Charlie's Shoes

"Charlie's Shoes"
Single by Billy Walker
B-side	"Wild Colonial Boy"
Released	February 1962
Recorded	November 20, 1961 Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Country
Length	2:14
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Roy Baham
Producer(s)	Don Law
Billy Walker singles chronology
"Funny How Time Slips Away" (1961) "Charlie's Shoes" (1962) "Willie the Weeper" (1962)

"Charlie's Shoes", also known as "(I'd Like to Be In) Charlie's Shoes", is a song written by Roy Baham released as a single in 1962 by Billy Walker. It was the only number-one country hit of Walker's career, spending two non-consecutive weeks at the top spot and 23 weeks on the chart.[1]

Cover Versions

• Guy Mitchell also released a version in 1962. It failed to make the Billboard Hot 100 stopping well outside the chart at # 110.
• The song has also been cut by other artists such as Eddy Arnold's version in 1962.
• Faron Young.

Chart performance

Chart (1962)	Peak position
United States Billboard Hot C&W Sides	1

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 368.