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| Album = [[Blue Kentucky Girl (Emmylou Harris album)|Blue Kentucky Girl]] |
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| Released = September 22, 1979 |
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| "Blue Kentucky Girl" | |
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| B-side | "Two Steps Forward" |
"Blue Kentucky Girl" is a song written by Johnny Mullins, and originally recorded by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. It was released in May 1965 as the first single and title track from the album Blue Kentucky Girl. The song reached number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]
Loretta Lynn version
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Chart performance
| Chart (1965) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 7 |
Emmylou Harris version
| "Blue Kentucky Girl" | |
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| Song | |
| B-side | "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" |
"Blue Kentucky Girl" was also a single for American country music artist Emmylou Harris. Harris' version released in September 1979 as the second single and title track from her album Blue Kentucky Girl. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[2] Based on this version, the song was nominated for the Grammy_Award_for_Best_Country_Song in 1980.
Chart performance
| Chart (1979) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks | 6 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 7 |
Other versions
Skeeter Davis recorded the song for her 1982 album Live Wire.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 209.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 152.
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