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"Abilene" is a song written by Bob Gibson, Lester Brown and John D. Loudermilk, [2] and recorded by American country music artist George Hamilton IV. The song reached number one on the U.S. country music chart for four weeks, and peaked at number 15 on the pop music charts. George Hamilton IV performed "Abilene" in the 1963 movie Hootenanny Hoot.
The song spent four weeks at number one on Billboard's country singles chart and reached the Top 20 of the Hot 100. The success of "Abilene" was followed with the song "Fort Worth, Dallas or Houston" (a top-five hit in late 1964). [1] In 1962, Hamilton started the first Music City USA and Homes of the Stars Bus Tour in Nashville.
Coast-Country: 21 — Steel Rail Blues: 3 — 1967 Folk Country Classics: 3 — Folksy: 21 — 1968 The Gentle Country Sound of George Hamilton IV: 25 — In the 4th Dimension: 36 — 1969 Canadian Pacific — — 1970 The Best Of — — Back Where It's At — — 1971 North Country: 45 — West Texas Highway — — 1972 Country Music in My ...
Texas country artist Parker McCollum brings his Burn It Down Tour to Abilene starting at 7:30 p.m. April 4 at the Taylor County Coliseum. McCollum spoke with the Reporter-News about his upcoming ...
Among them was A. P. Carter's "Homestead on the Farm" and the traditional folk song, "Worried Man Blues". [3] Other covers included George Hamilton IV's "Abilene". Hamilton's original version topped the American country chart earlier in 1963. The album also featured a cover of Billy Grammer's 1958 top five country single, "Gotta Travel On". [4]
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Hot Country Songs is a chart that ranks the top-performing country music songs in the United States, published by Billboard magazine. In 1963, 10 different singles topped the chart, at the time published under the title Hot Country Singles, although there were 21 distinct runs at the top, as the majority of the singles had multiple spells at ...