"Smooth Sailin'" | ||||
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Single by T.G. Sheppard | ||||
from the album Smooth Sailin' | ||||
B-side | "I Came Home to Make Love to You" | |||
Released | April 5, 1980 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 3:14 | |||
Label | Warner Bros./Curb | |||
Songwriter(s) | Sonny Throckmorton, Curly Putman | |||
Producer(s) | Buddy Killen | |||
T.G. Sheppard singles chronology | ||||
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"Smooth Sailin" is a song co-written by Curly Putman and Sonny Throckmorton. Throckmorton released his version of the song in 1978 on his debut album, Last Cheater's Waltz. It was re-released in 1979 on Mercury Records as a double-A-side with "Last Cheater's Waltz". This double-sided single peaked at number 47 on the country music charts that year.
A year later, T.G. Sheppard recorded "Smooth Sailin'" for his Warner Bros. Records album of the same name. Sheppard's version went to number six on the same chart in 1980.