"Hey Little One"
Single by Glen Campbell
from the album By the Time I Get to Phoenix
B-side"My Baby's Gone"
ReleasedJanuary 1968
RecordedAugust 29, 1967
StudioCapitol, Hollywood
GenreCountry
Length2:32
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Dorsey Burnette, Barry De Vorzon
Producer(s)Al DeLory
Glen Campbell singles chronology
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix"
(1967) 		"Hey Little One"
(1968) 		"I Wanna Live"
(1968)

"Hey Little One", a song written by Dorsey Burnette and Barry De Vorzon, was initially recorded by Dorsey, released on May 2, 1960 on the Era label as the double A-side "Hey Little One"/"Big Rock Candy Mountain" (Era 3019). "Hey Little One" reached number 48 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.[1] Musicians on the recording include veteran session drummer Earl Palmer.[2]

Glen Campbell version

American country-pop music artist Glen Campbell covered the song for his Grammy-winning 1967 LP By the Time I Get to Phoenix and released it as the second single from the album. Campbell's more grandiose version reached number 13 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart [3] and in February 1968 peaked at 54 on the Hot 100. The single also reached the Top Ten on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. Campbell's follow-up LP Hey Little One, released in March 1968 just four months after its predecessor, also featured the track.

Chart performance

Chart (1968) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 13
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 54
US Billboard Easy Listening[6] 20
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2013). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012. Record Research. p. 125.
  2. ^ Scherman, Tony, Backbeat: The Earl Palmer Story, foreword by Wynton Marsalis, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1999 p. 175
  3. ^ "Glen Campbell singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 March 2011.
  4. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "Glen Campbell Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  6. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 43.


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