All His Children

{{Infobox song | name = All His Children | cover =All His Children.jpg |caption=Japanese release picture sleeve | alt = | type = single | artist = Charley Pride with Henry Mancini | album = Sometimes a Great Notion | B-side = You'll Still Be the One | released = January 1972 | format = | recorded = July 19, 1971 | studio = RCA Studio A, Nashville, Tennessee | venue = | genre = Country | length = | label = RCA | writer = Alan Bergman<br />Marilyn Bergman<br />Henry Mancini | producer = Jack Clement | chronology = Charley Pride | prev_title = Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' | prev_year = 1971 | next_title = It's Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer | next_year = 1972 }} "'''All His Children'''" is a song recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride with music by Henry Mancini. It was released in January 1972 and was the theme of the film ''Sometimes a Great Notion''. The song peaked at number 2 on the ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles chart.<ref>{{cite web |title=Charley Pride singles |url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=charley-pride-p1772/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} |work=Allmusic |access-date=18 March 2011}}</ref> It also reached number 1 on the ''RPM'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=RPM Country Singles for April 1, 1972 |url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7721&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=pehc3ibi923a948fnakfsbida1 |work=RPM |access-date=18 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022003850/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.7721&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=pehc3ibi923a948fnakfsbida1 |archive-date=22 October 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The song was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1971.

==Chart performance== {|class="wikitable sortable" !align="left"|Chart (1972) !align="center"|Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|2|artist=Charley Pride}} |- {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|92|artist=Charley Pride}} |- |align="left"|Canadian ''RPM'' Country Tracks |align="center"|1 |}

==Other recordings== Bing Crosby recorded the song for his 1972 album ''Bing 'n' Basie''.

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Category:1972 singles Category:Charley Pride songs Category:Bing Crosby songs Category:Songs written for films Category:Songs with lyrics by Alan Bergman Category:Songs with lyrics by Marilyn Bergman Category:Songs with music by Henry Mancini Category:RCA Records singles Category:Scott Walker (singer) songs Category:1972 songs