Popular culture

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Explore the Sub-Genres and Evolution of Country Music. WNPT. May 14, 2024. Charley Pride's tracks during this time period are a great example of the genre [Countrypolitan]. His song, "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone" opens with smooth up-tempo strings, the verse and chorus of the song are backed by melodic vocals. The lyrics are traditional country..
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944–2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 276.
  3. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 239.
  4. http://www.sr.se/Diverse/AppData/Isidor/files/2023/3472.txt Svensktoppen – 1974