Diggy Liggy Lo Explained
| Diggy Liggy Lo |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Doug Kershaw |
| Album: | The Cajun Way |
| Released: | 1969 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Length: | 2:24 |
| Label: | Warner Bros. |
| Producer: | Buddy Killen |
| Prev Title: | Feed It to the Fish |
| Prev Year: | 1969 |
| Next Title: | Orange Blossom Special |
| Next Year: | 1970 |
"Diggy Liggy Lo" is a single by American country music duo Rusty & Doug. The song was written and originally performed by Terry J. Clement. Released in 1961, their version peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[1] Doug Kershaw, one half of the duo, released a solo version of the song in 1969, that peaked at number 70 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[2]
Chart performance
Doug Kershaw
| Chart (1969) | Peak
position |
|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 70 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 | |
Cover versions
- Buck Owens, On the Bandstand (1963)[3]
- Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, All the Good Times (1972)
- Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen, Hot Licks, Cold Steel & Truckers Favorites (1972)
- Teddy Nelson on his debut album, Diggy Liggy, in 1976, and again as a duet with Skeeter Davis in 1991 for the album You Were Made for Me.
- Kikki Danielsson, Kikki (1982)[4]
- Mark O'Connor, Heroes (1993)
- Santiano (2012)
- Plava Trava Zaborava, a country group from Croatia.
- Cumulus, a Finnish version.
- Heidi Hauge a Norwegian singer, on her album Country Dance.
- The Flying Burrito Brothers on their The Red Album.
Notes and References
- Web site: [{{Allmusic|class=artist|id=doug-kershaw-p733/charts-awards/billboard-singles|pure_url=yes}} Doug Kershaw singles ]. . 30 March 2011.
- Web site: RPM Country Singles for December 20, 1969 . . 30 March 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121022050243/http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.6126&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=e4mhoj3bt7js4v8e1q5vpva4m6 . 22 October 2012 . dead .
- Web site: Diggy Diggy Lo . . 30 March 2011.
- Web site: Kikki. Svensk mediedatabas. Swedish. 1982. 24 March 2014.
