"Rainy Day People" is a song written and recorded by Gordon Lightfoot, released on his 1975 album, Cold on the Shoulder, and also as a single. "Rainy Day People" went to number 26 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was Lightfoot's last of four songs to reach number one on the Easy Listening chart, spending one week at number one in May 1975.
Personnel Gordon Lightfoot – vocal, acoustic guitar Terry Clements – acoustic guitar Red Shea – acoustic guitar Rick Haynes – bass Pee Wee Charles – pedal steel guitar Nick DeCaro – piano, string arrangement Jim Gordon – drums
Chart performance Chart (1975)PeakpositionCanadian RPM Top Singles10Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary1U.S. Billboard Hot 10026U.S. Billboard Easy Listening1U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles47
See also List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1975 (U.S.)
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