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Don't Let the Good Times Fool You (song)

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"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"
Song
B-side"It Sure Get's Lonely"[1]

"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. ^ a b c "Melba Montgomery Discography". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. Retrieved 20 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |website= (help)
  2. ^ a b c Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ a b "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Country Singles". RPM. Retrieved 17 December 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)