Buckaroo (instrumental)

"Buckaroo" is a 1965 instrumental country single by Buck Owens & The Buckaroos. The single was Buck Owens' fourth No. 1 on the country chart in less than a year. "Buckaroo" spent 16 weeks on the chart. The B-side, entitled "If You Want A Love", peaked at No. 24 on the country chart weeks later.[1]

"Buckaroo"
Single by Buck Owens
from the album The Instrumental Hits of Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
B-side"If You Want a Love"
ReleasedOctober 11, 1965
GenreCountry
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Bob Morris
Producer(s)Ken Nelson
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Only You (Can Break My Heart)"
(1965)
"Buckaroo"
(1965)
"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line"
(1966)

To date, it is the last instrumental to top the Hot Country Songs chart.

"Buckaroo" was also performed live by The Byrds, and a version can be heard on their album Live at the Fillmore - February 1969.

In 2006, the piece was featured in the movie Idiocracy and later covered by Leo Kottke.

Chart performance

Chart (1965) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 1
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 60

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 257.


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