Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town

"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town"
Single by Charley Pride
from the album Pride of America
B-side	"Mary Go Round"
Released	August 1974
Genre	Country
Label	RCA
Writer(s)	Harold Dorman George Gann
Charley Pride singles chronology
"We Could" (1974) "Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Down" (1974) "Then Who Am I" (1974)

"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town" is a single by American country music artist Charley Pride. Released in August 1974, it was the first single from his album Pride of America. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.^[1] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.^[2]

Chart performance

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	3
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	70
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

References

1. ^ "Charley Pride singles". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/artist/charley-pride-p1772/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 
2. ^ "RPM Country Singles for November 9, 1974". RPM. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.3889&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=m4630csujqhgqvr4tuvf0ajhb3. Retrieved 18 March 2011. 

Preceded by "Woman to Woman" by Tammy Wynette

RPM Country Tracks number-one single November 9, 1974

Succeeded by "I Honestly Love You" by Olivia Newton-John