Johnny One Time

"Johnny One Time"
"Johnny One Time"
Single by Brenda Lee
from the album Johnny One Time
B-side	"I Must Have Been Out of My Mind"
Released	23 December 1968
Recorded	14 October 1968; Columbia 30th Street Studio; New York City, New York, U.S.
Genre	Country
Length	3:14
Label	Decca 32428
Songwriters	A.L. "Doodle" Owens, Dallas Frazier
Producer	Mike Berniker
Brenda Lee singles chronology

B-side"I Must Have Been Out of My Mind"

Released23 December 1968

Recorded14 October 1968
Columbia 30th Street Studio
New York City, New York, U.S.

GenreCountry^[1]

"Johnny One Time" is a song written by A.L. "Doodle" Owens and Dallas Frazier and performed by Brenda Lee. The song reached #3 on the adult contemporary chart, #41 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #50 on the country chart in 1969.^[2] The song also reached #11 on the Canadian adult contemporary chart and #38 on the Canadian pop chart. It was featured on her 1969 album, Johnny One Time.^[3]

The song was produced by Mike Berniker and arranged by Marty Manning.^[4] Lee was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the song.

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Chart (1968–69)	Peak position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary	11
Canada RPM Top Singles	38
US Billboard Hot 100^[5]	41
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	3
US Billboard Country	50
US Cash Box Top 100^[6]	34

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Albums Singles
Studio albums	Grandma, What Great Songs You Sang! (1959) Brenda Lee (1960) This Is...Brenda (1960) Emotions (1961) All the Way (1961) Sincerely (1962) Brenda, That's All (1962) All Alone Am I (1963) ..."Let Me Sing" (1963) By Request (1964) Merry Christmas from Brenda Lee (1964) Brenda Lee Sings Top Teen Hits (1965) The Versatile Brenda Lee (1965) Too Many Rivers (1965) Bye Bye Blues (1966) Coming On Strong (1966) Reflections in Blue (1967) For the First Time (with Pete Fountain) (1968) Johnny One Time (1969) Memphis Portrait (1970) Brenda (1973) New Sunrise (1973) Brenda Lee Now (1974) Sincerely, Brenda Lee (1975) L. A. Sessions (1976) Even Better (1980) Take Me Back (1980) Only When I Laugh (1981) Feels So Right (1985) Gospel Duets with Treasured Friends (2007)
Compilation albums	10 Golden Years (1966) The Winning Hand (with Kris Kristofferson, Willie Nelson and Dolly Parton) (1982)
Singles	"Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" "One Step at a Time" "Let's Jump the Broomstick" "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" "Sweet Nothin's" "That's All You Gotta Do" "I'm Sorry" "I Want to Be Wanted" "Emotions" "You Can Depend on Me" "Dum Dum" "Fool #1 "Break It to Me Gently" "Speak to Me Pretty" "Everybody Loves Me But You" "Here Comes That Feeling" "Heart in Hand" "It Started All Over Again" "All Alone Am I" "Your Used to Be" "She'll Never Know" "Losing You" "I Wonder" "My Whole World Is Falling Down" "The Grass Is Greener" "As Usual" "Think" "Alone with You" "When You Loved Me" "Truly, Truly True" "Is It True" "Jingle Bell Rock" "Too Many Rivers" "No One" "Rusty Bells" "Coming On Strong" "Ride, Ride, Ride" "Johnny One Time" "If This Is Our Last Time" "Misty Memories" "Always on My Mind" "Nobody Wins" "Sunday Sunrise" "Wrong Ideas" "Big Four Poster Bed" "Rock on Baby" "He's My Rock" "Bringing It Back" "Find Yourself Another Puppet" "Tell Me What It's Like" "The Cowgirl and the Dandy" "Broken Trust" "Every Now and Then" "Only When I Laugh" "From Levis to Calvin Klein Jeans" "A Sweeter Love (I'll Never Know)" "Hallelujah, I Love You So"

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1950s	"No Place for Me" "Man With the Blues" / "The Storm Has Just Begun" "What a Way to Live"
1960s	"Nite Life" "The Part Where I Cry" / "Mr. Record Man" "Willingly" "Touch Me" "Wake Me When It's Over" "Half a Man" / "The Last Letter" "Am I Blue" "I Never Cared for You" "Pretty Paper" "San Antonio Rose" "I Love You Because" "The Party's Over" "Blackjack County Chain" "Johnny One Time" "Bring Me Sunshine"
1970s	"Fire and Rain" "Yesterday's Wine" "Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)" "Bloody Mary Morning" "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time" "Georgia on My Mind" "Blue Skies" "All of Me" "Whiskey River" "September Song" "White Christmas"
1980s	"Help Me Make It Through the Night" "My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys" "Midnight Rider" "On the Road Again" "Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground" "Mona Lisa" "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" "Always on My Mind" "Let It Be Me" "Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning" "Little Old Fashioned Karma" "Why Do I Have to Choose" "Take It to the Limit" "Without a Song" "City of New Orleans" "Forgiving You Was Easy" "Living in the Promiseland" "Heart of Gold" "Spanish Eyes" (with Julio Iglesias) "Twilight Time" "Nothing I Can Do About It Now" "There You Are" "Mr. Record Man"
1990s	"Ain't Necessarily So" "Graceland"
2000s	"Mendocino County Line" (with Lee Ann Womack) "Wurlitzer Prize" (with Norah Jones) "Beer for My Horses" (with Toby Keith) "The Harder They Come" "You Don't Know Me" "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" "Gravedigger"
2010s	"Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die" "Just Breathe" "Grandma's Hands" (with Mavis Staples) "The Wall" "It's All Going to Pot" "Summer Wind" "Vote 'Em Out" "Forever Country"
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