Southtown U.S.A.

"Southtown U.S.A."
"Southtown U.S.A."
Single by The Dixiebelles with Cornbread and Jerry
from the album Down At Papa Joe's
B-side	"Why Don't You Set Me Free"
Released	1963
Length	2:10
Label	Sound Stage 7
Songwriter(s)	Billy Sherrill
The Dixiebelles with Cornbread and Jerry singles chronology

"Southtown U.S.A." is a song released by The Dixiebelles in late 1963.^[3] The song spent eight weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 15,^[1]^[4] while reaching No. 20 on the Cash Box Top 100,^[5] and No. 18 on Canada's CHUM Hit Parade.^[6]

Chart performance[edit]

In 1964, Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra released a version of the song on the album Early Hits of 1964.^[7] The song was released as a single in 1970, and reached No. 37 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart.^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn Presents Across the Charts: The 1960s, Hal Leonard Corporation, p. 119. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ Lonergan, David F. (2005). Hit Records, 1950-1975, Scarecrow Press, p. 206. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
^ "Late Single Spotlights", Billboard, December 28, 1963. p. 4. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ The Hot 100 - Week of February 22, 1964, Billboard.com. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, February 15, 1964. p. 4. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "CHUM Hit Parade - Week of February 17, 1964". CHUM. Archived from the original on November 7, 2006. Retrieved 2016-12-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) Chart No. 362.
^ "Album Reviews", Billboard, March 21, 1964. p. 56. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ "Easy Listening", Billboard, March 7, 1970. p. 52. Retrieved January 27, 2018.
^ Adult Contemporary - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra Southtown, U.S.A. Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

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