Keep On Singing

"Keep on Singing"
Single by Austin Roberts
from the album Austin Roberts
B-side	"Take Away the Sunshine"
Released	January 1973
Format	7"
Genre	Easy listening
Label	Chelsea
Writer(s)	Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart
Austin Roberts singles chronology
"Something's Wrong With Me" (1972) "Keep on Singing" (1973) "Rocky" (1975)

"Keep on Singing"
Single by Helen Reddy
from the album Love Song For Jeffrey
B-side	"You're My Home"
Released	March 1974
Format	7"
Recorded	1974
Genre	Easy listening
Length	3:03
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Danny Janssen, Bobby Hart
Producer(s)	Tom Catalano
Helen Reddy singles chronology
"Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" (1973) "Keep on Singing" (1974) "You and Me Against the World" (1974)

"Keep on Singing" is a 1973 song composed by Danny Janssen and Bobby Hart, best known as a hit single by Helen Reddy. It was originally recorded by Austin Roberts from the album Austin Roberts. It was released as a single on Chelsea Records and reached No. 50 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and No. 39 on the Cash Box Top 100. In Canada it reached # 79.^[1]

Chart performance

Chart (1973)	Peak position
Canada	79
U.S. Billboard	50
U.S. Cash Box	39

Helen Reddy cover

Helen Reddy recorded the song for her 1974 album Love Song for Jeffrey. It served as the lead single from the album and reached No. 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 that May, and No. 10 on the Cash Box Top 100.^[2] The song also reached No. 10 in Canada.^[3]

"Keep On Singing" was a yet greater Adult Contemporary hit, reaching No. 1 on both the U.S. and Canadian Easy Listening charts.^[4][5] The song was also a hit in Australia, peaking at No. 22.^[6]

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Australia GoSet[7][8]	25
Australia ARIA[6]	22
Canada RPM Top Singles	10
Canadian Adult Contemporary	1
New Zealand (Listener)[9]	17
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	15
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	1
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Australia ARIA [10]	154
Canada RPM Top Singles [11]	118
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12]	135

Other cover versions

• Terry Williams of The First Edition cut it as a B-side for MGM Records in 1973.
• Barbara Mandrell covered "Keep on Singing" for her 1974 This Time I Almost Made It album, and the song appears on Aileen Quinn's 1982 album Bobby's Girl.
• A live version of "Keep on Singing" is featured on the 1976 Live in Japan album by Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart.
• A Finnish rendering: "Anna Laulun Lohduttaa", was recorded by Ami Aspelund for her 1974 Ami album.

References

1. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
3. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 201.
5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
6. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
7. "Go-Set Australian charts - 15 June 1974". Poparchives.com.au. 1974-06-15. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
8. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
9. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
10. Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
11. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-07.
12. "1973 Year End". Bullfrogspond.com. Retrieved 2016-10-07.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics