Alabam (song)

"Alabam"
Single by Cowboy Copas
B-side "I Can"
Released June 1960
Genre Country
Label Starday
Songwriter(s) Cowboy Copas
Cowboy Copas singles chronology
"'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered"
(1952)
"Alabam"
(1960)
"Flat Top"
(1961)

"'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered"
(1952)
"Alabam"
(1960)
"Flat Top"
(1961)

"Alabam" is a 1960 song by Cowboy Copas. "Alabam" was the most successful release of Cowboy Copas and was his only single to hit the Hot 100, peaking at number sixty-three. On the country chart, "Alabam" was the sole number one single for Cowboy Copas, staying at the top spot for twelve weeks and spending thirty-four weeks on the chart.[1]

Guy Mitchell released a cover version in 1968. It reached No. 61 on the Hot Country Songs chart.

Other cover versions include: Minnie Pearl in 1966, Lynn Anderson in 1970, Pat Boone, Willie Nelson, Bobby Vinton, and Hank Williams Jr.

Chart performance

Chart (1960) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot C&W Sides 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 63

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 90.


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