who sang the song it's just a matter of time
Brook Benton
title: It's Just a Matter of Time (song) text: It's Just a Matter of Time (song) "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks. The original recording by Benton topped the Billboard rhythm & blues chart in 1959 and peaked at No. 3 on the Hot 100 pop chart, the first in a string of hits for Benton that ran through 1970. The song later found a second life as a country song, with major hit recordings by three different country music performers during the 1970s and 1980s, two of which hit number one. Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks title: It's Just a Matter of Time (song) text: February 1970. The song was James' 10th in a string of 16 consecutive chart-topping single releases, spanning from 1967-1971. James performed the song on "The Ed Sullivan Show" on January 11, 1970 (just days after the single was released) and "Hee Haw" on January 21. In 1985, Glen Campbell — at the time on the roster of Atlantic America Records — recorded his version and released it as a single. His version peaked at No. 7 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart in February 1986. Randy Travis became the third country artist to find success with the song. Released title: It's Just a Matter of Time (song) text: in August 1989 as the lead-off single to the album "No Holdin' Back", Travis' version became his 10th No. 1 hit on the "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart. Travis' bluesy rendition was initially recorded as part of the album "Rock, Rhythm & Blues", a 10-song compilation featuring covers of 1950s-era pop hits by 1980s stars. The song was later included on "No Holdin' Back" after Travis and others liked what they had just recorded. It's Just a Matter of Time (song) "It's Just a Matter of Time" is a popular song written by Brook Benton, Clyde Otis and Belford Hendricks. title: It's Just a Matter of Time (song) text: it. However, Otis became an A&R manager at Mercury Records, and signed Benton to the label. Otis felt that "It's Just A Matter Of Time" would be an ideal single for Benton, and he asked Cole not to record the song so it could be Benton's first release on the label. Belford Hendricks, a classically trained composer, co-wrote and arranged the recording. Benton's version, in a style clearly influenced by Cole, was a quick success, rising to number three on the Billboard pop charts while topping the R&B chart for 9 weeks in the spring of 1959, the longest run title: It's a Matter of Time text: It's a Matter of Time "It's a Matter of Time'" is a song written by Clive Westlake and recorded in 1972 by Elvis Presley. It was recorded by him during the March 27–29, 1972 recording session at the RCA Studios in Nashville. The song was first released in August 1972 as a B-side to "Burning Love" and then in November on the album "Burning Love and Hits from His Movies, Volume 2". "Billboard" in its August 12, 1972 issue put the single "Burning Love / It's a Matter of Time" on the recommended list (New Radio Action "Billboard" Pick Singles,