Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc. Dana from Virginia Johnson co wrote this song and was THE BEST to sing it live! No one can ever sing it more believably as General Norman Johnson. RIP, my friend. The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.com I was born and raised down in Alabama Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 26, 1970". Archived from the original on July 22, 2019 . Retrieved July 22, 2018. At the time the song was at #8 on Billboard's Top 100 chart, two weeks later it would peak at #6 {for 2 non-consective weeks} and it spent 14 weeks on the Top 100...

Between 1962 and 1976 he had six records on the Top 100 chart, after "Patches", his next two biggest hits both peaked at #14, "I Saw Linda Yesterday" for 3 weeks in 1963 and "Laurie (Strange Things Happen)" for 1 week in 1965... Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 17 July 2013 . Retrieved 2018-07-09.a b Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1sted.). London: Collins. p.133. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.

The song was written by General Johnson, the lead singer of Chairmen of the Board, with Ron Dunbar, who worked in A&R and record production at the Invictus record label, owned and overseen by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Eddie Holland, formerly of Motown. Dunbar was often credited with co-writing hit songs at Invictus with "Edyth Wayne", a pseudonym used by Holland-Dozier-Holland during the time when they were in legal dispute with Motown and its music publishing arm Jobete to which they had been contracted. [3] Whitburn, Joel (2003). Top Pop Singles 1955-2002 (1sted.). Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 111. ISBN 0-89820-155-1. Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1970-11-14 . Retrieved 2018-07-09. Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1sted.). London: Collins. p.133. ISBN 0-00-717931-6.Watch: New Singing Lesson Videos Can Make Anyone A Great Singer I was born and raised down in Alabama