Muddy Mississippi Line

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"Muddy Mississippi Line"
Single by Bobby Goldsboro
from the album Muddy Mississippi Line
B-side "Richer Man Than I"
ReleasedJuly 18, 1969
RecordedJune 24, 1969
Studio Monument Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Country, pop
Label United Artists
Songwriter(s) Bobby Goldsboro
Producer(s) Bob Montgomery
Bobby Goldsboro
Bobby Goldsboro singles chronology
"I'm a Drifter"
(1969)
"Muddy Mississippi Line"
(1969)
"Take a Little Good Will Home"
(1969)

"Muddy Mississippi Line" is a single by American country pop artist Bobby Goldsboro. Recorded on June 24, 1969 and released on July 18, 1969, [1] it was the first single from his album Muddy Mississippi Line.

The song peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. [2] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1969)Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles15
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [4] 53
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening [5] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks1
Canadian RPM Top Singles37
Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary16

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