Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town

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"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town - Charley Pride.jpg
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Pride of America
B-side "Mary Go Round"
ReleasedAugust 1974
Genre Country
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Harold Dorman
George Gann
Producer(s) Jerry Bradley
Charley Pride singles chronology
"We Could"
(1974)
"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
(1974)
"Then Who Am I"
(1974)

"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a song written by Harold Dorman and George Gann, and recorded by American country music artist Charley Pride. It was released in August 1974 as the first single from his album Pride of America . The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [2]

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Chart performance

Chart (1974)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 3
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 70
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1

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References

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