It's Time to Pay the Fiddler

"It's Time to Pay the Fiddler"
Single by Cal Smith
from the album It's Time to Pay the Fiddler
B-side"Love is the Foundation"
ReleasedNovember 1974
RecordedJune 6, 1974
StudioBradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee
GenreCountry
Length3:36
LabelMCA Records 40335
Songwriter(s)Don Wayne and Walter Haynes
Producer(s)Walter Haynes
Cal Smith singles chronology
"Between Lust and Watching TV"
(1974) 		"It's Time to Pay the Fiddler"
(1974) 		"She Talked a Lot About Texas"
(1975)

""It's Time to Pay the Fiddler" is a song written by Don Wayne and Walter Haynes, and performed by American country music artist Cal Smith. It was released in November 1974 as the first single and title track from the album It's Time to Pay the Fiddler. The song was Smith's third and final number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.[1]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974–1975) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 7

References

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 317.
  2. ^ "Cal Smith Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1975". Billboard. Retrieved April 17, 2021.


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