"One Hell of a Woman" is a 1974 song (see
1974 in music
List of notable events in music that took place in the year 1974.
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Specific locations
* 1974 in British music
* 1974 in Norwegian music
Specific genres
* 1974 in country music
* 1974 in heavy metal music
* 1974 in jazz
Events
Janua ...
) by the American singer-songwriter
Mac Davis
Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, ...
. The song was written by Davis and
Mark James.
Released as a single from his album ''
Stop and Smell the Roses'', the song became Davis' second Top 20 hit on the
U.S. pop chart, where it peaked at No. 11 in the fall of 1974.
[''Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990'' – ] The song remained in the
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 ...
for ten weeks. It spent a total of 28 weeks on the national charts, 10 weeks longer than did his number-one hit, "
Baby, Don't Get Hooked on Me
"Baby Don't Get Hooked on Me" is a hit song by country and pop singer-songwriter Mac Davis. From his breakthrough album of the same name, the song reached No.1 on both the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and Easy Listening charts in September 1972, spendi ...
." Unusually for Davis, the song did not chart on the American
country charts. The song ended up charting in the top ten for 1974 in spite of missing the top ten on the weekly survey.
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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1974 singles
Mac Davis songs
Songs written by Mac Davis
Songs written by Mark James (songwriter)
1974 songs
Columbia Records singles