"Big in Vegas" is a single by American country music artist

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. Released in October 1969, it was the first single from his album ''Big in Vegas''. The song peaked at number 5 on the ''

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chart. It also reached number 1 on the ''

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'' Country Tracks chart in Canada.

Content

The song is about a young singer hoping to realizing his dream to perform in a large venue in

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, despite his mother's pleas not to go. Despite the struggles of playing smaller arenas, honky tonks and so forth, he continues to be driven by his dream of one day having his name in lights and performing before a large crowd.

Music video

A music video of the song – compiled of Owens singing, over superimposed footage of an Owens' concert and nighttime shots of the

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– was originally aired on the TV series ''

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'', on which Owens was a co-host. The video has since aired on

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Chart performance

References

1969 singles Buck Owens songs Songs written by Buck Owens Songs written by Terry Stafford Capitol Records singles 1969 songs {{1960s-country-song-stub