| "Third Rate Romance" | ||||
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| Single by Amazing Rhythm Aces | ||||
| from the album Stacked Deck | ||||
| B-side | "Mystery Train" | |||
| Released | June 23, 1975 | |||
| Studio | Phillips Recording, Memphis, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country rock[1] | |||
| Length | 3:17 | |||
| Label | ABC | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Russell Smith | |||
| Producer(s) | Barry Burton | |||
| Amazing Rhythm Aces singles chronology | ||||
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"Third Rate Romance" is a song written by Russell Smith, first recorded in Montreal in 1974 by Jesse Winchester and his band the Rhythm Aces, assisted by Smith. It became a hit the following year by the newly re-formed Amazing Rhythm Aces on its 1975 album Stacked Deck. It was the band's debut single, reaching No.11 on the U.S. country singles chart and No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100,[2] as well as No.1 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks and Top Singles charts.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Carnal Knowledge: Sexual Revolution". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 91. ISBN 031214704X.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 24. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.