Back Street Affair

"Back Street Affair" is a song written by country singer Billy Wallace and Nashville songwriter Jimmy Rule. The 1952 version by Webb Pierce was his third release on the country charts and his third number one in a row on the C&W Best Seller charts, where it stayed at number one for two weeks.^[1]

In 1953, Kitty Wells, had a hit song with an answer record entitled, "Paying For That Back Street Affair" which reached number six on the C&W Best Seller charts ^[2].

References

^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 267.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 376.

Preceded by "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys	National Best Sellers number one single by Webb Pierce December 6, 1952	Succeeded by "Jambalaya (On the Bayou)" by Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys "Midnight" by Red Foley