"Blessed Are the Believers" is a song written by
Charlie Black,
Rory Bourke
Rory Michael Bourke (born July 14, 1942 in Cleveland, Ohio is an American country music songwriter and music publisher.
Bourke moved to Nashville in 1964 and worked for a period in the promotional department of Mercury Records.
His songwrit ...
and Sandy Pinkard (of
Pinkard & Bowden), and recorded by Canadian
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Anne Murray
Morna Anne Murray (born June 20, 1945) is a retired Canadian singer. Her albums, consisting primarily of pop, country, and adult contemporary music, have sold over 55 million copies worldwide during her over 40-year career.
Murray was the fir ...
. It was released in March 1981 as the first single from Murray's
Gold-certified ''
Where Do You Go When You Dream
''Where Do You Go When You Dream'' is the sixteenth studio album by Canadian country pop artist Anne Murray, released in 1981 via Capitol Records. It reached #4 on the U.S. country album charts, and #55 on the pop album charts. In her native Cana ...
'' album.
The single was Murray's sixth number one on the Country chart, where it spent one week at number one and a total of twelve weeks on the country chart. On the pop singles chart, it was her final
Top 40
In the music industry, the Top 40 is the current, 40 most-popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "Top 40" or " con ...
single to date, peaking at number thirty-four.
Charts
References
1981 singles
1981 songs
Anne Murray songs
Songs written by Rory Bourke
Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman
Capitol Records singles
Songs written by Charlie Black
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