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Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle song)

Gallagher & Lyle song

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 7, 2026
Entity authorityQ7605074 ↗
Source-derived summary

"Stay Young is a song written by Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle, and originally recorded on their 1976 album Breakaway. In the United States, the song was covered by American country music artist Don Williams. It was released in November 1983 as the third single from his album Yellow Moon. It was his fifteenth number one country hit. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the country chart.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle song)” as gallagher & Lyle song. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Stay, Young and Gallagher.

Editorial reviewA productive route into publication, performance and collection histories when the underlying object or edition remains clearly identified. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1976, 1983—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1983-11. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Stay, Young and Gallagher providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle song)”, the useful work is to connect “gallagher & Lyle song” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 7, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7605074. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1976 and 1983.

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This entry incorporates text from “Stay Young (Gallagher & Lyle song)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.