Mama Sang a Song

"Mama Sang a Song"
Single by Bill Anderson
from the album Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs
B-side"On And On And On"
ReleasedJuly 1962
RecordedJune 5, 1961
StudioBradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length3:26
LabelDecca Records
Songwriter(s)Bill Anderson
Producer(s)Owen Bradley
Bill Anderson singles chronology
"Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands"
(1962)
"Mama Sang a Song"
(1962)
"Still"
(1963)

"Mama Sang a Song" is a country music song written and recorded by Bill Anderson.

Released in 1962, this recitation — prominently featuring a backing choir singing Christian hymns — was Bill Anderson's first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot C&W Sides chart that fall. The song spent seven non-consecutive weeks atop the chart, spanning from October 27 through December 22, and 27 weeks total in the country chart's top 40 from the summer of 1962 through early 1963.[1]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 23.