A Shoulder to Cry On

"A Shoulder to Cry On"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Sweet Country
B-side	"I'm Learning to Love Her"
Released	January 1973
Genre	Country
Length	3:08
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Merle Haggard
Producer(s)	Jack Clement
Charley Pride singles chronology
"She's Too Good to Be True" (1972) "A Shoulder to Cry On" (1973) "Don't Fight the Feelings of Love" (1973)

"A Shoulder to Cry On" is a song written by Merle Haggard, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in January 1973 as the first single from the album Sweet Country. "A Shoulder to Cry On" was Charley Pride's eleventh number one on the country charts. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent thirteen weeks on the country chart.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	1
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3]	1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 276.
2. "Charley Pride – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Charley Pride.
3. "Charley Pride – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Charley Pride.