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Tree Publishing Co. and Press Music Co., Published 1975. Sheet music, 4 pp.; 31 cm; plate 2023-3; pictorial cover, black-and-white photograph of B. J. Thomas below red title band; for voice and piano with guitar chord diagrams; distributed by Big 3, cover price $1.50.
In Good condition. Single folded sheet. A few small nicks and short tears along edges, including two at top edge of cover; creasing along edges, mild toning, shelf and edge wear. A few faint spots in left margin of rear page. Otherwise unmarked. B. J. Thomas's 1975 crossover hit, recorded on ABC Records, which reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100, Hot Country and Adult Contemporary charts and was certified gold. At ten words, it held the record for the longest title of a Hot 100 number one until 1981. Written by Larry Butler, the Nashville session pianist who went on to produce Kenny Rogers's hits and win the 1980 Grammy for Producer of the Year, and Chips Moman of American Sound Studio in Memphis, producer of From Elvis in Memphis, who also produced this record. The song won Butler and Moman the 1976 Grammy for Best Country Song. Rear page is the final page of music.