Back Up Buddy

"Back Up Buddy"
Single by Carl Smith
from the album The Tall, Tall Gentleman
B-side"If You Tried as Hard to Love Me (As You Do to Break My Heart)"
Released1954
Recorded1954
GenreCountry
Length2:34
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Boudleaux Bryant
Carl Smith singles chronology
"Dog-Gone It, Baby, I'm in Love"
(1953) 		"Back Up Buddy"
(1954) 		"Go, Boy Go"
(1954)

"Back Up Buddy" is a song written by Boudleaux Bryant, sung by Carl Smith, and released on the Columbia label (catalog no. 21226). In May 1954, it peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard country and western chart.[1] It was also ranked No. 17 on Billboard's 1954 year-end country and western retail chart.[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 294. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. ^ "1954's Top C & W Records". The Billboard. December 25, 1954. p. 17.