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The Yellow Rose (song)
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Wikipedia article
'"The Yellow Rose"' is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singers Johnny Lee and Lane Brody, set to the tune of the folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas." It was recorded as the theme song to the NBC television series 'The Yellow Rose' starring Cybill Shepherd, and was included on Lee's 1984 studio album 'Til the Bars Burn Down'. Released as a single in early 1984, "The Yellow Rose" was a Number One country hit in both the United States and Canada, and gave Brody her only Number One country hit and Lee his fourth.
Content
"The Yellow Rose" is set to the same melody as the traditional American folk song "The Yellow Rose of Texas," but with newly-written lyrics by Johnny Lee, Lane Brody and John Wilder.
In popular culture
The song was used for the theme song to the NBC television series 'The Yellow Rose', starring Cybill Shepherd. While the television show used only the song's first verse and chorus, the commercial single version included a second verse not heard on the program, with Lee's "Say When" on the B-side. Brody and Lee would later chart a second duet, "I Could Get Used to This," in 1986, although it was never included on an album.
Chart performance
"The Yellow Rose" made its chart debut on the 'Billboard' Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts dated for the week of February 4, 1984. The song spent twenty-two weeks on the charts, reaching Number One on the chart dated or April 21 and holding that position for one week. It gave Lee the fourth of five Number One hits in his career, and Brody her only Number One. It was also a Number One hit on the Canadian 'RPM' Country Tracks charts, peaking on the week of May 5, 1984.
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Category:1984 singles
Category:1984 songs
Category:Lane Brody songs
Category:Johnny Lee (singer) songs
Category:Television drama theme songs
Category:Malefemale vocal duets
Category:Song recordings produced by Jimmy Bowen
Category:Warner Records singles
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