Hello Love (song)

"Hello Love" is a 1974 single by Hank Snow. "Hello Love" was Snow's seventh and final number one on the U.S. country singles chart, and his first number one in twelve years. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on the chart.[1]

"Hello Love"
Single by Hank Snow
from the album Hello Love
B-side"Until the End of Time"
ReleasedJanuary 1974
RecordedSeptember 26, 1973
GenreCountry
Length2:44
LabelRCA Records 47-8072
Songwriter(s)Aileen Mnich and Betty Jean Robinson
Producer(s)Chet Atkins and Ronny Light
Hank Snow singles chronology
"North to Chicago"
(1973)		 "Hello Love"
(1974)		 "That's You and Me"
(1974)

When "Hello Love" peaked in popularity, Snow (at 59 years, 11 months) became the oldest singer to have a No. 1 song on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The record stood for more than 26 years, until Kenny Rogers (at 61 years, 9 months), eclipsed the record with "Buy Me a Rose."

In the media

From 1974 to 1987, the song was the theme to A Prairie Home Companion.

Chart performance
Chart (1974) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits (Second ed.). New York: Billboard Books. p. 324. ISBN 978-0-8230-8291-9.


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