We'll Sing in the Sunshine
1964 single by Gale Garnett / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" is a 1964 hit song written and recorded by Gale Garnett which reached No. 2 in Canada,[1] and No. 4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart for the week ending 17 October 1964.[2] It also enjoyed success on easy listening and country music radio stations, spending seven weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Easy Listening chart[3] and No. 42 on the country chart. The Cash Box Top 100 ranked "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" at No. 1 for the week of 31 October 1964, and it also reached No. 1 in Garnett's native New Zealand that November.[4] In Australia, "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" afforded Garnett a Top Ten hit with a No. 10 peak in October 1964. Garnett's sole Top 40 hit, "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" won the Grammy Award for Best Ethnic or Traditional Folk Recording in 1965.
"We'll Sing in the Sunshine" | |
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Single by Gale Garnett | |
from the album My Kind of Folk Songs | |
B-side | "Prism Song" |
Released | July 1964 |
Recorded | 1964 |
Genre | Folk |
Length | 2:54 |
Label | RCA Victor |
Songwriter(s) | Gale Garnett |
Producer(s) | Andy Wiswell |
The song was inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.[5]