A Face in the Crowd (Michael Martin Murphey and Holly Dunn song)
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"A Face in the Crowd" is the title of a song written by Karen Staley and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country music artists Michael Martin Murphey
and Holly Dunn
. It was released in January 1987 as the first single from the album Americana
. The song reached #4 on the Billboard
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
chart and #7 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Michael Martin Murphey
Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, Country music, and Popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter...
and Holly Dunn
Holly Dunn
Holly Dunn is a country music artist who first found fame with her 1986 Top-10 hit "Daddy's Hands" from her self-titled début album. Dunn has charted more than a dozen country singles, two of which reaching the #1 spot.Dunn is the daughter of a minister father...
. It was released in January 1987 as the first single from the album Americana
Americana (Michael Martin Murphey album)
- Track listing :# "A Face in the Crowd" # "A Long Line of Love"# "Once Upon a Time"# "Out of Touch"# "Almost Free"# "Worlds Apart"# "No One Else But You"# "You're History"# "My Darling Wherever You Are"# "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go"...
. The song reached #4 on the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles & Tracks
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
chart and #7 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.
Chart performance
| Chart (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 4 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 7 |