Near You
"Near You" is a popular song written and originally recorded by Francis Craig and His Orchestra at Castle Studio in 1947,[3] with lyrics by Kermit Goell, which has become a pop standard.
For the album by Pat Boone, see Near You (album)."Near You"
"Red Rose"[1]
July 25, 1947 by Supreme Music Corp., New York[2]
March 1947
February 15, 1947
Castle Recording Studio, Nashville
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Background[edit]
The recording by Francis Craig (the song's composer) with orchestra member Bob Lamm on vocals was released by Bullet Records as catalog number 1001. It first reached the Billboard Best Sellers chart on August 30, 1947 and lasted 21 weeks on the chart, peaking at number one. On the "Most Played By Jockeys" chart, the song spent 17 consecutive weeks at number one, setting a record for both the song and the artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position on a US pop music chart.[4] Billboard ranked it as the No. 1 song overall for 1947.[5]
In 2009, hip-hop group The Black Eyed Peas surpassed Craig's record for artist with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position with the songs "Boom Boom Pow" and "I Gotta Feeling". However, their record was accomplished with combined weeks of two number 1 songs - one succeeding the other in the top position.
In 2019, "Old Town Road", by Lil Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus, surpassed "Near You" for song with most consecutive weeks in the number-one position with 19 weeks.
"Near You"
Other recordings of the song that charted on the Billboard best seller in 1947 include:[4]