Peak
23
Weeks
15
Score
1,770
Chart Year
1960
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position23
Peak DateMar 7, 1960
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted15
Weeks in Top 409
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc618
Weekly Calc1,152
Total Score1,770
Rankings
Year Ranking#126
Decade Ranking#1,120
Billboard Year#125
Top 5000#8,247
Details
- Album
- Single
- Label
- Era Records
- Genre
- Folk
- Duration
- 5:00
- Composer(s)
- Dorsey Burnette
- Entered Chart
- Feb 1, 1960
- Peak Date
- Mar 7, 1960
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Era 3012
- B-Side
- Juarez Town
Music Video
There was a tall oak tree That loved a babblin brook, And the babblin brook loved the mountain high, And the mountain high Loved the sky above. The Creator looked down And saw everything was love, love, love. No, he took a bone And a piece of mud -- He made a man and a woman To be flesh and blood. And then along came the devil Up out of the ground -- He tempted the woman, And that spread sin all round, all round, all round. Now, if she?d left that apple On that apple tree, There?d be no tears or sorrow, We?d live eternally. And then along came Man And chopped the oak tree down And now the babblin brook Is solid ground. And now the mountain high don't stand so high, And there's a cloud of smoke That covers up the clear blue sky. There was a tall oak tree, There was a tall oak tree, There was a tall oak tree.
Chart History (15 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feb 1, 1960 | 92 | 34 |
| 2 | Feb 8, 1960 | 74 | 52 |
| 3 | Feb 15, 1960 | 50 | 76 |
| 4 | Feb 22, 1960 | 35 | 91 |
| 5 | Feb 29, 1960 | 34 | 92 |
| 6 | Mar 7, 1960 | 23 | 103 |
| 7 | Mar 14, 1960 | 31 | 95 |
| 8 | Mar 21, 1960 | 40 | 86 |
| 9 | Mar 28, 1960 | 40 | 86 |
| 10 | Apr 4, 1960 | 37 | 89 |
| 11 | Apr 11, 1960 | 37 | 89 |
| 12 | Apr 18, 1960 | 40 | 86 |
| 13 | Apr 25, 1960 | 51 | 75 |
| 14 | May 2, 1960 | 70 | 56 |
| 15 | May 9, 1960 | 84 | 42 |