Divorce Me C.O.D.

"Divorce Me C.O.D."
Single by Merle Travis
B-side	"Missouri"
Published	August 26, 1946 (1946-08-26) by American Music, Inc., Hollywood[1]
Released	September 1946 (1946-09)[2]
Recorded	July 9, 1946 (1946-07-09)[3]
Studio	Radio Recorders, Los Angeles
Genre	Hillbilly
Length	2:59
Label	Capitol 290
Songwriter(s)	Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone
Producer(s)	Lee Gillette
Merle Travis singles chronology
"No Vacancy" (1946) "Divorce Me C.O.D." (1946) "So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" (1947)

"Divorce Me C.O.D." is a 1946 honky-tonk song recorded by Merle Travis. One of many songs co-written by Travis and Cliffie Stone, it was Travis' first release to make it to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed for fourteen weeks and a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart.[4][5] The B-side of "Divorce Me C.O.D.," a song entitled "Missouri," peaked at number five on the same chart.

Cover versions

• Later in 1946, The King Sisters made the top ten on the Juke Box Folk chart with their version of the song.
• In 1947, Johnny Bond, also made the top ten on the Juke Box Folk chart with his version of the song.

References

1. Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1947). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 5A. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
2. "Merle Travis". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. May 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
3. "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
5. Country Music Hall of Fame (2015). "Inductees: Merle Travis". Retrieved December 3, 2015.

Preceded by "Wine Women and Song" by Al Dexter

Most Played Juke Box Folk Records number one single by Merle Travis October 12, 1946

Succeeded by "Rainbow at Midnight" by Ernest Tubb