Saginaw, Michigan (song)
| "Saginaw, Michigan" | ||||
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| Single by Lefty Frizzell | ||||
| from the album Saginaw, Michigan | ||||
| B-side | "When It Rains the Blues" | |||
| Released | November 26, 1963 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | October 16, 1963 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:05 | |||
| Label | Columbia | |||
| Writer(s) | Bill Anderson and Don Wayne | |||
| Producer(s) | Don Law and Frank Jones | |||
| Lefty Frizzell singles chronology | ||||
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"Saginaw, Michigan" is a 1964 song performed by Lefty Frizzell. The single was Lefty Frizzell's sixth and final number one on the U.S. country chart.[1] "Saginaw, Michigan" spent a total of twenty-three weeks on the country chart and peaked at number eighty-five on the Billboard Hot 100.[2] The song earned Lefty Frizzell a Grammy nomination.
The most notable cover of the song was done by Bobby Bare. It was included on his 1966 LP, The Streets of Baltimore.[3]
Chart performance
| Chart (1964) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 85 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 129.
- ↑ [Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002]
- ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Bare-The-Streets-Of-Baltimore/release/3093334
| Preceded by "Begging to You" by Marty Robbins |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single March 7-March 28, 1964 |
Succeeded by "Understand Your Man" by Johnny Cash |
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