Waitin' in Your Welfare Line
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"Waitin' in Your Welfare Line" is a 1966 country hit song by Buck Owens that exemplifies the Bakersfield sound with its twangy style and humorous, working-class lyrics.
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
single
ⓘ
song ⓘ |
| album | Roll Out the Red Carpet for Buck Owens and His Buckaroos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Bakersfield, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bSide | There Never Was a Fool NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chart | Billboard Hot Country Singles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chartPosition | No. 1 Billboard Hot Country Singles (United States) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decade | 1960s ⓘ |
| followedBy | Think of Me NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | Buckaroo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
Bakersfield sound
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
country music ⓘ |
| hasInstrumentation |
bass guitar
ⓘ
drums ⓘ electric guitar ⓘ pedal steel guitar ⓘ |
| hasLyricTheme |
humor
ⓘ
working-class life ⓘ |
| hasMusicalArtist | Buck Owens and His Buckaroos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMusicalStyle |
honky-tonk
ⓘ
twangy electric guitar ⓘ |
| hasSubject | romantic devotion described through welfare-line metaphor ⓘ |
| isHitSingle | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | 2:19 ⓘ |
| notableFor | exemplifying the Bakersfield sound ⓘ |
| originalMedium | 7-inch vinyl single ⓘ |
| partOf | Buck Owens discography ⓘ |
| performer | Buck Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Ken Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordedBy | Buck Owens and His Buckaroos NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recordLabel | Capitol Records ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1966-01-17 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| side | A-side ⓘ |
| vocalist | Buck Owens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| weeksAtNumberOne | 7 ⓘ |
| writer |
Buck Owens
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Don Rich NERFINISHED ⓘ Nat Stuckey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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