"Ridin' My Thumb to Mexico" is a song written 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 Rodriguez Juan Raoul Davis "Johnny" Rodriguez (born December 10, 1951) is an American country music singer. He is a Tejano and Texas country music singer, infusing his music with Latin sounds, and even singing verses of songs in Spanish. In the 1970s an ...

. It was released in August 1973 as the first single from the album ''All I Ever Meant to Do Is Sing''. The song was Rodriguez's second number one on the U.S. country singles chart. The single stayed at number one for two weeks and spent a total of thirteen weeks on the charts.

Chart performance

References

1973 singles Johnny Rodriguez songs Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Mercury Records singles 1973 songs Songs written by Johnny Rodriguez {{1970s-country-song-stub