Near You: Difference between revisions

| name = Near You

| cover = Near_You_Francis Craig -_George_Jones_and_Tammy_Wynette Near You.jpg

| type = single

| artist = [[GeorgeFrancis Jones]]Craig|Francis Craig and [[TammyHis WynetteOrchestra]]

| album = [[Golden Ring (George Jones and Tammy Wynette album)|Golden= Ring]]

| released = November 1976 <small>(US)</small>= {{Start date|1947|3}}

| formatrecorded = [[7-inch{{Start singledate|1947|2|7"]]15}}

| venuelength = {{Duration|m=2|s=29}}

| genrelabel = [[CountryBullet musicRecords|CountryBullet 1001]]

| lengthwriter = 2:21

| labelcomposer = [[EpicFrancis Records|EpicCraig]] <small>50314<ref name=copyright/small>

| writerlyricist = [[FrancisKermit CraigGoell]],<ref Kermit Goellname=copyright/>

| producer = [[Billy Sherrill]] =

| prev_title = [[Golden Ring (song)|Golden= Ring]]

| prev_year = 1976

| next_title = [[Southern California (song)|Southern= California]]

| next_year = 1977

"'''Near You'''" is a [[popular music|popular]] song written and originally recorded by [[Francis Craig]] and His Orchestra at [[Castle Recording Laboratory|Castle Studio]] in [[1947 in music|1947]],<ref>{{Pop Chronicles 40s|4|A |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633223/m1/#track/2}}</ref> with lyrics by [[Kermit Goell]], thatwhich has gone on to become a [[pop standard]].

The recording by [[Francis Craig]] (the song's composer) with orchestra member Bob Lamm on vocals was released by [[Bullet Records]] as catalog number 1001. It first reached the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] Best Sellers chart on August 30, 1947, and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. On the "Most Played By Jockeys" chart, the song spent 17 consecutive weeks at number one, setting a record for both the song and the artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position on a US pop music chart.<ref name=Whitburn>{{cite book

| authorlinkauthor-link = Joel Whitburn

</ref> In 2009, hip-hop group [[The Black Eyed Peas]] surpassed Craig's record for artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position with the songs "[[Boom Boom Pow]]" and "[[I Gotta Feeling]]". However, their record was accomplished with combined weeks of two #1 songs - one succeeding the other in the top position.{{citation needed|date=September 2014}} ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 1 song overall for 1947.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/ |title=Number One Song of the Year: 1946-2015 |website=Bobborst.com |access-date=2016-05-13 |accessdatearchive-url=2016https://web.archive.org/web/20180420175438/http://www.bobborst.com/popculture/songoftheyear/ |archive-05date=2018-1304-20 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1977, "Near You" became a number-one country hit as a duet for the duo of [[George Jones]] and [[Tammy Wynette]],<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlinkauthor-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=182}}</ref> one of the more unlikely compositions the two country legends ever sang together. Recorded in the winter of 1974, its atypical arrangement showed that country fans still had an appetite for any music performed by the estranged couple, who had been country music's "First Couple" in the early seventies1970s. In fact, it was their second consecutive #number 1 single since their divorce in 1975; they had only managed to top the charts once during their six-year marriage with "[[We're Gonna Hold On]]" in 1973.

* [[The Andrews Sisters]] ([[Decca Records]] catalog number 24171) entered the chart on October 3 and peaked at number four.

* [[Elliot Lawrence]] ([[Columbia Records]] catalog number 37838) entered the chart on October 3 and peaked at number nine. This was Lawrence's only charting hit.

* [[Larry Green (musician)|Larry Green]] ([[RCA Victor Records]] catalog number 20-2421) entered the chart on October 10 and peaked at number three.

* [[Two Ton Baker]] ([[Mercury Records]] catalog number 5066) entered the chart at the same time as Green, and peaked at number twelve, staying for five weeks.<ref>{{cite book |last= Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlinkauthor-link= Joel Whitburn |title=Pop Memories 1890–1954 |year=1986 |publisher=Record Research, Inc. |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin |isbn=0-89820-083-0 |page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/44 44] |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/44 }}</ref>

* [[Alvino Rey]] ([[Capitol Records]] catalog number 452) entered the chart on October 17 and peaked at number nine in its only week on the chart. This was Rey's last charting hit.

In addition,* "Near You" was used by [[Milton Berle]] as the closing song on his [[Texaco Star Theater]], and it became his theme song for many years thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.classicthemes.com/50sTVThemes/themePages/texacoStarTheater.html |title=Texaco Star Theater / The Milton Berle Show |website=Classicthemes.com |date=1981-07-10 |accessdateaccess-date=2016-05-13}}</ref>