Heaven's_Just_a_Sin_Away

Heaven's Just a Sin Away

Heaven's Just a Sin Away

1977 single by The Kendalls

"Heaven's Just a Sin Away" is a song composed by Jerry Gillespie, which was recorded in 1977 by The Kendalls. Released in 1977, the song went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts. It was the duo's first top-40 entry on that chart, and the second single from the album Heaven's Just a Sin Away, released on Ovation.[1] It also reached No. 69 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Quick Facts Single by The Kendalls, from the album ...

The song won the Kendalls a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Single of the Year win from the Country Music Association.[1]

Kelly Willis recorded the song on her 1993 album Kelly Willis for MCA Nashville Records. Her version, the second and final single from that album, reached No. 63 on the country singles charts that year.[2]

In 2009, former Creedence Clearwater Revival vocalist/guitarist John Fogerty recorded the song for his The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again album.[3]

Chart performance

The Kendalls

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Kelly Willis

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References

  1. [1]
    Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. [2]
    Whitburn, p. 469
  3. [3]
    Stephen Thomas Erlewine (2009-08-31). "The Blue Ridge Rangers: Rides Again - John Fogerty | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. [4]
    "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2310." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 27, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013.
  5. [5]
    "Kelly Willis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.


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