Thinkin' of a Rendezvous

"Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" is a country music song written by Bobby Braddock and Sonny Throckmorton,[1] and recorded by Johnny Duncan.

"Thinkin' of a Rendezvous"
Single by Johnny Duncan
from the album Johnny Duncan
B-side"Love Should Be Easy"
ReleasedSeptember 1976
RecordedJuly 1976
GenreCountry
Length3:24
LabelColumbia 10417
Songwriter(s)Bobby Braddock and Sonny Throckmorton
Producer(s)Billy Sherrill and Larry Gatlin
Johnny Duncan singles chronology
"Stranger"
(1976)		 "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous"
(1976)		 "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better"
(1977)

Featuring harmony vocals, and a solo line at a key point in the song's third verse by session vocalist Janie Fricke, "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" was Duncan's first number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in December 1976. A two-week run atop the country chart was part of a 13-week stay in the country chart's top 40.[2]

The song — about a family man who meets up with a woman, a long-time friend with whom he had a secret affair a year earlier — was the first of two Duncan-Fricke duets to top the charts. The follow-up song, "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better", went number one in April 1977, and the two enjoyed several other duet hits, most notably "Stranger" (written by Kris Kristofferson, and a hit in July 1976) and "Come a Little Bit Closer" in January 1978 (a cover of the Jay and the Americans).

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1976) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

Year-end charts
Chart (1977) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[4] 19

References
  1. "Johnny Duncan's Dirty Song in "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous"". 20 March 2018.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 112.
  3. "Johnny Duncan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  4. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1977". Billboard. Retrieved August 2, 2021.


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