"Honky Tonk Crowd" is a song written by

Larry Cordle Larry Cordle (born November 16, 1948) is an American country and bluegrass singer-songwriter . Cordle is most famous for his song "Murder on Music Row", which was recorded by George Strait and Alan Jackson and received the Country Music Asso ...

and Lionel Delmore, and recorded by American

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artist

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. It was released in August 1986 as the first single from the album '' Countrified''. The song reached number 10 on the ''

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chart. It was his last Top 10 hit on that chart until " Straight Tequila Night" in late 1991-early 1992.

Chart performance

"Honky Tonk Crowd" debuted at number 65 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 16, 1986.

References

1986 songs John Anderson (musician) songs Songs written by Larry Cordle Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman Warner Records singles 1986 singles Songs written by Lionel Delmore {{1986-country-song-stub