John Denver - Thank God I'm A Country Boy - On Back Home Again Album (1975)

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy", also known as "Country Boy" is a song written by John Martin Sommers and recorded by American singer/songwriter John Denver.

The song was originally included on Denver's 1974 album Back Home Again.

A version recorded live on August 26, 1974 at the Universal Amphitheatre in Los Angeles was included on his 1975 album An Evening with John Denver.

The live version was released as a single and went to No. 1 on both the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles and Billboard Hot 100 charts. The song topped both charts for one week each, first the country chart (on May 31), and the Hot 100 chart a week later.

"Thank God I'm a Country Boy" was one of six songs released in 1975 that topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Hot Country Singles charts. Denver's two-sided hit "I'm Sorry"/"Calypso" also received that distinction.

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Linda Ronstadt - When Will I Be Loved? (1975)

"When Will I Be Loved" is a classic popular song written by Phil Everly of the Everly Brothers, who had a hit with it in 1960. Linda Ronstadt covered the song in 1975 and her version was an even bigger hit.

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The song had its highest profile when Linda Ronstadt covered it on her album Heart Like A Wheel. This version rearranges the verses of the Everly Brothers original, transposing the first and third verses. Capitol Records was reportedly unsure whether to release "When Will I Be Loved" or "You're No Good" as the lead 45 off of Heart Like a Wheel, finally deciding to issue "You're No Good" as the priemier single. "When Will I Be Loved" was issued as the second single (in March, 1975) and hit number 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in June of that year, as well number 1 in Cash Box; only the chart dominance of the year's biggest hit: "Love Will Keep Us Together" by Captain & Tennille prevented Ronstadt from having consecutive number 1 hit singles on the Hot 100 — a feat she did perform on the Cash Box Top 100 Singles chart on June 21, 1975, which ranked "When Will I Be Loved" at number 1 ("You're No Good" had been number 1 in both Billboard and Cash Box February 15, 1975). Billboard did afford a number 1 ranking to "When Will I Be Loved" on its C&W chart, where it was Ronstadt's first of several chart-toppers.

As Ronstadt's "When Will I Be Loved" descended the charts, its B-side, a remake of Buddy Holly's "It Doesn't Matter Anymore", garnered enough airplay to chart at number 47 Pop, number 20 Adult Contemporary and number 54 Country.

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