Wolverton Mountain

"Wolverton Mountain"
Single by Claude King
from the album Meet Claude King
B-side"Little Bitty Heart"
ReleasedMarch 1962
GenreCountry
Length2:59
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Merle Kilgore
Claude King
Producer(s)Don Law
Frank Jones
Claude King singles chronology
"The Comancheros"
(1961) 		"Wolverton Mountain"
(1962) 		"The Burning of Atlanta"
(1962)

"Wolverton Mountain" is a country music song and 1962 crossover hit that established Claude King's career as an American country singer-songwriter. The song was a rewrite of the original version by Merle Kilgore, which was based on a real person named Clifton Clowers (Kilgore's uncle).[1] Clowers lived on Woolverton Mountain (the spelling was changed for the song),[2][failed verification] located 4 miles north of Center Ridge, Arkansas, 50 miles (80 km) north of Little Rock. The song spent nine weeks at the top of the Billboard country chart in the United States in June and July 1962.[3] A crossover hit, "Wolverton Mountain" reached number six on the Billboard 100 pop chart[4] and number three on the easy listening chart. In Canada it was number 1 for 3 weeks, and in the top 10 for 7 weeks.[5]

  1. ^ Dauphin, Chuck (March 7, 2013). "'Wolverton Mountain' Singer Claude King Dies". Billboard.com. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  2. ^ "Hiking Trails, Mountain Bike Trails & Trail Maps | Trails.com". Archived from the original on 2012-09-28. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 190.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits: Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 346.
  5. ^ "CHUM Hit Parade - May 21, 1962".