Knock Three Times | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1971 | |||
Studio | Woodland (Nashville, Tennessee) [1] | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | Cartwheel | |||
Producer | Ron Chancey | |||
Billy "Crash" Craddock chronology | ||||
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Knock Three Times is a country album by Billy "Crash" Craddock. [2] It was released on Cartwheel Records in 1971. It was re-released in 1973 on ABC Records. The album featured Craddock's first top ten hit, "Knock Three Times".
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