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1973 single by Lighthouse
"Pretty Lady"
Single by Lighthouse
from the album Can You Feel It
B-side"Bright Side"
ReleasedSeptember 1973
Recorded1973
GenrePop, Jazz Fusion
Length3:57 (album)
3:10 (single)
LabelPolydor (US), GRT (Canada)
Songwriter(s)Skip Prokop
Producer(s)Jimmy Ienner
Lighthouse singles chronology
"Broken Guitar Blues"
(1973) 		"Pretty Lady"
(1973) 		"Can You Feel It?"
(1974)

"Pretty Lady" is a 1973 song by Canadian rock band Lighthouse. The song was the lead single of three released from their Can You Feel It LP. It was written by lead singer Skip Prokop.

The song reached number 53 on Billboard and number 31 on Cash Box. It was their final charting single in the United States, and became their third greatest hit. It was the group's second of two hits on the Adult Contemporary chart, reaching number 38, after "One Fine Morning" had hit number 30 two years earlier.

In their native Canada, "Pretty Lady" reached the Top 10, and was not their final hit. It reached as high as number nine, for two weeks during the winter of 1974.

In Popular Culture

  • An intoxicated Sam Losco sang it to a Barbara Lahey in an episode of the popular Canadian sitcom Trailer Park Boys.
  • The song was covered by the Trans-Canada Highwaymen for their 2023 album, Explosive Hits Vol. 1.

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1973-74) Peak
position
Canada RPM Top Singles 9
Canada CHUM Top 30 Airplay 6
U.S. Billboard Top Canadian Singles 5
U.S. Cash Box Top Canadian Singles 2
Hawaii Airplay 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 53
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening 38
U.S. Record World Top Singles 33
U.S. Cash Box Top 100 31
Canada CKLW Top 30 Airplay 17

Year-end charts

Chart (1973) Rank
Canada RPM Top Singles 60
Canada CHUM Year End Singles 84

References

  1. "Can You Feel It (Discography)". Lighthouse.
  2. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 12/22/73". tropicalglen.com.
  3. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1974-01-05. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. CHUM 1050 Top 30 AIrplay Chart November 23, 1973
  5. Billboard Magazine Canadian News October 27, 1973
  6. Cashbox Magazine International Best Sellers December 15, 1973
  7. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-1993. Record Research. p. 141.
  9. Record World Singles Chart December 22, 1973
  10. CKLW November- 13, 1973 Chart
  11. Canada, Library and Archives (December 26, 2017). "Image : RPM Weekly". Library and Archives Canada.
  12. CHUM Year End Singles Chart 1973

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