Last Cheater's Waltz

This article is about the song. For the album, see Last Cheater's Waltz (album).
"Last Cheater's Waltz"
Single by T. G. Sheppard
from the album 3/4 Lonely
B-side "You Do It to Me Every Time"
Released August 1979
Format 7"
Recorded February 1979
Genre Country
Length 3:47
Label Warner Bros./Curb
Writer(s) Sonny Throckmorton
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
T. G. Sheppard singles chronology
"You Feel Good All Over"
(1979)
"Last Cheater's Waltz"
(1979)
"I'll Be Coming Back for More'"
(1979)

"Last Cheater's Waltz" is the title track from Sonny Throckmorton's 1978 album Last Cheater's Waltz. Throckmorton released the song as a double-A-side with "Smooth Sailin'" and charted at number 47 on the Hot Country Songs charts that year.[1]

In late 1979, T. G. Sheppard covered both songs. He released "Last Cheater's Waltz" as a single in 1979, reaching number one on Hot Country Songs.[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 7

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 420. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. Whitburn, pp. 379-380
  3. "T.G. Sheppard – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for T.G. Sheppard.
Preceded by
"It Must Be Love"
by Don Williams
Billboard Hot Country Singles
number-one single

October 6-October 13, 1979
Succeeded by
"All the Gold in California"
by Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band
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