Life's Little Ups and Downs explained

Life's Little Ups and Downs
Type:single
Artist:Charlie Rich
Album:The Fabulous Charlie Rich
B-Side:It Takes Time
Released:1969
Genre:Country
Length:3:40
Label:Epic #10492
Producer:Billy Sherrill
Prev Title:Raggedy Ann
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:Who Will the Next Fool Be
Next Year:1970

"Life's Little Ups and Downs"' is a song originally recorded by Charlie Rich. Written by his wife, Margaret Ann Rich, the song appears on his second Epic album, 1969's The Fabulous Charlie Rich.[1] His rendition spent eleven weeks on the country music charts in 1969, peaking at #41.[2]

Critical reception

Rolling Stone magazine praised the song in its own review upon its release, calling it "as good as anything he's ever done" and predicting that the song "could make it on all the charts at once: R&B, Pop, Easy Listening and Country".[3]

Ricky Van Shelton version

Life's Little Ups and Downs
Type:single
Artist:Ricky Van Shelton
Album:RVS III
B-Side:"Love Is Burnin'"[4]
Released:October 1990
Genre:Country
Length:3:37
Label:Columbia Nashville #73587
Producer:Steve Buckingham
Prev Title:I Meant Every Word He Said
Prev Year:1990
Next Title:Rockin' Years
Next Year:1991

In 1990, Ricky Van Shelton covered the song on his third studio album, RVS III.[5] Shelton's version of the song was released in October 1990 as the final single from that album. It spent twenty weeks on the country music charts and peaked at #4.[4]

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r209544|pure_url=yes}} ''The Fabulous Charlie Rich'' review ]. Erlewine . Stephen Thomas . . 27 August 2010.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 2008. 349–350. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. Marcus . Greil . 13 December 1969 . Records . . 48 . 47 . San Francisco . Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. .
  4. Whitburn, p. 377
  5. Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r94024|pure_url=yes}} ''RVS III'' review ]. Humphrey . Mark A. . Allmusic . 27 August 2010.
  6. Best of 1991: Country Songs . . . 1991. August 16, 2013.