Watchin' Girls Go By

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"Watchin' Girls Go By"
Single by Ronnie McDowell
from the album Good Time Lovin' Man
B-side "Good Time Lovin' Man"
ReleasedNovember 14, 1981
Genre Country
Length2:40
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Ronnie McDowell, Buddy Killen
Producer(s) Buddy Killen
Ronnie McDowell singles chronology
"Older Women"
(1981)
"Watchin' Girls Go By"
(1981)
"I Just Cut Myself"
(1982)

"Watchin' Girls Go By" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Ronnie McDowell. It was released in November 1981 as the second single from the album Good Time Lovin' Man. The song reached #4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. [1] McDowell wrote the song Buddy Killen.

Ronnie McDowell American musician

Ronald Dean McDowell is an American country music artist and songwriter. He is best known for his 1977 song "The King Is Gone", a tribute to Elvis Presley, who had recently died. From that single onward, McDowell charted more than thirty Top 40 hits on the Billboard country music charts, though he never experienced further pop success after "The King is Gone." Two of his singles – "Older Women" and "You're Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation" — reached Number One on the country charts, while eleven more reached Top Ten. He has also released more than twenty studio albums, and has been signed to Curb Records since 1986.

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Chart performance

Chart (1981-1982)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [2] 4
Canadian RPM Country Tracks3

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 224.
  2. "Ronnie McDowell Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.