Chances Are (song)

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"Chances Are" is a popular song with music by Robert Allen and lyrics by Al Stillman. It was published in 1957. The song was one of a large number of compositions by the Stillman-Allen team that were chart hits in the 1950s. It was a #1 hit for Johnny Mathis, charting in 1957, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame Award in 1998. Mathis re-recorded the song in 1996 as a duet with Liza Minnelli for her Grammy-nominated album Gently.

Preceded by "Honeycomb" by Jimmie Rodgers

Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record (Johnny Mathis version) October 12, 1957–October 19, 1957

Succeeded by "Wake Up Little Susie" by The Everly Brothers