"Velvet Chains" is a song written by
Kevin Welch and Ron Hellard, and recorded by American
country music artist
Gary Morris
Gary Gwyn Morris (born December 7, 1948) is an American singer and stage actor who charted a string of hits on the country music charts throughout the 1980s.
Morris is known for the 1983 ballad "The Wind Beneath My Wings", although his credits ...
. It was released in November 1982 as the first single from the album ''
Why Lady Why''. The song reached #9 on the ''
Billboard
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Hot Country Singles & Tracks
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
1983 singles
Gary Morris songs
Song recordings produced by Paul Worley
Songs written by Kevin Welch
Warner Records singles
1982 songs
Songs written by Ron Hellard
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