The Greatest Man I Never Knew

"The Greatest Man I Never Knew" is a song written by Richard Leigh and Layng Martine Jr., and recorded by American country music artist Reba McEntire. It released in July 1992 as the fourth and final single from her album For My Broken Heart. The song reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in October 1992.^[1]

"The Greatest Man I Never Knew"
Single by Reba McEntire
from the album For My Broken Heart
B-side	"If I Had Only Known"
Released	July 1992
Genre	Country
Length	3:14
Label	MCA 54441
Songwriters	Richard Leigh Layng Martine Jr.
Producers	Tony Brown Reba McEntire
Reba McEntire singles chronology
"The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" (1992) "The Greatest Man I Never Knew" (1992) "Take It Back" (1992)

Content

Richard Leigh has described the song as being about his own father and that several other of his hit songs were also from his own life ("I'll Get Over You" and "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue").

Chart performance

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[2]	1
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3]	3

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4]	22
US Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	70