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Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line
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Wikipedia article
'"Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line"' is a song written and originally recorded by American country music singer Jim Alley and was also co-written by his father Gene Alley. It was made famous by American country music singer and musician Waylon Jennings.
Waylon Jennings version
Jennings recorded the song on April 16, 1968, at RCA Victor Studios in Nashville, with Chet Atkins producing, with Wayne Moss playing the guitar solo. It was released in July 1968 as the second single from Jennings' album 'Only the Greatest'.
'Billboard', in a review of the album, said that it and "Walk On Out of My Mind" were "typical of the robust, compelling vocal style." Nathan Brackett and Christian Hoard, in 'The New Rolling Stone Album Guide', wrote that Jennings began to "really assert his rough-hewn sensibility" on the song.
The song was featured in season seven episode five of 'Mad Men'.
Chart positions
The song spent eighteen weeks on the Hot Country Singles charts, peaking at #2 and holding that peak for five weeks. In Canada, it reached Number One on the 'RPM' Country Tracks charts for the week ending September 30, 1968.Linda Ronstadt version
Linda Ronstadt included a gender-reversed version of the song (sung as "The Only Mama That'll Walk the Line") on her 1969 album 'Hand Sown ... Home Grown;' The song became a staple of Ronstadt's set lists at her concerts during the late 1960s and early '70s. She performed it on 'The Johnny Cash Show' in June 1969, nearly a year before Jennings performed it on the same show.
Hank Williams Jr. version
Hank Williams Jr. included a version of the song on his album 'Family Tradition', which was released in 1979.
The Kentucky Headhunters version
In 1991, The Kentucky Headhunters recorded a cover version for the album 'Electric Barnyard'. Also released as a single that year, this version spent seven weeks on the same chart and peaked at #60.
Chart positions
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Category:Songs about fathers
Category:1968 singles
Category:1991 singles
Category:Waylon Jennings songs
Category:The Kentucky Headhunters songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Chet Atkins
Category:RCA Records Nashville singles
Category:Mercury Records singles
Category:1968 songs
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