When the Snow Is on the Roses

Infobox Single
Name = When the Snow Is on the Roses


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Artist = Sonny James
from Album = When the Snow Is on the Roses
Released = July 1972
Format = single
Recorded = 1972
Genre = Country
Length = 2:42
Label = Columbia Records
Writer = Ernst Bader, Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder (lyrics), James Last (music)
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#1 Billboard Hot Country Singles

Last single = "That's Why I Love You Like I Do"
(1972)
This single = "When the Snow Is on the Roses"
(1972)
Next single = "White Silver Sands"
(1972)
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"When the Snow is On the Roses" is a country music song made famous by Sonny James. The record was presented an Easy Listening hit with minimal pop crossover by Ed Ames in 1967, when it spent four weeks at #1 on the Easy Listening chart but only reached #98 on the "Billboard" Hot 100.

ong history

The song — originally recorded by Roy Drusky in the late 1960s as an album cut [ [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=17:1705131] All Music Guide — "When the Snow is On the Roses"] — was James' first single released after he had signed with Columbia Records in 1972. James had just wrapped up a successful stay at Capitol Records, where he had enjoyed a string of 16 consecutive No. 1 hits during the late 1960s and early 1970s.

"When the Snow ... ," a ballad, began another long string of hits by "The Southern Gentleman." The song became his 22nd No. 1 song on the "Billboard magazine" Hot Country Singles chart in mid-September 1972. [ [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jifpxqlaldje] All Music Guide — "The Complete Columbia & Monument Hits" by Sonny James] .

Ernst Bader wrote the original lyrics to the song in German; Larry Kusik and Eddie Snyder then wrote the English translation. The music was by James Last.

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References and sources

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ee also

*Whitburn, Joel, "Top Country Songs: 1944-2005", 2006.
*Hyatt, Wesley (1999). "The Billboard Book of #1 Adult Contemporary Hits" (Billboard Publications)