Buckaroo (instrumental)
| "Buckaroo" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Buck Owens | ||||
| from the album The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos | ||||
| B-side | "If You Want a Love" | |||
| Released | October 11, 1965 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Bob Morris | |||
| Producer(s) | Ken Nelson | |||
| Buck Owens singles chronology | ||||
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"Buckaroo" is a 1965 instrumental country single by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos. The single was Buck Owens' fourth No. 1 on the country chart in less than a year. "Buckaroo" spent 16 weeks on the chart. The B-side, entitled "If You Want A Love", peaked at No. 24 on the country chart weeks later.[1]
To date, it is the last instrumental to top the Hot Country Songs chart.
"Buckaroo" was also performed live by The Byrds, and a version can be heard on their album Live at the Fillmore - February 1969.
In 2006, the piece was featured in the movie Idiocracy and later covered by Leo Kottke.
Chart performance
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 60 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 257.
| Preceded by "Make the World Go Away" by Eddy Arnold |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single December 25, 1965-January 1, 1966 |
Succeeded by "Giddyup Go" by Red Sovine |
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