Street Singer (song)

"Street Singer"
Single by Merle Haggard
from the album Introducing My Friends The Strangers
B-side "Mexican Rose"
Released April 18, 1970
Format 7"
Genre Country
Length 2:10
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Roy Nichols
Norm Hamlet
Producer(s) Ken Nelson
Merle Haggard singles chronology
"The Fightin' Side of Me"
(1970)		 "Street Singer"
(1970)		 "Jesus, Take a Hold"
(1970)

"The Fightin' Side of Me"
(1970)		 "Street Singer"
(1970)		 "Jesus, Take a Hold"
(1970)

"Street Singer" is a song written by Roy Nichols and Norm Hamlet, and performed by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in April 1970 as the first single from the album Introducing My Friends to Strangers. "Street Singer" peaked at number nine on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and peaked at number twenty four on the Bubbling Under Hot 100.[1] It reached number-one on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks in June 1970.

Chart performance

Chart (1970) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 9
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[3] 24
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 146.
  2. ↑ "Merle Haggard – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Merle Haggard.
  3. ↑ "Merle Haggard – Chart history" Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 for Merle Haggard.
Preceded by
"What Is Truth"
by Johnny Cash		 RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
June 27, 1970 		Succeeded by
"She's a Little Bit Country"
by George Hamilton IV


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