Morning Side of the Mountain

1959 song performed by Tommy Edwards
"Morning Side of the Mountain"
Single by Tommy Edwards
A-side"Please Mr. Sun" (1959 release)
Released1951; February 1959
GenrePop
LabelMGM
Songwriter(s)Larry Stock
Dick Manning
"Morning Side of the Mountain"
Single by Donny & Marie Osmond
B-side"One of These Days"
ReleasedNovember 1974 (1974)
Genre
  • Pop
  • Ballad
LabelMGM/Kolob
Songwriter(s)Larry Stock
Dick Manning
Producer(s)Mike Curb and Michael Lloyd
Donny & Marie Osmond singles chronology
"I'm Leaving It Up to You"
(1974) 		"Morning Side of the Mountain"
(1974) 		"Make The World Go Away"
(1975)

"Morning Side of the Mountain" is a song written by Larry Stock and Dick Manning and first recorded in 1951 by Tommy Edwards. It settled at #24 on the pop chart. Edwards re-recorded it in 1959, reaching #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1] The re-release was featured as the B-side of Edwards' other hit, a cover of Johnnie Ray's 1952 success, "Please Mr. Sun."

Donny & Marie Osmond cover

Late in 1974, Donny & Marie Osmond released a version which scored #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent one week at #1 on the Easy Listening chart.[2] The song charted equally well in Canada and the UK.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 34
Canada RPM Top Singles 8
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[3] 1
Ireland (IRMA)[4] 7
UK[5] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 8
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[6] 6

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles [7] 81
UK 76
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[8] 73
U.S. Cash Box [9] 90
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening[10] 22

See also

  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 202.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 187.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1975-02-08. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  4. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Morning Side of the Mountain". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved August 13, 2021.
  5. ^ "morning side of the mountain | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, January 25, 1975". Tropicalglen.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  8. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1975/Top 100 Songs of 1975". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 27, 1975". Archived from the original on October 22, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2018.
  10. ^ "Top 50 Adult Contemporary Hits of 1975 (+2) - 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved 3 May 2021.
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