"Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" is a country music song written by

Bobby Braddock Robert Valentine Braddock (born August 5, 1940) is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during mor ...

and

Sonny Throckmorton James Fron "Sonny" Throckmorton (born April 2, 1941) is an American country music singer and songwriter. Known primarily for his songwriting, Throckmorton has had more than 1,000 of his songs recorded by various country singers. He has also had ...

, and recorded by Johnny Duncan. Featuring harmony vocals, and a solo line at a key point in the song's third verse by session vocalist

Janie Fricke Jane Marie Fricke ( ; born December 19, 1947), known professionally as Janie Fricke, is an American country music singer, songwriter, record producer, and clothing designer. She has placed seventeen Single (music), singles in the top ten of the ...

, "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" was Duncan's first number-one song on the '' Billboard''

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chart in December 1976. A two-week run atop the country chart was part of a 13-week stay in the country chart's top 40. The song — about a family man who meets up with a woman, a long-time friend with whom he had a secret affair a year earlier — was the first of two Duncan-Fricke duets to top the charts. The follow-up song, " It Couldn't Have Been Any Better", went number one in April 1977, and the two enjoyed several other duet hits, most notably "Stranger" (written by

Kris Kristofferson Kristoffer Kristofferson (born June 22, 1936) is a retired American singer, songwriter and actor. Among his songwriting credits are " Me and Bobby McGee", " For the Good Times", " Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and " Help Me Make It Through the ...

, and a hit in July 1976) and "Come a Little Bit Closer" in January 1978 (a cover of the Jay and the Americans).

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References

1976 singles Johnny Duncan (country singer) songs Songs written by Bobby Braddock Songs written by Sonny Throckmorton Song recordings produced by Billy Sherrill 1976 songs Columbia Records singles {{1970s-country-song-stub