The Days of Sand and Shovels
"The Days of Sand and Shovels" | ||||
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Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
from the album The Best of Waylon Jennings | ||||
B-side | "Delia's Gone" | |||
Released | April 1969 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Songwriter(s) | Doyle Marsh George Reneau | |||
Waylon Jennings singles chronology | ||||
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"The Days of Sand and Shovels" | ||||
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Single by Bobby Vinton | ||||
from the album Vinton | ||||
B-side | "So Many Lonely Girls" | |||
Released | May 26, 1969 | |||
Recorded | 1969 | |||
Genre | Pop | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Songwriter(s) | Doyle Marsh George Reneau | |||
Bobby Vinton singles chronology | ||||
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"The Days of Sand and Shovels" is a song written by Doyle Marsh and George Reneau, and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in April 1969 as the second single from his compilation album The Best of Waylon Jennings. The song peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
"The Days of Sand and Shovels" was released as a single in 1969 by Bobby Vinton. Vinton's version spent 8 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching No. 34,[3] while reaching No. 11 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart,[4] No. 16 on Canada's RPM 100,[5] and No. 13 on RPM's Adult Contemporary chart.[6]
Nat Stuckey released a cover of the song in 1978. His version peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.
Chart performance
Waylon Jennings
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 20 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Bobby Vinton
Chart (1969) | Peak position |
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US Billboard Hot 100[8] | 34 |
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 11 |
Canada - RPM 100 | 16 |
Canada - RPM Adult Contemporary | 13 |
Nat Stuckey
Chart (1978) | Peak position |
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US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[9] | 26 |
Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 29 |
References
- ^ "Waylon Jennings singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ "RPM Country Singles for July 21, 1969". RPM. Retrieved 30 March 2011.
- ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - The Hot 100, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015
- ^ Bobby Vinton - Chart History - Adult Contemporary, Billboard.com. Accessed October 25, 2015
- ^ "The RPM 100", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 23, July 28, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015
- ^ "Adult", RPM Weekly, Volume 11, Ed. 21, July 21, 1969. Accessed October 25, 2015
- ^ "Waylon Jennings Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
- ^ "Bobby Vinton Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
- ^ "Nat Stuckey Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
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