L.A. International Airport

This article is about a hit song. For the actual airport of Los Angeles (LAX), see Los Angeles International Airport.
"L.A. International Airport"
Single by Susan Raye
from the album Willy Jones
B-side "Merry-Go-Round of Love" (U.S.)
"Willy Jones" (Germany)
"Something to Forgive Him For"
Released April 1971
Format 7"
Recorded 1971
Genre Country/Pop
Label Capitol
Writer(s) Leanne Scott
Susan Raye singles chronology
"Willy Jones"
(1970)		 "L.A. International Airport"
(1971)		 "Pitty, Pitty, Patter"
(1971)

"L.A. International Airport" is a song written by Leanne Scott that became an international pop hit for American country singer Susan Raye in 1971.

The song was first recorded by David Frizzell in 1970. It reached #67 on the Billboard Country Singles chart.

Susan Raye recorded her version of the song in 1971, which became a huge hit. It reached #9 on the Billboard Country Singles chart and reached #54 on the Hot 100 singles chart. The song enjoyed much greater success outside of America and was a major pop hit in many countries, including New Zealand where it hit number one List of number-one singles in 1971 (New Zealand) and Australia where it peaked at number two and ranked in the top five hits of the year.

The song was rerecorded with updated lyrics in 2003 by Shirley Myers for the 75th Anniversary of LAX. Susan Raye, who has been retired from the music industry since 1986, made a rare public appearance to sing her classic hit at a concert at the celebration and to be on hand when a proclamation was issued to make the song the official song of LAX.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1971) Peak
position
Australia [1] 2
Canadian RPM Top Singles [2] 83
Canadian Country 26
New Zealand 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 54
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 92
U.S. Billboard Country Singles 9

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Position
Australia [3] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 335

References

  1. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  2. ↑ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.5192&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.5192.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.5192
  3. ↑ http://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=35092
  4. ↑ http://www.bullfrogspond.com/whitburn/1971wye.htm

External links

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