Stoney End (song)

"Stoney End"
Single by Peggy Lipton
B-side "San Francisco Glide"
Released 1968
Format 7" vinyl
Genre Vocal pop
Label Ode
Writer(s) Laura Nyro
Producer(s) Lou Adler[1]
Peggy Lipton singles chronology
"Wear Your Love Like Heaven"
(1967)
"Stoney End"
(1968)
"Red Clay County Line"
(1969)
"Stoney End"
Single by Barbra Streisand
from the album Stoney End
B-side "I'll Be Home"
Released October 1970
Format 7" vinyl
Recorded 1970
Genre Vocal pop
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Laura Nyro
Producer(s) Marty Paich
Barbra Streisand singles chronology
"Stout-Hearted Men"
(1967)
"Stoney End"
(1970)
"Time and Love"
(1971)

"Stoney End" is a 1970 hit song by Barbra Streisand, originally recorded in 1968 by Peggy Lipton. Lipton reached #121 on the U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under the Hot 100 chart.

Barbra Streisand cover

Barbra Streisand covered "Stoney End" in 1970. It was the title track and first release from her twelfth studio album. Fanny provided the backing vocals.

The song reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1971 and became Streisand's second Top 10 hit. It also reached number two on the US Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, "Stoney End" peaked at number five and is ranked as the 65th biggest Canadian hit of 1971.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1970–71) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles[2] 5
Canada Adult Contemporary[3] 29
UK 27
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 6
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 2
US Cash Box Top 100 7

Year-end charts

Chart (1971) Rank
Canada[5] 65
US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)[6] 61
US Cash Box[7] 99

Other covers

"Stoney End" had previously been covered by The Chicks. It charted in New Zealand, reaching number 21 in January 1970.[8]

The songwriter, Laura Nyro, recorded a solo version, and has performed it with Streisand. "Stoney End" has also been covered by Diana Ross and Linda Ronstadt.

References

  1. "Peggy Lipton - Stoney End / San Francisco Glide (Vinyl)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  2. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  3. "Item: 10616 - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  4. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
  7. "flavour of new zealand - search listener". Flavourofnz.co.nz. 1970-01-09. Retrieved 2016-10-05.
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