Skip a Rope

"Skip a Rope"
Single by Henson Cargill
from the album Skip a Rope
B-side"A Very Well Traveled Man"
ReleasedNovember 1967
GenreCountry
Length2:38
LabelMonument
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Don Law
Henson Cargill singles chronology
"Skip a Rope"
(1967) 		"Row Row Row"
(1968)

"Skip a Rope" is a song written by Jack Moran and Glenn Douglas Tubb and recorded by American country music artist Henson Cargill, released in November 1967 as the first single and title track from the album Skip a Rope. The song was Cargill's debut release on the country chart and his most successful single. "Skip a Rope" was Cargill's sole No. 1 on the country chart, spending five weeks at the top and a total of 16 weeks on the chart.[1] "Skip a Rope" crossed over to the Top 40, peaking at No. 25.[2]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 68.
  2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 105.