| "Mama Sang a Song" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Bill Anderson | ||||
| from the album Bill Anderson Sings Country Heart Songs | ||||
| B-side | "On And On And On" | |||
| Released | July 1962 | |||
| Recorded | June 5, 1961 | |||
| Studio | Bradley Studios (Nashville, Tennessee) | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:26 | |||
| Label | Decca Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Bill Anderson | |||
| Producer(s) | Owen Bradley | |||
| Bill Anderson singles chronology | ||||
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"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]