"Sweeter and Sweeter" is a song written by Don Reid and Harold Reid, and 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, ...
group
The Statler Brothers
The Statler Brothers (sometimes simply referred to as The Statlers) were an American country music, gospel, and vocal group. The quartet was formed in 1955 performing locally, and from 1964 to 1972, they sang as opening act and backup singers fo ...
. It was released in November 1985 as the third single from their album ''
Pardners in Rhyme
''Pardners in Rhyme'' is the twenty-sixth studio album by American country music group the Statler Brothers. It was released in 1985 via Mercury Records. The album peaked at number 1 on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums
Top Country Albums is ...
''. The song peaked at number 8 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Hot Country Singles
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by ''Billboard'' magazine in the United States.
This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data from Nielsen BDS along with digital sal ...
chart.
Chart performance
References
1985 singles
1985 songs
The Statler Brothers songs
Mercury Records singles
Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy
Songs written by Don Reid (singer)
Songs written by Harold Reid
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