"True Love Travels on a Gravel Road" | ||||
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Single by Duane Dee | ||||
B-side | "Have a Little Faith" | |||
Released | November 1968 | |||
Genre | Country music | |||
Length | 2:26 | |||
Label | Capitol | |||
Songwriter(s) | Dallas Frazier, A.L. Owens | |||
Producer(s) | Kelso Herston | |||
Duane Dee singles chronology | ||||
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