"The Yellow Rose" is a song co-written and recorded by American

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singers Johnny Lee and

Lane Brody Lynn Voorlas (born September 24, 1955), known professionally as Lane Brody, is an American country music singer-songwriter, active since the early 1980s, best known for her 1984 Billboard-topping country hit "The Yellow Rose" (a duet with count ...

, set to the tune of the

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" The Yellow Rose of Texas." It was recorded as the

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to the

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television series of the same name starring

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, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album ''‘Til the Bars Burn Down''. Released as a

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in early 1984, "The Yellow Rose" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One country hit and Lee his fourth.

Content

"The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American

" The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder.

In popular culture

The song was used for the

to the

television series ''

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'', starring

. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial

version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's "Say When" on the

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. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to This," in 1986, although it was never included on an album.

Chart performance

"The Yellow Rose" made its chart debut on the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles (now

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) charts dated for the week of February 4, 1984. The song spent twenty-two weeks on the charts, reaching Number One on the chart dated or April 21 and holding that position for one week. It gave Lee the fourth of five Number One hits in his career, and Brody her only Number One. It was also a Number One hit on the Canadian ''

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'' Country Tracks charts, peaking on the week of May 5, 1984.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

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