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Adios Amigo (song)

"Adios Amigo"
Single by Jim Reeves
from the album The Best of Jim Reeves
B-side"A Letter to My Heart"
Released1962
Recorded1962
GenreCountry
Length2:20
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Ralph Freed, Jerry Livingston
Producer(s)Chet Atkins
Jim Reeves singles chronology
"A Letter to My Heart"
(1962)
"Adios Amigo"
(1962)
"I'm Gonna Change Everything"
(1962)

"Adios Amigo" is a song written by Ralph Freed and Jerry Livingston, performed by Jim Reeves, and released on the RCA label (catalog no. 45-RCA-1293). It debuted on the Billboard country and western charts in May 1962, spent nine weeks at the No. 2 spot, and remained on the charts for a total of 21 weeks.[1] It was also ranked No. 5 on Billboard's 1962 year-end country and western chart.[2] In Canada the song reached No. 15 on the CHUM Charts.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 264. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. ^ "The Top 50 Country Music and Rhythm & Blues Records of 1962" (PDF). The Billboard. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  3. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - May 14, 1962".