Me and You and a Dog Named Boo

"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" is the 1971 debut single by Lobo. Written by Lobo under his real name Kent LaVoie, it appears on the Introducing Lobo album.

"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
Single by Lobo
from the album Introducing Lobo
B-side"Walk Away From It All"
ReleasedMarch 1971
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length2:53
LabelBig Tree
112
Songwriter(s)Kent LaVoie
Lobo singles chronology
"Me and You and a Dog Named Boo"
(1971)		 "She Didn't Do Magic/I'm the Only One"
(1971)

The single peaked at #5 on the Hot 100 and was the first of four of his songs to hit #1 on the Easy Listening chart, where it had a two-week stay at that top spot in May 1971.[2] The song also reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1971[3] and spent four weeks at #1 in New Zealand.[4]

Internationally, "Me and You and a Dog Named Boo" was Lobo's second most successful song among more than 15 single releases, surpassed only by "I'd Love You to Want Me" the following year.

Chart history

Cover versions
  • Later in 1971, country artist Stonewall Jackson recorded the song, which was his final Top 40 hit on the US country chart, peaking at #7.[18]
  • In 1972, a version was sung by The Brady Kids in the episode "Who Was That Dog...?" on their Saturday morning cartoon show.[19]

See also

References
  1. Artist Biography by Jason Ankeny (1943-07-31). "Lobo | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-03-04.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 148.
  3. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 326. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
  4. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-04.
  5. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (doc) |format= requires |url= (help). Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  6. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  7. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 2013-07-17. Retrieved 2017-04-04.
  8. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Me and You and a Dog Named Boo". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  9. Flavour of New Zealand, 26 February 1973
  10. "SA Charts 1965–March 1989". Retrieved 5 September 2018.
  11. "Lobo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  12. "Lobo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  13. "Lobo Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
  14. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". collectionscanada.gc.ca.
  15. 1971 in British music#Best-selling singles
  16. Musicoutfitters.com
  17. "Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 25, 1971". Archived from the original on October 6, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2017.
  18. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 170.
  19. "Who Was That Dog...?".


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