Highway 40 Blues
"Highway 40 Blues" | ||||
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Single by Ricky Skaggs | ||||
from the album Highways & Heartaches | ||||
B-side | "Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die" | |||
Released | March 1983 | |||
Genre | Country, Bluegrass | |||
Length | 3:10 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Writer(s) | Larry Cordle | |||
Producer(s) | Ricky Skaggs | |||
Ricky Skaggs singles chronology | ||||
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"Highway 40 Blues" is a song written by Larry Cordle, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in March 1983 as the third single from the album Highways & Heartaches. "Highway 40 Blues" was Ricky Skaggs' fifth number one on the country chart and his fifth consecutive number one. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.[1]
The song was covered in Spanish as "Blues de la Nacional II" by La Guardia.
The song was also covered by Daniel O'Donnell on his Two Sides of Album which was released in 1985.
Chart performance
Chart (1983) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 315.
External links
Preceded by "Love Is on a Roll" by Don Williams |
Billboard Hot Country Singles number-one single July 9, 1983 |
Succeeded by "The Closer You Get" by Alabama |
Preceded by "Fool for Your Love" by Mickey Gilley |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 23, 1983 |
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