<P> "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 . 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"). The song debuted at No. 57 for the week of August 15, 1992 . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1992) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada Country Tracks (RPM) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1992) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada Country Tracks (RPM) </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr>

Lyrics to the greatest man i never knew by reba mcentire