| "The Keeper of the Stars" | ||||
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| Single by Tracy Byrd | ||||
| from the album No Ordinary Man | ||||
| B-side | "Pink Flamingos"[2] | |||
| Released | February 2, 1995[1] | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:06 (album version) 4:17 (radio version) | |||
| Label | MCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Dickey Lee Danny Mayo Karen Staley | |||
| Producer(s) | Jerry Crutchfield | |||
| Tracy Byrd singles chronology | ||||
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"The Keeper of the Stars" is a song written by Dickey Lee, Danny Mayo and Karen Staley, and recorded by American country music artist Tracy Byrd. It was released in February 1995 as the fourth and last single from his album No Ordinary Man, it went on to reach a peak of #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts, behind "I Can Love You Like That" by John Michael Montgomery. A year after its release, it was named Song of the Year by the Academy of Country Music.[3]
- ^ AOL Music profile for "Keeper of the Stars"
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
- ^ "ACMs - Previous Winners - Song of the Year". About.com. Retrieved 2008-03-05.