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The Chipmunks

Coward of the County

1981 · via Kenny Rogers

The Chipmunks’ earliest release of “Coward of the County” on file came out in 1981. Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler are credited as its writers. The earliest release on file is Kenny Rogers’, from 1979. Also recorded by Top of the Poppers (released 1980), Decap Antwerp (released 1980) and Califone (released 2021), among 44 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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Kenny got there first, but the song came from Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler, and Wheeler is the thread worth pulling from here. For proof the tune travels, The Chipmunks put out their own take in 1981.

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▶The Chipmunks - El Cobarde del Condado (Coward of the County) | with lyrics
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Credited writers: Roger Bowling and Billy Edd Wheeler.

Earliest release on file: Kenny Rogers, 1979.

Other recordings on file · first release year

44 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

First pulled by @ga-6541 · No. 0501, Nov 6, 2026.

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Kenny Rogers was the first to record "Coward of the County." Roger Bowling wrote it with which other songwriter?Billy Edd Wheeler
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