A Girl Like Emmylou

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"A Girl Like Emmylou"
Single by Southern Pacific
from the album Killbilly Hill
B-side "Hearts on the Borderline"
Released August 9, 1986
Genre Country
Length3:41
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Tim Goodman
John McFee
Stu Cook
Keith Knudsen
Producer(s) Southern Pacific, Jim Ed Norman
Southern Pacific singles chronology
"Reno Bound"
(1986)
"A Girl Like Emmylou"
(1986)
"Killbilly Hill"
(1986)

"Reno Bound"
(1986)
"A Girl Like Emmylou"
(1986)
"Killbilly Hill"
(1986)

"A Girl Like Emmylou" is a song recorded by American country music group Southern Pacific. It was released in August 1986 as the first single from the album Killbilly Hill. The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] It was written by group members Tim Goodman, John McFee, Stu Cook and Keith Knudsen.

Southern Pacific (band) American country rock band

Southern Pacific was an American country rock band that existed from 1983 to 1991. They are best known for hits such as "Any Way the Wind Blows" (1989), which was used in the soundtrack for the film Pink Cadillac starring Clint Eastwood and Bernadette Peters, and "New Shade of Blue". Southern Pacific was named New Country Group of the Year when they debuted and have been honored by having their name added to the Country Music Association’s Walkway of Stars in Nashville, Tennessee.

<i>Billboard</i> (magazine) American music magazine

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Hot Country Songs Weekly chart published by Billboard

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Chart performance

Chart (1986)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 17
Canadian RPM Country Tracks19

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 326.
  2. "Southern Pacific Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.