My Son (song)

"My Son"
Single by Jan Howard
from the album Jan Howard
B-side "The Tip of My Fingers"
Released November 1968
Genre Country
Label Decca
Songwriter(s) Jan Howard
Producer(s) Owen Bradley
Jan Howard singles chronology
"I Still Believe in Love"
(1968)		 "My Son"
(1968)		 "When We Tried"
(1969)

"I Still Believe in Love"
(1968)		 "My Son"
(1968)		 "When We Tried"
(1969)

"My Son" is a single by American country music artist Jan Howard. Released in November 1968, the song reached #15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The single was later released on Howard's 1969 self-titled album. The song was also written by Howard.[1] The song additionally peaked at #28 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart, her first single to chart in Canada.[2]

"My Son" was originally a letter Howard wrote to her son when he was a soldier during the Vietnam War. Three weeks after the single was issued, her son was killed in battle.[3]

Chart performance

Chart (1968) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 15
CAN RPM Country Tracks 28

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  2. ↑ "Search results for "Jan Howard" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
  3. ↑ Coyne, Kevin J. "100 Greatest Women of Country Music -- Jan Howard (#58)". Country Universe. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
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