Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)

Originally released in 1969, the song represented a first and a last. The last was that it was Houston's seventh (and final) No. 1 hit on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart; the song spent four weeks atop the chart.^[1]

The song was also the first time up-and-coming Nashville songwriter Norro Wilson had one of his compositions hit number one; it was a shared credit with co-writer Alex Harvey. During the next four decades, Wilson would become one of country music's most prolific songwriters and producers. He wrote hits for singers including Charley Pride, Charlie Rich, Jean Shepard, Tammy Wynette and others; his production credits would include songs by Pride, Joe Stampley, Wynette, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans, Janie Fricke, Reba McEntire and others.

Chart performance

Chart (1969–1970)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Sources

Allmusic — Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)
Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2))

References

↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 163.

Preceded by "(I'm So) Afraid of Losing You Again" by Charley Pride	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single January 3-January 24, 1970	Succeeded by "A Week in a Country Jail" by Tom T. Hall
Preceded by "Blistered/See Ruby Fall" by Johnny Cash	RPM Country Tracks number-one single January 17, 1970	Succeeded by "Big in Vegas" by Buck Owens

David Houston

Albums	A Perfect Match

Notable singles	"Almost Persuaded" "With One Exception" "You Mean the World to Me" "Have a Little Faith" "Already It's Heaven" "Where Love Used to Live" "My Woman's Good to Me" "Baby, Baby (I Know You're a Lady)" "A Woman Always Knows"

Collaboration singles	"My Elusive Dreams" (with Tammy Wynette)

Related articles	Epic Records

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