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1000:"Sailor Man"
977:"Noah's Ark"
761:Hank Cochran
743:"Sailor Man"
716:"Noah's Ark"
617:Paul Clayton
582:Lester Brown
546:A. P. Carter
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1280:. LSP-2835.
1135:RCA Victor
921:The Weavers
628:The Weavers
287:Chet Atkins
267:country pop
234:title track
121:Chet Atkins
1805:Categories
1620:Norma Jean
1568:Bobby Bare
1529:. RD-7616.
1526:RCA Victor
1387:. 47-8238.
1384:RCA Victor
1362:24 October
1335:24 October
1277:RCA Victor
1242:16 October
1214:24 October
1176:References
892:Loudermilk
705:Peter Bond
624:Dave Lazer
586:Bob Gibson
520:Bobby Bare
230:RCA Victor
226:Bobby Bare
130:chronology
128:Bobby Bare
109:RCA Victor
42:Bobby Bare
1657:500 Miles
1506:Billboard
1488:Billboard
1481:Billboard
1458:Billboard
1431:Billboard
1404:Billboard
1356:Billboard
1329:Billboard
1161:streaming
1089:Billboard
1071:Billboard
1063:position
986:De Vorzon
880:"Abilene"
815:Writer(s)
673:Writer(s)
524:Hedy West
499:Writer(s)
466:Billboard
460:Billboard
452:Billboard
428:Billboard
1622:) (1967)
1294:(2004).
1236:AllMusic
1208:AllMusic
1037:Williams
983:Burnette
838:Williams
782:Williams
660:Side two
486:Side one
448:AllMusic
423:vinyl LP
344:AllMusic
243:AllMusic
116:Producer
64:Recorded
49:Released
39: by
1585:Singles
1115:Format
1109:Region
1017:Cochran
915:Ehrlich
912:Clayton
574:Abilene
462:Hot 100
306:Abilene
277:tune, "
224:artist
222:country
175:Singles
161:(1964)
154:(1963)
145:(1963)
89:Country
56:1963-12
54: (
1770:(with
1641:(1963)
1614:(with
1606:(1963)
1580:Albums
1152:2010s
1132:Vinyl
1118:Label
1003:Howard
952:Carter
938:Howard
889:Gibson
855:Carter
818:Length
746:Howard
691:Carter
676:Length
502:Length
338:Rating
335:Source
238:single
72:Studio
1649:Songs
1483:200)"
1121:Ref.
1112:Date
918:Lazer
886:Brown
812:Title
670:Title
496:Title
177:from
104:Label
81:Genre
1618:and
1466:2022
1439:2022
1412:2022
1364:2022
1337:2022
1244:2022
1216:2022
1077:133
1061:Peak
1043:3:02
1034:Bare
1020:2:46
1006:2:24
992:2:57
969:2:33
966:Bond
955:3:22
941:2:42
927:2:12
898:2:13
872:2:00
869:Bare
858:2:30
844:2:42
835:West
832:Bare
788:3:00
779:Bare
765:2:42
749:2:24
735:2:55
708:2:32
694:3:22
651:2:40
635:2:11
598:2:10
564:1:58
561:Bare
550:2:27
534:2:35
304:'s "
275:folk
259:rock
257:and
1082:US
1073:200
1068:US
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997:10.
808:No.
666:No.
492:No.
255:pop
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