You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine

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"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine"
Single by Donna Fargo
from the album Miss Donna Fargo
B-side"Just a Friend of Mine"
ReleasedMay 1974
GenreCountry
Length3:15
LabelDot
Songwriter(s)Marty Cooper
Producer(s)Stan Silver
Donna Fargo singles chronology
"I'll Try a Little Bit Harder"
(1974) 		"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine"
(1974) 		"US of A"
(1974)

"You Can't Be a Beacon If Your Light Don't Shine" is a song written by Marty Cooper, and recorded by American country music artist Donna Fargo. It was released in May 1974 as the first single from the album Miss Donna Fargo. The song was Fargo's fifth number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single spent a single week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[1]

Chart performance[]

Chart (1974) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[3] 57
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks[4] 14
Australian (Kent Music Report)[5] 70
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1
Canadian RPM Top Singles 41
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 15

References[]

  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 119.
  2. ^ "Donna Fargo Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Donna Fargo Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 90.
  5. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 108. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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