Smooth Sailin' (Sonny Throckmorton song)

"Smooth Sailin'"
Single by T.G. Sheppard
from the album Smooth Sailin'
B-side "I Came Home to Make Love to You"[1]
Released April 5, 1980
Genre Country
Label Warner Bros./Curb
Writer(s) Sonny Throckmorton, Curly Putman
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
T.G. Sheppard singles chronology
"I'll Be Coming Back for More"
(1979)		 "Smooth Sailin'"
(1980)		 "Do You Wanna Go to Heaven"
(1980)

"Smooth Sailin" is a song co-written by Curly Putman and Sonny Throckmorton. Throckmorton released his version of the song in 1978 on his debut album, Last Cheater's Waltz. It was re-released in 1979 on Mercury Records as a double-A-side with "Last Cheater's Waltz". This double-sided single peaked at number 47 on the country music charts that year.[2]

A year later, T.G. Sheppard recorded "Smooth Sailin'" for his Warner Bros. Records album of the same name. Sheppard's version went to number six on the same chart in 1980.[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1980) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 6
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 7

References

  1. 1 2 Whitburn, pp. 379-380
  2. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 420. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
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