"Once a Day" is a song written by Bill Anderson and recorded as the debut single by American country artist Connie Smith. It was produced by Bob Ferguson for her self-titled debut album. The song was released in August 1964, topping the Billboard country music chart for eight weeks between late 1964 and early 1965. It was the first debut single by a female country artist to reach number one, and to date holds the record for the most weeks spent at number one by a female country artist.
This song peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart for the week of November 28, 1964, and it stayed at #1 for eight consecutive weeks.
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“All day long and all night through,
One thing only must I do:
Quench my pride and cool my blood,
Lest I perish in the flood.”
—Countee Cullen (1903–1946)