Heard It in a Love Song
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"Heard It in a Love Song" is a song by The Marshall Tucker Band
, written by Toy Caldwell
off their 1977 album Carolina Dreams
.
It was the highest charting single by The Marshall Tucker Band, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100
chart in March 1977.
"Heard It in a Love Song" was also recorded by Mark Chesnutt
on his 2006 album of the same name
.
The country band, Crossfire, included the song in its 1998 "Bullistik" album.
The Marshall Tucker Band
The Marshall Tucker Band is an American Southern rock band originally from Spartanburg, South Carolina. The band's blend of rock, rhythm and blues, jazz, country, and gospel helped establish the Southern rock genre in the early 1970s...
, written by Toy Caldwell
Toy Caldwell
Toy Talmadge Caldwell Jr. was the lead guitar player and a founding member of the 1970s Southern Rock group The Marshall Tucker Band. He was a member of the band from 1973 to 1983.-Early life:...
off their 1977 album Carolina Dreams
Carolina Dreams
Carolina Dreams, released in 1977, was The Marshall Tucker Band's sixth album and an ode to the band's home state, South Carolina, USA. Focusing on Western themes, it spawned their biggest hit to date, "Heard It In a Love Song", which rose to #14 on the Billboard Hot 100, taking the album with it...
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It was the highest charting single by The Marshall Tucker Band, reaching #14 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
chart in March 1977.
"Heard It in a Love Song" was also recorded by Mark Chesnutt
Mark Chesnutt
Mark Nelson Chesnutt is an American country music singer. Chesnutt recorded and released his first album, Doing My Country Thing, in the late-1980s on private independent record label, Axbar Records, with the vinyl album version now a collector's item...
on his 2006 album of the same name
Heard It in a Love Song (album)
Heard It in a Love Song is the twelfth studio album released by American country music artist Mark Chesnutt. Its title track is a cover of The Marshall Tucker Band's single from 1977. Both it and "That Good That Bad" were released as singles, though neither charted. "A Hard Secret to Keep",...
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The country band, Crossfire, included the song in its 1998 "Bullistik" album.