Mountain of Love

"Mountain of Love"
Single by Harold Dorman
B-side	"To Be with You"
Released	1960
Recorded	1957
Genre	Rock and roll
Label	Rita Records
Writer(s)	Harold Dorman

"Mountain of Love"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Everybody's Choice
Released	1981
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Charley Pride singles chronology
"Never Been So Loved (In All My Life)" (1981) "Mountain of Love" (1981) "I Don't Think She's in Love Anymore" (1982)

"Mountain of Love" is a song written by Harold Dorman (also known as Harold Kenneth Dorman). Dorman released his version as a single in 1960. It performed well, becoming his only top forty hit on the Billboard Hot 100. It was the highest charting single of his career.

In 1964, Johnny Rivers released his remake as a single. This version also proved popular, charting at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 ^[1].

In 1968, singer Ronnie Dove had a minor hit when he released his version as a single on Diamond Records.

Other artists to record the song include The Beach Boys (on their 1965 album Beach Boys' Party!), Tommy Cash, Narvel Felts, and Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town (on their 2007 album Jerry Lawson Talk of the Town. Bobby G. Rice took a rendition to #20 on the country music charts in 1971.^[2]

Charley Pride version

In December 1981, Charley Pride released a cover version, which topped the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in March 1982 ^[3]. Charley Pride's version of "Mountain of Love" became his twenty-sixth number one on the country chart. Both Pride and Dorman are natives of Sledge, Mississippi.

Chart performance

Chart (1982)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1
New Zealand Singles Chart	41
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1

Preceded by "Blue Moon with Heartache" by Rosanne Cash	Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single March 20, 1982	Succeeded by "She Left Love All Over Me" by Razzy Bailey
Preceded by "Shine" by Waylon Jennings	RPM Country Tracks number-one single March 27, 1982	Succeeded by "Bobbie Sue" by The Oak Ridge Boys

References

1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 531. 
2. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 349. ISBN 0-89820-177-2. 
3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 277.