"Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" is a song written by

Larry Gatlin Larry Wayne Gatlin (born May 2, 1948) is an American country and Southern gospel singer and songwriter. As part of a trio with his younger brothers Steve and Rudy, he achieved considerable success within the country music genre, performing on 3 ...

and recorded by American

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group Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band. It was released in September 1983 as the first single from the album ''Houston to Denver''. The song was their third and last number-one on the country chart. The single went to number one for two weeks and spent a total of 15 weeks on the country chart.

Recording

According to the album liner notes, this song was recorded before the rest of the album and was the only song on the album to be produced by and feature guitar from Larry Gatlin. The remainder of the album was produced by Rick Hall.

Personnel

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– lead vocals, guitar, producer * Steve Gatlin – harmony and backing vocals * Rudy Gatlin – harmony and backing vocals ;Additional musicians and production staff * Billy Sanford – lead guitar * Leon Rhodes – lead guitar * Buddy Emmons –

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– bass * Mitch Humphries – keyboard *

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– drums * Buddy Spicher –

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* Ernie Winfrey – engineer

Chart performance

References

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