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Kenny Rogers

Coward of the County

1979 · via The Chipmunks

Kenny Rogers’ 1979 recording of “Coward of the County” is the earliest release on file. Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler are credited as its writers. Also recorded by The Chipmunks (released 1981), Top of the Poppers (released 1980) and Decap Antwerp (released 1980), among 44 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Kenny Rogers put this one out first in 1979, and the Chipmunks followed with their own take in 1981. Most people only know it by the voice singing it, so go find Billy Edd Wheeler, one of the two names actually behind it.

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Credited writers: Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1979.

Other recordings on file · first release year

44 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Kenny Rogers had "Coward of the County" on record before the Chipmunks got hold of it. Who shares the writing credit on it with Roger Bowling?Billy Edd Wheeler
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