You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me
1973 song originally performed by Danny Thomas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" — also known simply as "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" — is a song written by Jim Weatherly, and produced by Don Law. It was first recorded in 1973 by Danny Thomas. Soon after it was done by Ray Price from his album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me. The song enjoyed two runs of popularity, each by an artist in a different genre.
"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" | ||||
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Single by Ray Price | ||||
from the album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me | ||||
B-side | "What Kind of Love is This" | |||
Released | July 1973 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | ca. May 1973 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:50 | |||
Label | Columbia 45889 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Weatherly | |||
Producer(s) | Don Law | |||
Ray Price singles chronology | ||||
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"Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" | ||||
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Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips | ||||
from the album Imagination | ||||
B-side | "Once in a Lifetime Thing" | |||
Released | February 1974 (U.S.) | |||
Recorded | 1973 | |||
Genre | Soul[1] | |||
Length | 3:44 | |||
Label | Buddah Records 403 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Jim Weatherly | |||
Producer(s) | Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise; Gladys Knight and the Pips were co-producers | |||
Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology | ||||
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Weatherly told Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits that he wrote the song in 1971 and let his father-in-law first record it as a Christmas present for the latter's wife. "I thought it was really strange that nobody'd written a song with that title — possibly somebody had, but I'd never heard it — so I just sat down and let this stream of consciousness happen. I basically wrote it in a very short period of time, probably 30 minutes or an hour."[2]