Johnny Duncan

John Richard Duncan (October 5, 1938 Before he went to Nashville, Duncan attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. He then spent a few years in Clovis, New Mexico.

"He grew up here in a small country town and loved music", Jim Harrell said. "His mother played herself and a lot of his cousins played with him." (Jim Harrell, owner and funeral director of Harrell Funeral Home in Dublin, which handled arrangements for his funeral)

After playing and singing with his musically gifted family for a few years, he auditioned demos in April 1959 for Norman Petty in Clovis. and his son John “Ike” Duncan, with wife Connie Duncan, who survived him.

Discography

Studio albums Year Album Chart Positions Label US Country CAN Country 1968 Johnny One Time 40 — Columbia 1969 Back to Back (w/ June Stearns) — — 1971 There's Something About a Lady — — 1973 Sweet Country Woman 34 — You're Gonna Need a Man — — Harmony 1977 Johnny Duncan 21 — Columbia Come a Little Bit Closer 27 — 1978 The Best Is Yet to Come 42 8 1979 See You When the Sun Goes Down — — Straight from Texas — — 1980 In My Dreams 61 — Nice 'n' Easy (w/ Janie Fricke) — — You're on My Mind — — 1986 Faraway Hideaway — — Pharaoh 2005 The Thing To Do — — JRD Records

Compilation albums Year Album US Country Label 1976 The Best 5 Columbia 1978 Greatest Hits 45 1998 Pure Country — Classic Country — Simitar 2003 It Couldn't Have Been Any Better — Collector's Choice 2018 Thinkin' Of A Rendezvous ~ Columbia Country Hits 1969–1980 — T-Bird Americana

Singles Year Single Chart Positions Album US Country CAN Country 1967 "Hard Luck Joe" 54 — Johnny One Time 1968 "Baby Me Baby" 67 — "To My Sorrow" 47 — "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" (w/ June Stearns) 21 — Back to Back 1969 "I Live to Love You" 70 — Single only "Back to Back (We're Strangers)" (w/ June Stearns) 74 — Back to Back "When She Touches Me" 30 — Johnny One Time 1970 "Window Number Five" 65 — You're Gonna Need a Man "You're Gonna Need a Man" 39 — There's Something About a Lady "My Woman's Love" 68 — "Let Me Go (Set Me Free)" 27 43 1971 "There's Something About a Lady" 19 — "One Night of Love" 39 — Sweet Country Woman "Baby's Smile, Woman's Kiss" 12 — You're Gonna Need a Man 1972 "Fools" 19 16 Sweet Country Woman "Here We Go Again" 66 — Single only 1973 "Sweet Country Woman" 6 8 Sweet Country Woman "Talkin' with My Lady" 18 42 The Best 1974 "The Pillow" 47 — The Best Is Yet to Come "Scarlet Water" 66 — The Best 1975 "Charley Is My Name" 57 — Johnny Duncan "Jo and the Cowboy" 26 28 The Best 1976 "Gentle Fire" 86 — "Stranger" 4 13 "Thinkin' of a Rendezvous" 1 1 Johnny Duncan 1977 "It Couldn't Have Been Any Better" 1 1 "A Song in the Night"A 5 5 Come a Little Bit Closer "Come a Little Bit Closer" (w/ Janie Fricke) 4 2 1978 "She Can Put Her Shoes Under My Bed (Anytime)" 1 1 The Best Is Yet to Come "Hello Mexico (And Adios Baby to You)" 4 7 1979 "Slow Dancing" 6 8 See You When the Sun Goes Down "The Lady in the Blue Mercedes" 9 21 Straight from Texas 1980 "Play Another Slow Song" 17 31 "I'm Gonna Love You Tonight (In My Dreams)" 17 48 In My Dreams "He's Out of My Life" (w/ Janie Fricke) 17 20 Nice'n Easy "Acapulco" 16 — You're on My Mind 1981 "All Night Long" 40 — Single only 1986 "The Look of a Lady in Love" 69 — Faraway Hideaway "Texas Moon" 81 — A"A Song in the Night" also peaked at No. 5 on Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles.