February 21st, 2012 Country Music Classics Q & A

                 COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

February 21st, 2012

 

QUESTION:  My uncle says that somebody else had a hit record with Bobby Bare's hit, "Detroit City", but it was under another name.  Is that true?

ANSWER:    True!  Billy Grammer had a #18 hit with Bares' "Detroit City", but Grammer's version was titled "I Wanna Go Home".  Both hits were in 1963.

 

 

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On this date in 1976 - Willie & Waylon's album "Wanted: The Outlaws" became the first country music album to go platinum.

 

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