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"The Door is Always Open"
Single by Dave & Sugar
from the album Dave & Sugar
B-side"Late Nite Country Lovin' Music"[1]
ReleasedApril 1976
GenreCountry
Length2:41
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Dickey Lee and Bob McDill
Producer(s)Jerry Bradley and Dave Rowland
Dave & Sugar singles chronology
"The Queen of the Silver Dollar"
(1975)
"The Door is Always Open"
(1976)
"I'm Gonna Love You"
(1976)

"The Door is Always Open" is a country song written by Dickey Lee and Bob McDill. First recorded by Tennessee Pulleybone for JMI Records, it went to number 75 on the Hot Country Songs chart in 1973.[2] A version by Lois Johnson, also in 1975, went to number 70 on the country music chart.[3]

It was the Dave & Sugar version, released in 1976, that was released to radio and became known to audiences. That July, the song was the group's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1]

Chart performance

Tennessee Pulleybone

Chart (1973) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 75

Lois Johnson

Chart (1975) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] 70

Dave & Sugar

Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Other versions

References

  1. ^ a b Whitburn, p. 115
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 416. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. ^ Whitburn, pp. 211-212
  4. ^ "Tennessee Pulleybone Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Lois Johnson Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ^ "Dave & Sugar Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.