"Singing My Song" is a song recorded by American

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

Tammy Wynette Tammy Wynette (born Virginia Wynette Pugh; May 5, 1942 – April 6, 1998) was an American country music artist, as well as an actress and author. She is considered among the genre's most influential and successful artists. Along with Loretta Ly ...

, who co-wrote the song with

Billy Sherrill Billy Norris Sherrill (November 5, 1936 – August 4, 2015) was an American record producer, songwriter, and arranger best known for his association with country artists, notably Tammy Wynette and George Jones. Sherrill and business partner Gle ...

and

Glenn Sutton Royce Glenn Sutton (September 28, 1937 – April 17, 2007) was an American country music songwriter, record producer, and one of the architects of the ''countrypolitan'' sound. Biography Sutton wrote or co-wrote many of Tammy Wynette's early h ...

. It was released in March 1969 as the first single from her compilation album ''

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''. The song was Wynette's fifth number one on the country charts as a solo artist. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the charts.

Chart performance

Cover versions

* In 1970,

Vikki Carr Florencia Vicenta de Casillas-Martínez Cardona (born July 19, 1940), known by her stage name Vikki Carr, is an American vocalist. She has a singing career that spans more than four decades. Born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican parents, she has pe ...

peaked at number thirty on the

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chart with her recording of the song.

References

1969 singles Tammy Wynette songs Songs written by Billy Sherrill Songs written by Glenn Sutton Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill Vikki Carr songs Epic Records singles Tammy Wynette albums 1969 songs {{1960s-country-song-stub