"Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)" | ||||
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Single by Michael Martin Murphey | ||||
from the album River of Time | ||||
B-side | "Still Got the Fire" | |||
Released | September 10, 1988 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | Marcus Hummon | |||
Producer(s) | Steve Gibson | |||
Michael Martin Murphey singles chronology | ||||
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"Pilgrims on the Way (Matthew's Song)" is a song recorded by American country music artist Michael Martin Murphey. It was released in September 1988 as the third single from the album River of Time . The song reached #29 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] The song was written by Marcus Hummon.
Michael Martin Murphey is an American singer-songwriter best known for writing and performing Western music, country music and popular music. A multiple Grammy nominee, Murphey has six gold albums, including Cowboy Songs, the first album of cowboy music to achieve gold status since Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs by Marty Robbins in 1959. He has recorded the hit singles "Wildfire", "Carolina in the Pines", "What's Forever For", "A Long Line of Love", "What She Wants", "Don't Count the Rainy Days", and "Maybe This Time". Murphey is also the author of New Mexico's state ballad, "The Land of Enchantment". Murphey has become a prominent musical voice for the Western horseman, rancher, and cowboy.
River of Time is the fourteenth album by American singer-songwriter Michael Martin Murphey. The album contains a newly recorded version of "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?" and a duet with his son, Ryan Murphey, on "Talkin' to the Wrong Man" which reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart in July 1988 and number 1 on the RPM Country Singles chart in Canada. River of Time peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
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Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] | 29 |
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