"Longhaired Redneck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe, an American songwriter, outlaw country music singer, and guitarist who achieved popularity in the 1970s and 1980s, born on which date?
Longhaired Redneck (song) "Longhaired Redneck" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist David Allan Coe. It was released in January 1976 as the lead single from Coe's album of the same name. The song is notable for its direct reference to the "outlaw" movement in country music during the 1970s, with which Coe was associated, as well as the chorus which features Coe impersonating classic country artists Ernest Tubb, "Whisperin'" Bill Anderson, and Merle Haggard. The song peaked at number 17 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Country Singles chart and at number 23 on the Canadian "RPM" Country Tracks chart. It was written by Coe with Jimmy Rabbitt, who is also a popular radio DJ in Texas.
Earl Thomas Conley Earl Thomas Conley (born October 17, 1941, Portsmouth, Ohio, United States) is an American country music singer-songwriter. Between 1980 and 2003, he recorded ten studio albums, including seven for the RCA Records label. In the 1980s and into the 1990s, Conley also charted more than thirty singles on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs charts, of which eighteen reached Number One. Conley's eighteen "Billboard" Number One country singles during the 1980s marked the most Number One hits by any artist in any genre during that decade except for Alabama and Ronnie Milsap.