Southern Nights is an album by American singer and guitarist Glen Campbell, released in 1977 by Capitol Records. The album peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, and one of the singles from the album, "Southern Nights" (a cover of the song by Allen Toussaint), also reached the number one spot on both the Billboard Hot 100 and Hot Country Songs charts.

Track listing

Side 1: "Southern Nights" (Allen Toussaint) – 3:07 "This Is Sarah's Song" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:34 "For Cryin' Out Loud" (Micheal Smotherman) – 3:03 "God Only Knows" (Brian Wilson, Tony Asher) – 3:18 "Sunflower" (Neil Diamond) – 2:50

Side 2: "Guide Me" (John Jennings) – 2:24 "Early Morning Song" (Jimmy Webb) – 3:30 "(I'm Getting) Used to the Crying" (Roger Miller, Micheal Smotherman) – 2:47 "Let Go" (Brian Cadd) – 3:30 "How High Did We Go" (Victoria Medlin, Ned Albright) – 3:04

Personnel Glen Campbell – vocals, acoustic guitars, electric guitars Scott Mathews – drums, dobro Carl Jackson – banjo, acoustic guitars, electric guitars Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar Bill McCubbin – bass guitar Bill Graham – bass guitar Dennis McCarthy – piano Jimmy Webb – piano Micheal Smotherman – keyboards David Foster – keyboards David Paich – keyboards George Green – drums Joe Porcaro – drums Milt Holland – percussion Gayle Levant – harp Ethan Reilly – pedal steel guitar Billie Barnum, Stephanie Spruill, Ann White, Darlene Groncki, Mary Arnold, Patti Brooks, Martie McCall - backing vocals

Production Producers – Gary Klein, Glen Campbell Arranged & conducted by Charlie Calello "This Is Sarah's Song" and "Early Morning Song" arranged and conducted by Jimmy Webb "Sunflower", "Let Go", "Guide Me" and "How High Did We Go" arranged by Jack Nitzsche and conducted by Alan Broadbent Engineers – Armin Steiner, Linda Tyler, Al Schmitt, Greg Venable, Hugh Davies, Joe Jorgensen Mixing – Armin Steiner, Godfrey Diamond Production coordinator – Rosemary Xhiaverini Art direction – Roy Kohara Photography – Kenny Rogers Illustration – Gary van der Steur

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1977) Peak position Australia (Kent Music Report) 95

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard) 7

Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Country US US AC CAN Country CAN CAN AC 1977 "Southern Nights" 1 1 1 2 1 1 "Sunflower" 4 39 1 7 37 —

See also 1977 in music

References