"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" is a song composed by

Jerry Gillespie Jerry Wayne Gillespie (born Decatur, Alabama) is an American country songwriter. He co-wrote " Do You Love as Good as You Look", a #1 song in 1981 for The Bellamy Brothers and wrote " Heaven's Just a Sin Away", a #1 country hit in 1977 for The K ...

, which was recorded in 1977 by

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. Released in 1977, the song went to No. 1 on the '' Billboard'' Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It was the duo's first top-40 entry on that chart, and the second single from the album ''Heaven's Just a Sin Away'', released on

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. It also reached No. 69 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The song won the Kendalls a

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and Single of the Year win from the Country Music Association.

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recorded the song on her 1993 album ''Kelly Willis'' for

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. Her version, the second and final single from that album, reached No. 63 on the country singles charts that year. In 2009, former Creedence Clearwater Revival vocalist/guitarist John Fogerty recorded the song for his ''

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'' album.

Chart performance

The Kendalls

Kelly Willis

References

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