Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight explained

Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight
Type:single
Artist:The Oak Ridge Boys
Album:The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived
B-Side:I Gotta Get Over This
Released:December 1, 1979
Genre:Country
Length:2:59
Label:MCA
Producer:Ron Chancey
Prev Title:Dream On
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Trying to Love Two Women
Next Year:1980

"Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" is a song written by Rodney Crowell and Donivan Cowart. The song was initially covered by Emmylou Harris (in whose band Crowell had played during the late 1970s), who included it on her 1978 Quarter Moon in a Ten Cent Town album.[1]

Recording by The Oak Ridge Boys

The Oak Ridge Boys released the song in December 1979 as the third single from their album The Oak Ridge Boys Have Arrived. "Leaving Louisiana in the Broad Daylight" was The Oak Ridge Boys' second number one country single, remaining at number one for a single week in February 1980, spending a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Randall, Alice. Carter Little. Courtney Little. My Country Roots: The Ultimate MP3 Guide to America's Original Outsider Music. Thomas Nelson, Inc.. 2006. 92. 1-59555-860-8. registration.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel . The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Joel Whitburn . 2004 . Record Research . 251.