As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone
| "As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" | ||||
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| Single by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn | ||||
| from the album Country Partners | ||||
| Released | 1974 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Writer(s) | Conway Twitty | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn singles chronology | ||||
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"As Soon as I Hang Up the Phone" is a song written by American country artist Conway Twitty, and recorded by Twitty and Loretta Lynn as a duet. It was released in 1974 as the first single from the album Country Partners. It was the fourth number one on the U.S. country singles chart for the pair as a duo. The single went to number one for a single week and spent 11 weeks on the chart.[1]
Content
The song - depicting a man trying to resurrect a crumbling relationship, but who knows things have ended - is a rare spoken word/sung duet. Lynn provides the sung vocals while Twitty performs the spoken part. The song was actually recorded with Twitty in another room on the telephone to Lynn in the recording booth.
Chart performance
| Chart (1974) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 361.
External links
| Preceded by "Rub It In" by Billy "Crash" Craddock |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single August 17, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Old Man from the Mountain" by Merle Haggard |
| Preceded by "Marie Laveau" by Bobby Bare |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single August 10, 1974 |
Succeeded by "Rub It In" by Billy "Crash" Craddock |
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