Lizzie and the Rainman

A narrative song as was typical for the first phase of Tucker's career, "Lizzie and the Rainman" relates how a rainmaker visiting a drought-sticken Texas town woos a skeptical local woman named Lizzie Cooper . The idea for the song came from the film The Rainmaker whose heroine is named Lizzie Curry.^[1]

Written in 1971, "Lizzie and the Rainman" had been recorded in 1972 by Bobby Goldsboro, Alex Harvey (composer of Tucker's breakout hit "Delta Dawn") and by the Hollies (as "Lizzy and the Rainman") as well as Kenny O'Dell himself, who had an unsuccessful single release of "Lizzie and the Rainman".

Tanya Tucker recorded her vocal for "Lizzie and the Rainman" in a 19 March 1975 session in Los Angeles produced by Snuff Garrett; Tucker would recall: "the recording was so impersonal. I was used to recording live with all the musicians in the studio, and I just sang to the tracks on this one."^[1] Released as the lead single from the album Tanya Tucker - which marked Tucker's MCA Records debut - "Lizzie and the Rainman" was Tucker's fourth C&W #1^[2] and was also the first Tanya Tucker's single to reach the Pop Top 40 reaching #37 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June 1975. A #7 A/C hit, "Lizzie and the Rainman" would prove to be Tucker's only Pop hit despite her later recording material more specifically aimed at the Pop market; her one subsequent Hot 100 item "Here's Some Love" peaked at #82.^[3]

"Lizzie and the Rainman" has also been recorded by Billie Jo Spears and - as "Lizzy and the Rainman" - by the Cox Family.

Chart performance

Chart (1975)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	37
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	7
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
Canadian RPM Top Singles	66
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks	2

References

1 2 "Ron Hoysted/ Big Pond Hosting". Retrieved 26 June 2010.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 357.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 644.

Preceded by "Tryin' to Beat the Morning Home" by T. G. Sheppard	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 5, 1975	Succeeded by "Movin' On" by Merle Haggard
Preceded by "You're My Best Friend" by Don Williams	RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 5, 1975	Succeeded by "Reconsider Me" by Narvel Felts

Tanya Tucker

Studio albums	Delta Dawn What's Your Mama's Name Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone) Tanya Tucker Lovin' and Learnin' Here's Some Love Ridin' Rainbows You Are So Beautiful TNT Tear Me Apart Dreamlovers Should I Do It Changes Girls Like Me Love Me Like You Used To Strong Enough to Bend Tennessee Woman What Do I Do with Me Can't Run from Yourself Soon Fire to Fire Complicated Tanya My Turn

Compilation and live albums	Tanya Tucker's Greatest Hits The Best of Tanya Tucker Live Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Encore Greatest Hits 1990–1992 Love Songs 20 Greatest Hits 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection Live at Billy Bob's Texas 16 Biggest Hits The Definitive Collection

Notable singles	"Delta Dawn" "Love's the Answer" "What's Your Mama's Name" "Blood Red and Goin' Down" "Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone)" "The Man That Turned My Mama On" "Lizzie and the Rainman" "San Antonio Stroll" "Don't Believe My Heart Can Stand Another You" "You've Got Me to Hold On To" "Here's Some Love" "It's a Cowboy Lovin' Night" "You Are So Beautiful" "Texas (When I Die)" "Pecos Promenade" "Dream Lover" "Can I See You Tonight" "Feel Right" "Baby I'm Yours" "One Love at a Time" "Just Another Love" "I'll Come Back as Another Woman" "It's Only Over for You" "Love Me Like You Used To" "I Won't Take Less Than Your Love" (with Paul Davis and Paul Overstreet) "If It Don't Come Easy" "Strong Enough to Bend" "Highway Robbery" "Call on Me" "My Arms Stay Open All Night" "Walking Shoes" "Don't Go Out" (with T. Graham Brown) "It Won't Be Me" "Oh What It Did to Me" "Down to My Last Teardrop" "(Without You) What Do I Do with Me" "Some Kind of Trouble" "If Your Heart Ain't Busy Tonight" "Two Sparrows in a Hurricane" "It's a Little Too Late" "Tell Me About It" "Soon" "We Don't Have to Do This" "Hangin' In" "You Just Watch Me" "Little Things"

Related articles	Albums discography Singles discography Columbia Records MCA Records Capitol Records Liberty Records LaCosta "Leave Them Boys Alone"

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