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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Carolyn
| name = Carolyn
| Cover =
| cover =
| Artist = [[Merle Haggard]]
| alt =
| Album = [[Someday We'll Look Back]]
| type = single
| artist = [[Merle Haggard]] and [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]]
| B-side = "When the Feelin's Gone Away"
| Released = November 1971
| album = [[Someday We'll Look Back]]
| Format = [[7" single|7"]]
| B-side = When the Feelin's Gone Away
| Recorded = April 13, [[1971 in country music|1971]]<BR>[[Hollywood, California]]
| released = November 1971
| recorded = April 13, [[1971 in country music|1971]]<BR>[[Hollywood, California]]
| Genre = [[country music|Country]]
| studio =
| Length =
| venue =
| Label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] <small>3222</small>
| genre = [[country music|Country]]
| length = 2:34
| Writer = [[Tommy Collins (country music)|Tommy Collins]]
| label = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]] <small>3222</small>
⚫
| Producer = [[Ken Nelson (United States record producer)|Ken Nelson]]
| Last single = "[[Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)]]" <BR />(1971)
| writer = [[Tommy Collins (country music)|Tommy Collins]]
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| producer = [[Ken Nelson (United States record producer)|Ken Nelson]]
| This single = "'''Carolyn'''" <BR />(1971)
| prev_title = [[Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)]]
| Next single = "[[Grandma Harp]]"/"Turning Off a Memory" <BR />(1972)
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = [[Grandma Harp]]
| next_title2 = Turning Off a Memory
| next_year = 1972
}}
}}
"'''Carolyn'''" is a song written by [[Tommy Collins (country music)|Tommy Collins]], and recorded by American country music artist [[Merle Haggard]]. It was released in November 1971 as the second single from the album ''[[Someday We'll Look Back]]''. "Carolyn" was Haggard's eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}</ref>
"'''Carolyn'''" is a song written by [[Tommy Collins (country music)|Tommy Collins]], and recorded by American [[country music]] artist [[Merle Haggard]] and [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]]. It was released in November 1971 as the second single from the album ''[[Someday We'll Look Back]]''. The song was Haggard and [[The Strangers (American band)|The Strangers]] eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=147}}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
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==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 05:32, 24 March 2021

"Carolyn"
Single by Merle Haggard and The Strangers
from the album Someday We'll Look Back
B-side"When the Feelin's Gone Away"
ReleasedNovember 1971
RecordedApril 13, 1971
Hollywood, California
GenreCountry
Length2:34
LabelCapitol 3222
Songwriter(s)Tommy Collins
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard and The Strangers singles chronology
"Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)"
(1971) 		"Carolyn"
(1971) 		"Grandma Harp" / "Turning Off a Memory"
(1972)

"Carolyn" is a song written by Tommy Collins, and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard and The Strangers. It was released in November 1971 as the second single from the album Someday We'll Look Back. The song was Haggard and The Strangers eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for three weeks and spent a total of fifteen weeks on the chart.[1]

Chart performance

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Chart (1971–1972) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 58
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 2

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 147.
  2. ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.


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