Don't Let the Good Times Fool You (song)
| "Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Melba Montgomery | ||||
| from the album Don't Let the Good Times Fool You | ||||
| B-side | "It Sure Get's Lonely"[1] | |||
| Released | January 1975 | |||
| Format | 7" single | |||
| Recorded |
May 1974 Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
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| Producer(s) | Pete Drake | |||
| Melba Montgomery singles chronology | ||||
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"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" is a song written by Ronald Hellard and Gary S. Paxton. It was recorded and released as a single by American country artist Melba Montgomery in 1975.
"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was recorded at "Pete's Place", a recording studio located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in May 1974. The session included The Nashville A-Team of musicians, such as Harold Bradley and Buddy Harman. The session was produced by Pete Drake.[1]
"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was released as a single via Elektra Records in January 1975. The song reached number fifteen on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart[2] and number fourteen on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart.[3] The song became Montgomery's second major hit as a solo artist and her seventh top-twenty hit on the country songs chart. The song was issued onto Montgomery's 1975 album of the same name, also on Elektra Records.[2]
Chart performance
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Country Songs (RPM)[3] | 14 |
| US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)[2] | 15 |
References
- 1 2 3 "Melba Montgomery Discography". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- 1 2 3 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
- 1 2 "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 17 December 2014.