Six White Horses

"Six White Horses"
Single by Tommy Cash
from the album Six White Horses
B-side "I Owe the World to You"
Released October 1969
Format 7" single
Recorded 1969
Genre Country
Label Epic
Writer(s) Larry Murray
Producer(s) Glenn Sutton
Tommy Cash singles chronology
"Your Lovin' Takes the Leavin' Out of Me"
(1969)		 "Six White Horses"
(1969)		 "Rise and Shine"
(1970)

"Six White Horses" is a song written by Larry Murray and recorded by Tommy Cash in 1969. Cash's recording reached number four on the Billboard country charts and number 79 on the Billboard Hot 100, the only song of his to make the pop charts. It made it all the way to number one on RPM Magazine's Canadian country chart.

The "six white horses" refer to a funeral procession, specifically those belonging to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. As a result, the song has been called a country version of "Abraham, Martin and John", Dion's famous elegy to the Kennedys and King (and Abraham Lincoln), which also came out in 1969.

The song was also recorded by various others.

Chart performance

Chart (1969–1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 79
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] 4
Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 1
Australian Kent Music Report 84

References

  1. 1 2 Tommy Cash Billboard Singles
  2. ↑ RPM Top Singles
  3. ↑ RPM Country Tracks
Preceded by
"Big in Vegas"
by Buck Owens		 RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
January 31-February 7, 1970 		Succeeded by
"Fancy"
by Bobbie Gentry


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