Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)

"Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)"
Single by David Lynn Jones
from the album Hard Times on Easy Street
B-side "Valley of a Thousand Years"
Released August 1987
Format 7" single
Genre Country
Length 3:16
Label Mercury
Writer(s) David Lynn Jones
Producer(s) Richie Albright, David Lynn Jones, Mick Ronson
David Lynn Jones singles chronology
"Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)"
(1987)		 "High Ridin' Heroes"
(1988)

"Bonnie Jean (Little Sister)" is the debut single written and recorded by American country music artist David Lynn Jones. It was released in August 1987 as the first single from the album Hard Times on Easy Street. The song is loosely based on a true story about David Lynn Jones younger sister who married a truck driver from Arkansas. The truck driver allegedly left her in the night. The song reached #10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1987) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 9

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 179.