Any Day Now (1962 song)

Infobox Single
Name = Any Day Now


Artist = Ronnie Milsap
from Album = Inside
A-side =
B-side =
Released = April 1982
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1981
Genre = Country
Length = 3:42
Label = RCA Records
Writer = Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard
Producer = Tom Collins and Ronnie Milsap
Chart position =
Last single = "I Wouldn't Have Missed It For the World"
(1981)
This single = "Any Day Now"
(1982)
Next single = "He Got You"
(1982)

"Any Day Now" is the title of a popular song written by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard in 1962. The song has been recorded by numerous artists over the years, including notable versions by Chuck Jackson in 1962, Elvis Presley in 1969, and Ronnie Milsap in 1982.

Chuck Jackson

Jackson, an R&B singer born in South Carolina in 1937, recorded the first version of the song to hit the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart; it reached #23 in 1962 with the title "Any Day Now (My Wild Beautiful Bird)" and spent six weeks in the Top 40. Jackson's version appeared on his album, which was also titled "Any Day Now". The song was Jackson's highest charting hit on the US pop chart.

Elvis Presley

Presley, the "King of Rock & Roll", recorded a cover version of "Any Day Now" in 1969. This version appeared on his acclaimed album of that year, "From Elvis in Memphis". Although not released as a single in its own right, the song appeared as the B-side to Presley's #3 US pop hit, "In the Ghetto", which appeared on the same album.

Ronnie Milsap

Milsap, a popular country / pop singer who is also blind, recorded the most widely known version of the song. It was the lead single from his 1982 album, "Inside", and it peaked at #14 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart, spending nine weeks in the Top 40. In addition, this version went to #1 on both the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart (for one week) as well as the Hot Adult Contemporary Singles chart (for five weeks).

Other versions

*The song became the theme to the American television drama of the same name that aired on the cable channel Lifetime, starring Annie Potts and Lorraine Toussaint. The verse of the song that appears in this theme was sung by Lori Perry.

*Country singer Don Gibson also released a version of "Any Day Now," which reached the Top 40 of the "Billboard" country music chart in 1979.

*Singer Percy Sledge recorded "Any Day Now" in 1969, and this version reached #35 on the "Billboard" R&B chart and #86 on the Hot 100.

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References

*Roland, Tom, "The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits" (Billboard Books, Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 (ISBN 0-82-307553-2).
*Whitburn, Joel (1996). "The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits", 6th Edition (Billboard Publications)
*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005", 2006.
*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Pop Songs: 1955-2006", 2007.