Ribbon of Darkness
"Ribbon of Darkness" | ||||
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Single by Gordon Lightfoot | ||||
B-side | "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" | |||
Released | 1965 | |||
Label | United Artists | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
Gordon Lightfoot singles chronology | ||||
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"Ribbon of Darkness" | ||||
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Single by Marty Robbins | ||||
B-side | "Little Robin" | |||
Released | March 22, 1965 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:30 | |||
Label | Columbia 4-43258 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Gordon Lightfoot | |||
Marty Robbins singles chronology | ||||
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"Ribbon of Darkness" is a song written by Gordon Lightfoot that was released in 1965 as a single by Marty Robbins. The song was Robbins' eleventh number one on the U.S. country singles chart, where it spent one week at the top and a total of nineteen weeks on the chart.[1]
Lightfoot's own version was released as single in 1965[2] and included in his 1966 debut album Lightfoot! and again for his 1975 compilation album Gord's Gold. The latter recording features the song in a medley with "I'm Not Sayin'", as does the live recording from Lightfoot's 1969 Sunday Concert album.
Other cover versions
- In 1969, Connie Smith made the top 20 on the country chart with her version, peaking at #13.[3]
- Crystal Gayle sang the song in her first television appearance. Video on YouTube and she released as the first single from her twenty sixth studio album You Don't Know Me: Classic Country in 2019. Her first single in 16 years.
- Jack Scott, 1950s rock 'n' roll legend, recorded the song for his 2015 release Way to Survive.
- Canadian singer-songwriter Bruce Cockburn contributed a cover of the song to the 2003 tribute album Beautiful: A Tribute to Gordon Lightfoot.
Conway Twitty also covered Ribbon of Darkness on his 1966 album Conway Twitty Sings.
Chart performance
Marty Robbins
Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] | 1 |
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[5] | 3 |
Connie Smith
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 13 |
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] | 1 |
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 294.
- ^ Wayne Francis. "Gordon Lightfoot 60s Singles". Lightfoot.ca. Retrieved 2016-09-29.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 320.
- ^ "Marty Robbins Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Marty Robbins Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Connie Smith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 5980." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
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- Lightfoot! (1966)
- The Way I Feel (1967)
- Did She Mention My Name? (1968)
- Back Here on Earth (1968)
- Sit Down Young Stranger (1970)
- Summer Side of Life (1971)
- Don Quixote (1972)
- Old Dan's Records (1972)
- Sundown (1974)
- Cold on the Shoulder (1975)
- Summertime Dream (1976)
- Endless Wire (1978)
- Dream Street Rose (1980)
- Shadows (1982)
- Salute (1983)
- East of Midnight (1986)
- Waiting for You (1993)
- A Painter Passing Through (1998)
- Harmony (2004)
- Solo (2020)
- Gord's Gold (1975)
- Gord's Gold Volume II (1988)
- Songbook (1999)
- Sunday Concert (1969)
- All Live (2012)
- "I'm Not Sayin'" (1965)
- "Ribbon of Darkness" (1965)
- "Early Morning Rain" (1966)
- "Canadian Railroad Trilogy" (1967)
- "Bitter Green" (1968)
- "Me and Bobby McGee" (1970)
- "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970)
- "Beautiful" (1972)
- "Sundown" (1974)
- "Carefree Highway" (1974)
- "Rainy Day People" (1975)
- "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976)
- Discography
- "Tears Are Not Enough"
- Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind (2019)
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