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Send Me Down to Tucson

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"Send Me Down to Tucson"
Single by Mel Tillis
from the album Are You Sincere
B-side"Charlie's Angel"
ReleasedJanuary 13, 1979
RecordedDecember 1978
StudioGlaser Sound (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length3:35
LabelMCA
Songwriter(s)Snuff Garrett, Cliff Crofford
Producer(s)Jimmy Bowen
Mel Tillis singles chronology
"Ain't No California"
(1978)
"Send Me Down to Tucson"
(1979)
"Coca-Cola Cowboy"
(1979)

"Send Me Down to Tucson" is a song recorded by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was released in January 1979 as the first single from the album Are You Sincere. The song reached #2 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1] The song was written by Snuff Garrett and Cliff Crofford.

Charts

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Weekly charts

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Chart (1979) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 2
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 4

Year-end charts

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Chart (1979) Position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[3] 30

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 347.
  2. ^ "Mel Tillis Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  3. ^ "Talent in Action". Billboard. Vol. 91, no. 51. December 22, 1979. p. TIA-34. Retrieved July 30, 2021.