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Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
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Wikipedia article
"'Pick Me Up on Your Way Down'" is a song written by Harlan Howard, sung by Charlie Walker, and released on the Columbia label.
Harlan Howard, while living in a frame house in Gardena, California, played the song for another songwriter, Lance Guynes. Guynes offered to send the song to Nashville, and shortly thereafter, Howard received a call from Ray Price saying he loved the song. There was a fight between Price, Ernest Tubb, and Charlie Walker over who would get to record the song. They ultimately agreed to give it to Walker, "because he needed a hit."
In October 1958, the song peaked at No. 2 on 'Billboard's weekly country and western chart. It spent 22 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 44 on 'Billboard's 1958 year-end country and western chart.
See also
* Billboard year-end top 50 country & western singles of 1958
References
Category:American country music songs
Category:1958 songs
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