Cherokee Fiddle

"Cherokee Fiddle"
Single by Johnny Lee and Friends
from the album Sounds Like Love
B-side "You Know Me"
Released October 4, 1982
Genre Country
Length 3:59
Label Asylum
Songwriter(s) Michael Martin Murphey
Producer(s) Jim Ed Norman, John Boylan
Johnny Lee and Friends singles chronology
"When You Fall in Love"
(1982)		 "Cherokee Fiddle"
(1982)		 "Sounds Like Love"
(1983)

"When You Fall in Love"
(1982)		 "Cherokee Fiddle"
(1982)		 "Sounds Like Love"
(1983)

"Cherokee Fiddle" is a song written by Michael Martin Murphey. Murphey's version of the song went to number 58 on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1977. Based on a talented Choctaw fiddle player named "Scooter" who would play solo (and drink) as the narrow gauge train pulled into the station in Silverton, Colorado.

It was later recorded by American country music artist Johnny Lee. It was released in October 1982 as the first single from the album Sounds Like Love. The song reached number 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. Lee's rendition features backing vocals from Murphey and Charlie Daniels.[1]

Chart performance

Michael Martin Murphey

Chart (1977) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 58

Johnny Lee

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 10
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 24

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 198.
  2. ↑ "Michael Martin Murphey Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ↑ "Johnny Lee Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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