I Overlooked an Orchid

"I Overlooked an Orchid"
Single by Mickey Gilley
from the album Room Full of Roses
B-side "Swinging Doors"
Released June 1974
Genre Country
Label Playboy
Writer(s) Carl Smith
Carl Story
Shirly Lyn
Mickey Gilley singles chronology
"Room Full of Roses"
(1974)		 "I Overlooked an Orchid"
(1974)		 "City Lights"
(1974)

"I Overlooked an Orchid" is a 1974 single written by Carl Smith, Carl Story, and Shirly Lyn and recorded by Mickey Gilley. "I Overlooked an Orchid" would be Mickey Gilley's second country hit and second number one on the country chart. The single would stay at number one for a single week and spend a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 15

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 136. 
Preceded by
"I See the Want To in Your Eyes"
by Conway Twitty		 Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single
November 2, 1974		 Succeeded by
"Love Is Like a Butterfly"
by Dolly Parton