This Girl Is a Woman Now

"This Girl Is a Woman Now"
1968 45rpm record label
Single by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap
from the album The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album
B-side"His Other Woman"
ReleasedAugust 1969
RecordedJune 17, 1969 (1969-06-17)[1]
GenreRock
Length3:10
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Victor Millrose, Alan Bernstein
Producer(s)Dick Glasser
Gary Puckett & The Union Gap singles chronology
"Don't Give In to Him"
(1969) 		"This Girl Is a Woman Now"
(1969) 		"Let's Give Adam and Eve Another Chance"
(1970)

"This Girl Is a Woman Now" is a song written by Victor Millrose and Alan Bernstein and was recorded by Gary Puckett & The Union Gap for their 1969 album The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album.[2]

The song peaked at No. 2 on the US Easy Listening chart[3] and No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 the week of October 11, 1969.[4][5] It also reached No. 5 on the Cash Box Top 100.[6] It reached No. 3 in Canada and No. 13 in Australia.[7]

Chart performance

Cover versions

  • In 1970, a version by Nancy Wilson reached No. 32 on Billboard's easy listening singles chart.[12]

Spanish cover version

References

  1. ^ Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, Scan of Official Cover (2004). The Best Of Gary Puckett And The Union Gap (booklet). Sony, Columbia. p. 10. CK 90626. Retrieved 2023-02-04.
  2. ^ Joe Viglione. "The New Gary Puckett and the Union Gap Album - Gary Puckett | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  3. ^ a b "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1969-09-27. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  4. ^ Billboard Hot 100, Week of October 11, 1969 – Billboard.com. Retrieved November 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. ^ a b "Cash Box Top 100 10/11/69". Tropicalglen.com. 1969-10-11. Archived from the original on 2016-12-02. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  7. ^ a b "Song artist 664 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2016-10-02.
  8. ^ a b "Song artist 663 - Gary Puckett & The Union Gap". Tsort.info. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  9. ^ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  10. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Hits of 1969/Top 100 Songs of 1969". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2017-06-15.
  12. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 261.
  13. ^ "Nino Bravo - La niña es ya mujer". YouTube. 2008-11-30. Retrieved 2016-10-02.