Don't Let Me Cross Over
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| “Don't Let Me Cross Over” | ||
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| Single by Carl Butler and Pearl from the album Don't Let Me Cross Over |
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| Released | November 1962 (U.S.) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | February 26, 1962 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Length | 2:51 | |
| Label | Columbia Records 42953 | |
| Writer(s) | Penny Jay | |
"Don't Let Me Cross Over" is a song made famous as a duet by Carl Butler and Pearl, a husband-and-wife country music duo. Originally released in November 1962, the song needed just four weeks to reach the No. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
The song eventually spent 11 (non-consecutive) weeks at No. 1, and became a country music standard.
Honky-tonk singer Carl Butler would be best remembered for "Don't Let Me Cross Over," which All Music Guide writer Jim Worbois described as a "country heartbreak song." The song was one of several in which Butler's wife, Pearl, joins him on harmony.[1]
[edit] Succession
| Preceded by "Mama Sang a Song" by Bill Anderson |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Carl Butler and Pearl December 29, 1962 |
Succeeded by "Ruby Ann" by Marty Robbins |
| Preceded by "Ruby Ann" by Marty Robbins |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Carl Butler and Pearl January 19, 1963 |
Succeeded by "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by Flatt & Scruggs |
| Preceded by "The Ballad of Jed Clampett" by Flatt & Scruggs |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number one single by Carl Butler and Pearl February 9-April 6, 1963 |
Succeeded by "Still" by Bill Anderson |
[edit] Sources
- ^ [1] Worbois, Jim, Don't Let Me Cross Over at All Music Guide.
[edit] Other references
- Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005," 2006.
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