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Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)

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"Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)"
Single by The Willis Brothers
from the album Give Me Forty Acres
B-side"Gonna Buy Me a Juke Box"
Released1964
GenreCountry, truck-driving country, rockabilly, bluegrass
Length2:33
LabelStarday
Songwriter(s)Earl Green, John Green[1]
Producer(s)Tommy Hill[2]
The Willis Brothers singles chronology
"Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)"
(1964)
"A Six Foot Two by Four"
(1965)

"Give Me Forty Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)" is a single by American country music group The Willis Brothers. Released in 1964, it was the first single from their album Give Me Forty Acres. The song peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[3] It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in Canada.[4]

Chart performance

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Chart (1964) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 9
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 1

References

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  1. ^ "Willis Brothers - Give Me 40 Acres".
  2. ^ "The Willis Brothers - Give Me 40 Acres (To Turn This Rig Around)".
  3. ^ "The Willis Brothers singles". Allmusic. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
  4. ^ "RPM Country Singles for November 9, 1964". RPM. Retrieved 31 March 2011.