Dixie Road (song)

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"Dixie Road"
Lee Greenwood - Dixie Road.png
Single by Lee Greenwood
from the album Greatest Hits
B-side "(I Found Love) In Time"
ReleasedMarch 1985
Genre Country
Length3:18
Label MCA
Songwriter(s) Don Goodman
Pam Rose
Mary Ann Kennedy
Producer(s) Jerry Crutchfield
Lee Greenwood singles chronology
"You've Got a Good Love Comin'"
(1984)
"Dixie Road"
(1985)
"I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)"
(1985)

"Dixie Road" is a song written by Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy. It was first recorded by Leslie Utter [1] in 1979. The King Henry version got to number 48 on the Hot Country Songs charts. [2]

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It was later recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in March 1985 as the first single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. Greenwood's version was his third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart. [3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 1
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

Year-end charts

Chart (1985)Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard) [5] 2

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References

  1. "Leslie Utter - Dixie Road". Discogs . 1979.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2012). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 183. ISBN   978-0-89820-203-8.
  3. Whitburn, p. 138
  4. "Lee Greenwood Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  5. "Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985". Billboard. Retrieved June 12, 2021.