Heaven 's Just a Sin Away - Wikipedia Heaven 's Just a Sin Away `` Heaven 's Just a Sin Away '' Single by The Kendalls from the album Let the Music Play / Heaven 's Just a Sin Away B - side `` Live and Let Live '' Released September 1977 Genre Country Length 2 : 27 Label Ovation Songwriter ( s ) Jerry Gillespie Producer ( s ) Brian Fisher The Kendalls singles chronology `` Making Believe '' ( 1977 ) `` Heaven 's Just a Sin Away '' ( 1977 ) `` It Do n't Feel Like Sinnin ' to Me '' ( 1978 ) `` Making Believe '' ( 1977 ) `` Heaven 's Just a Sin Away '' ( 1977 ) `` It Do n't Feel Like Sinnin ' to Me '' ( 1978 ) `` Heaven 's Just a Sin Away '' is a song composed by Jerry Gillespie, which was recorded in 1977 by The Kendalls. Released in 1977, the song went to Number One on the Billboard Hot Country Singles ( now Hot Country Songs ) charts. It was the duo 's first Top 40 entry on that chart, and the second single from the album Let the Music Play / Heaven 's Just a Sin Away, released on Ovation. It also reached number 69 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song won The Kendalls a Grammy Award for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Single of the Year win from the Country Music Association. Kelly Willis recorded the song on her 1993 album Kelly Willis for MCA Nashville Records. Her version, the second and final single from that album, reached number 63 on the country singles charts that year. In 2009, former Creedence Clearwater Revival vocalist / guitarist John Fogerty recorded the song for his The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again album. Contents 1 Chart performance 1.1 The Kendalls 1.2 Kelly Willis 2 References Chart performance The Kendalls Chart ( 1977 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 69 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 59 Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 37 Kelly Willis Chart ( 1993 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 81 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 63 References ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 221. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ Whitburn, p. 469 Jump up ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine ( 2009 - 08 - 31 ). `` The Blue Ridge Rangers : Rides Again - John Fogerty Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 12. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 2310. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 27, 1993. Retrieved August 5, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Kelly Willis -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot Country Songs for Kelly Willis. Preceded by `` Daytime Friends '' by Kenny Rogers Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single October 8 -- October 29, 1977 Succeeded by `` I 'm Just a Country Boy '' by Don Williams RPM Country Tracks number - one single October 29, 1977 Succeeded by `` The Morning After Baby Let Me Down '' by Carroll Baker This 1970s country song -- related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heaven%27s_Just_a_Sin_Away&oldid=791397511 '' Categories : 1977 singles 1993 singles Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles RPM Country Tracks number - one singles The Kendalls songs Kelly Willis songs Songs written by Jerry Gillespie 1977 songs 1970s country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Norsk Edit links This page was last edited on 20 July 2017, at 00 : 27. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang heaven's just a sin away
Answer: The Kendalls