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"'''Lady Lay Down'''' is a 1978 single written by Rafe VanHoy and [[Don Cook]] and recorded by [[John Conlee]]. "Lady Lay Down" would be John Conlee's second country hit and his first of seven number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks within the top 40<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=87}}</ref>.
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| cover =
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| type = single
| artist = [[John Conlee]]
| album = [[Rose Colored Glasses (album)|Rose Colored Glasses]]
| B-side = Something Special
| released = October 1978
| format =
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Country music|Country]]
| length = 3:05
| label = [[ABC Records|ABC]]
| writer = [[Don Cook]]<br />Rafe Van Hoy
| producer = Bud Logan
| prev_title = [[Rose Colored Glasses (John Conlee song)|Rose Colored Glasses]]
| prev_year = 1978
| next_title = [[Backside of Thirty]]
| next_year = 1979
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"'''Lady Lay Down'''' is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy and [[Don Cook]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[John Conlee]]. It was released in October 1978 as the second single from the album ''[[Rose Colored Glasses (album)|Rose Colored Glasses]]''. The song was Conlee's second country hit and his first of seven number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week.<ref name="whitburn">{{cite book|last=Whitburn|first=Joel|title=Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008|publisher=Record Research, Inc|date=2008|page=102|isbn=978-0-89820-177-2}}</ref>

==Chart performance==
===John Conlee===
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!align="left"|Chart (1978–1979)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=John Conlee}}
|-
|align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks
|align="center"|2
|}

===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1979)
!Position
|-
|US Hot Country Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 31, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|}

===Tom Jones===
In 1981, [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] released a single with the song, that is also featured on his album ''Darlin'''. Jones' cover of the song charted at number 26 on the same chart.<ref>Whitburn, pp. 216-217</ref>
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1981)
!align="center"|Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|26|artist=Tom Jones}}
|}


==References==
==References==
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| before = "[[Tulsa Time]]" by [[Don Williams]]
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| title = ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs|Hot Country Singles]] number-one single
| years = January 13, 1979
| after = "[[I Really Got the Feeling]]" by [[Dolly Parton]]
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[[Category:1978 singles]]
[[Category:1978 singles]]
[[Category:Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles]]
[[Category:1981 singles]]
[[Category:1978 songs]]
[[Category:John Conlee songs]]
[[Category:John Conlee songs]]
[[Category:Tom Jones (singer) songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Don Cook]]
[[Category:ABC Records singles]]
[[Category:Mercury Records singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rafe Van Hoy]]



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Latest revision as of 09:19, 2 July 2023

"Lady Lay Down"
Single by John Conlee
from the album Rose Colored Glasses
B-side"Something Special"
ReleasedOctober 1978
GenreCountry
Length3:05
LabelABC
Songwriter(s)Don Cook
Rafe Van Hoy
Producer(s)Bud Logan
John Conlee singles chronology
"Rose Colored Glasses"
(1978) 		"Lady Lay Down"
(1978) 		"Backside of Thirty"
(1979)

"Lady Lay Down' is a song written by Rafe Van Hoy and Don Cook, and recorded by American country music artist John Conlee. It was released in October 1978 as the second single from the album Rose Colored Glasses. The song was Conlee's second country hit and his first of seven number ones on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for one week.[1]

Chart performance

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John Conlee

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Chart (1978–1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 17

Tom Jones

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In 1981, Tom Jones released a single with the song, that is also featured on his album Darlin'. Jones' cover of the song charted at number 26 on the same chart.[4]

Chart (1981) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 26

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 102. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. ^ "John Conlee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
  4. ^ Whitburn, pp. 216-217
  5. ^ "Tom Jones Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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