"Any Time" is a Tin Pan Alley song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. It was published in 1921 and first recorded by Emmett Miller for OKeh Records in 1924, accompanying himself on ukulele, Lawson recorded his own version for Gennett Records on July 31, 1925. It became associated with Country music when Eddy Arnold rescued it from obscurity in 1948, topping the Billboard Juke Box Folk Records Chart for nine weeks.
Charted versions Eddy Arnold released a version in 1948 that reached No.1 on the U.S. country chart and No.17 on the U.S. pop chart.Eddy Arnold, "Any Time" Chart Position Retrieved February 21, 2015 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage released a version in 1948 that reached No.13 on the U.S. country chart.Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage, "Any Time" Chart Position Retrieved February 21, 2015 Eddie Fisher released a version in 1951 that reached No.2 in the U.S.Eddie Fisher, "Any Time" Chart Position Retrieved February 21, 2015 Patsy Cline recorded a version that was released posthumously in 1969 and reached No.73 on the U.S. country chart.Patsy Cline, "Any Time" Chart Position Retrieved February 21, 2015 The Osmond Brothers released a version that reached No.54 on the U.S. country chart in 1985.The Osmonds, "Any Time" Chart Position Retrieved February 21, 2015
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