Tall Dark Stranger
| "Tall Dark Stranger" | ||||
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| Single by Buck Owens | ||||
| from the album Tall Dark Stranger | ||||
| B-side | "Sing That Kind of a Song" | |||
| Released | July 21, 1969 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Buck Owens | |||
| Producer(s) | Ken Nelson | |||
| Buck Owens singles chronology | ||||
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"Tall Dark Stranger" is a song written and recorded by Buck Owens, released as a single in 1969. "Tall Dark Stranger" was Buck Owens' twentieth number one on the country chart, spending one week at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.[1]
Chart performance
| Chart (1969) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
Music Video
A video for the song was taped for the TV series Hee Haw, on which Owens was a co-host. The video is set in a wild west town, and during the musical bridge the song's main theme – a handsome stranger, tall and dressed in black clothing, stealing the heart of a young man's girlfriend and the woman riding off with him – is played out, said incident happening as Owens (cast as the protagonist) and the woman are walking out of a saloon. The video has since aired on Great American Country and CMT.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 258.