Morning Side of the Mountain explained

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."

Donny & Marie Osmond cover

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.

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–1975)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)34
Canada RPM Top Singles8
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 1
UK[4] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 1008
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[5] 6

Year-end charts

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition . Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 202.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 187.
  3. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 1975-02-08 . 2018-04-15.
  4. Web site: morning side of the mountain | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company. Officialcharts.com. 3 May 2021.
  5. Web site: Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 25, 1975. Tropicalglen.com. 3 May 2021.
  6. Web site: Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada. collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  7. Web site: Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975. Musicoutfitters.com. 3 May 2021.
  8. Web site: Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1975 . April 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161022180746/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1975YESP.html . October 22, 2016 . dead .
  9. Web site: Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1975 (+2) - 45cat. 45cat.com. 3 May 2021.