The Days of Sand and Shovels
| "The Days of Sand and Shovels" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Waylon Jennings | ||||
| from the album The Best of Waylon Jennings | ||||
| B-side | "Delia's Gone" | |||
| Released | April 1969 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) |
Doyle Marsh George Reneau | |||
| Waylon Jennings 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 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 |
|---|---|
| US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] | 20 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Bobby Vinton
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 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" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Waylon Jennings.
- ↑ "Bobby Vinton – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Bobby Vinton.
- ↑ Illegal name entered Nat Stuckey/Nat+Stuckey/chart?f=357 "Nat Stuckey – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Nat Stuckey.
| Preceded by "Running Bear" by Sonny James |
RPM Country Tracks number-one single July 21, 1969 |
Succeeded by "One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)" by Jerry Lee Lewis |
