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1960 single by Stonewall Jackson
"Why I'm Walkin'"
Single by Stonewall Jackson
from the album The Dynamic Stonewall Jackson
B-side"Life of a Poor Boy"
ReleasedFebruary 22, 1960
Recorded1959
GenreCountry
Length1:50
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Stonewall Jackson
Stonewall Jackson singles chronology
"Mary Don't You Weep"
(1960) 		"Why I'm Walkin'"
(1960) 		"Life of a Poor Boy"
(1960)

"Why I'm Walkin'" is a song written and performed by Stonewall Jackson and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 4–41591). It debuted on the Billboard country and western chart in April 1960, peaked at the No. 6 spot, and remained on the chart for a total of 17 weeks.

The song became a country music standard and was recorded by numerous artists, including Ernest Tubb (1960), Wanda Jackson (1961), Skeeter Davis (1962), George Hamilton IV (1963), Loretta Lynn (1963), Carl Smith (1968), Johnny Paycheck, Ricky Skaggs (1988), Heather Myles] (1992), The Gordons (2005), and Buddy Miller (2011).

References

  1. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 156. ISBN 0823076326.
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