Don't Let the Good Times Fool You (song)

"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"
Single by Melba Montgomery
from the album Don't Let the Good Times Fool You
B-side"It Sure Gets Lonely"[1]
ReleasedJanuary 1975
RecordedMay 1974
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.[1]
GenreCountry
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)
  • Ronald Hellard
  • Gary S. Paxton
Producer(s)Pete Drake
Melba Montgomery singles chronology
"If You Want the Rainbow"
(1974) 		"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"
(1975) 		"Searchin' (For Someone Like You)"
(1975)

"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" is a song written by Ronald Hellard and Gary S. Paxton. It was recorded and released as a single by American country artist Melba Montgomery in 1975.

"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was recorded at "Pete's Place", a recording studio located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States in May 1974. The session included The Nashville A-Team of musicians, such as Harold Bradley and Buddy Harman. The session was produced by Pete Drake.[1]

"Don't Let the Good Times Fool You" was released as a single via Elektra Records in January 1975. The song reached number fifteen on the Billboard Magazine Hot Country Singles chart[2] and number fourteen on the Canadian RPM Country Songs chart.[3] The song became Montgomery's second major hit as a solo artist and her seventh top-twenty hit on the country songs chart. The song was issued onto Montgomery's 1975 album of the same name, also on Elektra Records.[2]

In 1980, it was covered by American recording artist Wanda Jackson. Her version was released as a single on the Deep Sea Music label the same year.[4]

  1. ^ a b c "Melba Montgomery Discography". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research.
  3. ^ "Search results for "Melba Montgomery" under Country Singles". RPM. Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2014.
  4. ^ Jackson, Wanda (1980). ""Don't Let the Good Times Fool You"/"My Umbrella" (7" vinyl single)". Deep Sea Music. DSM-7001.