The unimaginable chart historical past of Texan nation music large George Strait has continued uninterrupted throughout 4 many years. He scored his first No.1 in 1982 with “Fool Hearted Memory” and has proceeded to gather chart-toppers over the following many years like different folks acquire stamps.
On March 23, 1991, Strait was again in his second house, Billboard’s Scorching Nation Songs chart, with the lead single from his then-brand new eleventh studio album Chill Of An Early Fall. The music in query was the beautiful ballad “If I Know Me,” written by Pam Belford and Dean Dillon, and a intelligent tackle the outdated romantic thought of a pair of lovers who can by no means fairly say goodbye.
The observe quickly went into heavy rotation on each CMT (Nation Music Tv) and TNN (The Nashville Community) and got here onto the nation chart that week at No.68. By early Could, it was spending two weeks on the summit, changing into George’s twenty first No.1 single.
4 hit albums directly
As a measure of Strait’s supremacy, as Chill Of An Early Fall ready to make its debut, he was nonetheless on the nation album chart with three earlier releases: his final studio set Livin’ It Up, going robust in its forty second week; Best Hits Vol.2, in its 182nd week; and his first Best Hits assortment, with a spectacular 279 weeks.
Take heed to the All-Time Best Nation Hits playlist.
Chill Of An Early Fall duly entered the nation album countdown in early April 1991, reaching No.4 and spending greater than a yr on the bestsellers, with 58 weeks. Three extra hit singles got here from the album within the subsequent few months, because the George Strait hit machine raced forward. “You Know Me Better Than That” turned his twenty second No.1, then the album’s title observe reached No.3. Subsequent, in an especially uncommon dip beneath the High 10, Strait’s cowl of the Hank Williams favourite “Lovesick Blues” peaked at No.24.
Purchase or stream “If I Know Me” on the album Chill Of An Early Fall.
