You'll Lose A Good Thing

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“You'll Lose a Good Thing”
Single by Freddy Fender
from the album Rock 'N' Country
Released January 1976
Format 7"
Recorded 1975
Genre country
Length 2:53
Label ABC-Dot Records
Writer(s) Huey Meaux and Barabra Lynn Ozen
Producer Huey Meaux
Freddy Fender singles chronology
"Secret Love"
(1975)
"You'll Lose A Good Thing"
(1976)
"Vaya con Dios"
(1976)

"You'll Lose a Good Thing" is an American song initially written by rhythm and blues artist Barbara Lynn Ozen, and made famous in the 1970s by country music-Tejano singer Freddy Fender.

Ozen — then performing as Barbara Lynn — recorded a bluesy rendition of the song in 1962[1], and Fender retained those bluesy, soulful elements when he recorded a country version of the song in 1975. In April 1976, the song became his fourth No. 1 song on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart.

[edit] Succession

Preceded by
"Till the Rivers All Run Dry"
by Don Williams
Billboard Hot Country singles number one single
April 3, 1976
Succeeded by
"Till I Can Make it On My Own"
by Tammy Wynette

[edit] References

[edit] See also

  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs 1944-2005 - 6th Edition." 2006.
  • Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Singles: 1955-2006," 2007.