Country Girl (Faron Young song)

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"Country Girl"
Single by Faron Young
from the album Sings the Best
B-side "I Hear You Talkin'"
Released1959 (1959)
Songwriter(s) Roy Drusky
Faron Young singles chronology
"That's the Way It's Gotta Be"
(1959)
"Country Girl"
(1959)
"Riverboat"
(1959)

"Country Girl" is a 1959 single by Faron Young, written by Roy Drusky. The single was Young's fourth number one on the country chart. "Country Girl" stayed on the charts for thirty-two weeks. The B-side, "I Hear You Talkin'", peaked at number twenty-seven on the country chart. [1]

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 405.