| "Country Bumpkin" | ||||
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| Single by Cal Smith | ||||
| from the album Country Bumpkin | ||||
| B-side | "It's Not the Miles You've Traveled" | |||
| Released | February 1974[1] | |||
| Recorded | December 21, 1973 | |||
| Studio | Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, Tennessee | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:39 | |||
| Label | MCA Records 40191 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Don Wayne[2] | |||
| Producer(s) | Walter Haynes | |||
| Cal Smith singles chronology | ||||
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"Country Bumpkin" is a song written by Don Wayne,[3] and recorded by American country music artist Cal Smith.[4] It was released in February 1974 as the first single and title track from the album Country Bumpkin. The song was Smith's second number one on the country chart. The single stayed at number one for a single week and spent a total of ten weeks on the country chart.[5]
In 1974, "Country Bumpkin" received Song of the Year Awards from both the Academy of Country Music and the Country Music Association.
- ^ Grein, Paul (7 July 2020). "What's the Most Honored Country Recording of All Time? Let's Figure It Out". Billboard.
- ^ Staff. "Don Wayne, "Country Bumpkin" Songwriter, Dies at 78". CMT News. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015.
- ^ CMT
- ^ Cooper, Peter. "Cal Smith, voice of 'Country Bumpkin,' dies at age 81". USA TODAY.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 317.