The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)

"The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)"
Single by Jimmy Dean
from the album The First Thing Ev'ry Morning
B-side	"Awkward Situation"
Released	April 1965
Genre	Country
Label	Columbia
Writer(s)	Jimmy Dean Ruth Roberts
Producer(s)	Lor Crane
Jimmy Dean singles chronology
"Sam Hill" (1964) "The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And The Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" (1965) "Harvest of Sunshine" (1965)

"The First Thing Ev'ry Morning (And the Last Thing Ev'ry Night)" is a song co-written by Jimmy Dean and Ruth Roberts.^[1] Dean recorded a single of the song in 1965, and it was Dean's second and final number one on the U.S. country singles chart, spending two weeks at number one and a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	91
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks	19

References

1. Peter Keepnews (July 4, 2011). "Ruth Roberts, ‘Meet the Mets’ Songwriter, Dies at 84". The New York Times.
2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 102.