“The Carroll County Accident”

E340779
single song

“The Carroll County Accident” is a 1968 country song by Porter Wagoner that tells a dramatic small-town mystery involving a fatal car crash and hidden infidelity.

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Label Occurrences
The Carroll County Accident 2
The Carroll County Accident (album) 2
“The Carroll County Accident” canonical 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedAct Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton ⓘ
associatedGenreMovement Nashville sound ⓘ
award Country Music Association Award for Song of the Year ⓘ
surface form: Country Music Association Song of the Year
awardYear 1969 ⓘ
Bside The World Needs a Washin' ⓘ
chart Billboard Country chart ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot Country Singles
chartPerformance Billboard Country chart ⓘ
surface form: Billboard Hot Country Singles number 2
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
followedBySingle Sorrow on the Rocks ⓘ
genre country music ⓘ
hasCoverVersion Dolly Parton ⓘ
Loretta Lynn ⓘ
Norma Jean ⓘ
hasInstrumentation acoustic guitar ⓘ
fiddle ⓘ
steel guitar ⓘ
hasNarrativeTwist narrator reveals his father was the man killed in the crash ⓘ
isTitleTrackOf “The Carroll County Accident” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Carroll County Accident (album)
labelCatalogNumber RCA Victor ⓘ
surface form: RCA Victor 47-9675
language English ⓘ
length approximately 2 minutes 50 seconds ⓘ
medium 7-inch single ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narrator ⓘ
narrativeTheme fatal car crash ⓘ
hidden infidelity ⓘ
small-town mystery ⓘ
notableFor CMA Song of the Year win ⓘ
storytelling lyrics ⓘ
originalPerformer Porter Wagoner ⓘ
partOfAlbum “The Carroll County Accident” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The Carroll County Accident (album)
performer Porter Wagoner ⓘ
precededBySingle The Cold Hard Facts of Life ⓘ
producer Bob Ferguson ⓘ
publisher RCA Records ⓘ
recordedBy Porter Wagoner ⓘ
recordingLocation Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Nashville, Tennessee
recordLabel RCA Victor ⓘ
releaseYear 1968 ⓘ
setting Carroll County ⓘ
songwriter Bob Ferguson ⓘ
topic adultery ⓘ
death ⓘ
family secrets ⓘ
vocalist Porter Wagoner ⓘ
writer Bob Ferguson ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Porter Wagoner → notableWork → “The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
Porter Wagoner → notableAlbum → “The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Carroll County Accident
“The Carroll County Accident” → partOfAlbum → “The Carroll County Accident” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Carroll County Accident
this entity surface form: The Carroll County Accident (album)
“The Carroll County Accident” → isTitleTrackOf → “The Carroll County Accident” self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: The Carroll County Accident
this entity surface form: The Carroll County Accident (album)
The Cold Hard Facts of Life → followedBy → “The Carroll County Accident” ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Carroll County Accident