Morning Side of the Mountain | |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Tommy Edwards |
A-Side: | "Please Mr. Sun" (1959 release) |
Released: | 1951; February 1959 |
Genre: | Pop |
Label: | MGM |
Morning Side of the Mountain | |
Cover: | Morning_Side_of_the_Mountain_-_Donny_&_Marie_Osmond.jpg |
Type: | single |
Artist: | Donny & Marie Osmond |
B-Side: | One of These Days |
Released: | November |
Label: | MGM/Kolob |
Producer: | Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd |
Prev Title: | I'm Leaving It Up to You |
Prev Year: | 1974 |
Next Title: | Make The World Go Away |
Next Year: | 1975 |
"Morning Side of the Mountain" is a song written by Larry Stock and Dick Manning and first recorded in 1951 by Tommy Edwards. It settled at #24 on the pop chart. Edwards re-recorded it in 1959, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The re-release was featured as the B-side of Edwards' other hit, a cover of Johnnie Ray's 1952 success, "Please Mr. Sun."
Late in 1974, Donny & Marie Osmond released a version which scored #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] The song charted equally well in Canada and the UK.
Chart (1974–1975) | Peak position | |
---|---|---|
Australia (Kent Music Report) | 34 | |
Canada RPM Top Singles | 8 | |
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] | 1 | |
UK[4] | 5 | |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 8 | |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 1 | |
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] | 6 |
Chart (1975) | Rank |
---|---|
Canada RPM Top Singles [6] | 81 |
UK | 76 |
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] | 73 |
U.S. Cash Box [8] | 90 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[9] | 22 |