"Pickin' Up Strangers" is a song written by
Byron Hill, and recorded by American
country music
Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, ...
artist
Johnny Lee. It was released in January 1981 and recorded the soundtrack of the feature film ''
Coast to Coast'', and was also the third single from Lee's album ''Lookin' for Love''.
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/ref> The song won an ASCAP Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1981.
Chart performance
References
Johnny Lee (singer) songs
1981 songs
Songs written by Byron Hill
Song recordings produced by Jim Ed Norman
Full Moon Records singles
Asylum Records singles
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