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"Any Time" is a Tin Pan Alley song written by Herbert "Happy" Lawson. The song was published in 1921 and first recorded by Emmett Miller for OKeh Records in 1924. Accompanying himself on ukulele, Lawson recorded his own version for Gennett Records on July 31, 1925. It became associated with Country music when Eddy Arnold rescued it from obscurity in 1948, topping the Billboard Juke Box Folk Records Chart for nine weeks.[2]

"Any Time (1921 song)"
Sheet music of "Any Time"
Song by Emmett Miller
Published	December 27, 1921 (1921-12-27) Herbert Happy Lawson Music Publishing Company, Dallas[1]
Released	1924
Songwriter(s)	Herbert Happy Lawson

Charted versions

• Eddy Arnold released a version in 1948 that reached #1 on the U.S. country chart and #17 on the U.S. pop chart.[3]
• Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage released a version in 1948 that reached #13 on the U.S. country chart.[4]
• Eddie Fisher released a version in 1951 that reached #2 in the U.S.[5]
• Helen O'Connell released a version on Capitol in 1952 [6]
• Patsy Cline recorded a version that was released posthumously in 1969 and reached #73 on the U.S. country chart.[7]
• The Osmond Brothers released a version that reached #54 on the U.S. country chart in 1985.[8]

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