Little Green Apples

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"Little Green Apples" is a popular song written by Jerry Fuller that became a hit in the late 1960s through recordings by artists such as O.C. Smith and Patti Page.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Country Song
Grammy Award for Song of the Year
chartSuccess hit single in the late 1960s
composer Jerry Fuller
countryOfOrigin United States
decadeOfPeakPopularity 1960s
firstReleaseYear 1968
genre country
pop
GrammyYear 1969
hasCoverVersionCount numerous cover versions
hasCulturalImpact widely recorded standard of late 1960s pop and country music
hasMusicalStyle country-pop ballad
orchestral pop arrangement in some versions
hasNotableLyric “God didn’t make little green apples…”
hasTitle Little Green Apples
hasType popular song
includedIn albums by O. C. Smith
albums by Patti Page
albums by Roger Miller
isHitFor O. C. Smith
Patti Page
language English
lyricist Jerry Fuller
notableRecording Little Green Apples (O. C. Smith recording)
linked to: Little Green Apples

Little Green Apples (Patti Page recording)
originallyPublishedIn 1960s
partOf repertoire of multiple pop and country artists
publicationDate 1968
recordedBy Andy Williams
Bobby Goldsboro
Frank Sinatra
Glen Campbell
O. C. Smith
Patti Page
Roger Miller
The Temptations
Tony Bennett
tempo slow to moderate ballad
theme domestic life
gratitude
love
vocalStyle narrative vocal delivery
writer Jerry Fuller

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Jerry Fuller wroteSong Little Green Apples
Smash Records notableRelease “Little Green Apples”
linked to: Little Green Apples
Swings Both Ways hasTrack Little Green Apples
Little Green Apples notableRecording Little Green Apples (O. C. Smith recording)
linked to: Little Green Apples
Little Green Apples hasTitle Little Green Apples