"Life's Little Ups and Downs"' is a song originally recorded by

Charlie Rich Charles Allan Rich (December 14, 1932July 25, 1995) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. His eclectic style of music was often difficult to classify, encompassing the rockabilly, jazz, blues, country music, country, sou ...

. Written by his wife, Margaret Ann Rich, the song appears on his second Epic album, 1969's '' The Fabulous Charlie Rich''. His rendition spent eleven weeks on the country music charts in 1969, peaking at #41.

Critical reception

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magazine praised the song in its own review upon its release, calling it "as good as anything he's ever done" and predicting that the song "could make it on all the charts at once: R&B, Pop, Easy Listening and Country".

Chart performance

Ricky Van Shelton version

In 1990,

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covered the song on his third studio album, ''

RVS III ''RVS III'' is the fourth studio album by American country music artist Ricky Van Shelton. The singles released from the album were "Statue of a Fool" (#2), "I've Cried My Last Tear for You"(#1), "I Meant Every Word He Said" (#2), and "Life's Lit ...

''. Shelton's version of the song was released in October 1990 as the final single from that album. It spent twenty weeks on the country music charts and peaked at #4.

Chart performance

Year-end charts

References

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