| "Sunday Sunrise" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Brenda Lee | ||||
| from the album New Sunrise | ||||
| B-side | "Must I Believe" | |||
| Released | July 23, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | June 1973 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MCA Records 40107 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark James | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Brenda Lee singles chronology | ||||
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| "Sunday Sunrise" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Anne Murray | ||||
| from the album Together | ||||
| B-side | "Out on the Road Again" | |||
| Released | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:16 | |||
| Label | Capitol Records 4142 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Mark James | |||
| Producer(s) | Tom Catalano | |||
| Anne Murray singles chronology | ||||
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"Sunday Sunrise" is a song written by Mark James and recorded by Brenda Lee and Anne Murray. Lee's version was a Top Ten U.S. and Canadian Country hit in 1973. Murray's rendition reached #13 on both the Canadian Adult Contemporary chart and the U.S. Adult Contemporary chart in 1975.[1] The song appeared on Murray's 1975 album, Together[2] and was produced by Tom Catalano.[3]
The song is about the new hope that the dawning of the day brings.
Brenda Lee version
Brenda Lee released a version in 1973 that reached No. 6 on the Hot Country Songs chart in October 1973.[4] For Lee, it was the second single release of a song written by Mark James, the first being "Always On My Mind." With the song's top 10 placement on the chart, it marked back-to-back top 10 hits for Lee, the teen-aged pop star from the 1960s who had in the meantime developed a strong following among country fans; her previous single, the Kris Kristofferson-penned "Nobody Wins," reached No. 5 in May 1973.
Chart performance
Brenda Lee
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 8 |
| U.S. Country | 6 |
Anne Murray
| Chart (1975) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 13 |
| U.S. Country[5] | 49 |
| Billboard Hot 100[6] | 98 |
| U.S. Adult Contemporary | 13 |
References
- ↑ Anne Murray, "Sunday Sunrise" chart positions Retrieved April 17, 2013
- ↑ Anne Murray, "Sunday Sunrise" Retrieved August 18, 2013
- ↑ Anne Murray, Together Retrieved August 18, 2013
- ↑ Brenda Lee, "Sunday Sunrise" Retrieved August 18, 2013,
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 291–292. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955–2010. Record Research, Inc. p. 630. ISBN 978-0-89820-188-8.
