Honky Tonk America

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"Honky Tonk America"
Single by Sammy Kershaw
from the album Labor of Love
ReleasedJune 27, 1998
Genre Country
Length3:56
Label Mercury
Songwriter(s) Bob McDill
Producer(s) Keith Stegall
Sammy Kershaw singles chronology
"Matches"
(1998)
"Honky Tonk America"
(1998)
"One Day Left to Live"
(1998)

"Honky Tonk America" is a song recorded by American country music artist Sammy Kershaw. It was released in June 1998 as the third single from the album Labor of Love . The song reached #31 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Bob McDill.

Chart performance

Chart (1998)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 31
Canadian RPM Country Tracks37

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 181.
  2. "Sammy Kershaw Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.