Dixie Road (song) explained

Dixie Road
Cover:Lee Greenwood - Dixie Road.png
Type:single
Artist:Lee Greenwood
Album:Greatest Hits
B-Side:(I Found Love) In Time
Released:March 1985
Genre:Country
Length:3:18
Label:MCA
Producer:Jerry Crutchfield
Prev Title:You've Got a Good Love Comin'
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose)
Next Year:1985

"Dixie Road" is a song written by Don Goodman, Pam Rose and Mary Ann Kennedy. It was first recorded by Leslie Utter[1] in 1979. The King Henry version got to number 48 on the Hot Country Songs charts.[2]

It was later recorded by American country music artist Lee Greenwood. It was released in March 1985 as the first single from his Greatest Hits compilation album. Greenwood's version was his third number one on the country chart. The single went to number one for one week and spent a total of fourteen weeks on the country chart.[3]

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. https://www.discogs.com/release/6780675-Leslie-Utter-Dixie-Road
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2012. Record Research, Inc. 2012. 183. 978-0-89820-203-8.
  3. Whitburn, p. 138
  4. Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1985. Billboard. June 12, 2021.