"I'm a Ramblin' Man" is a song written by
Ray Pennington
Ramon Daniel Pennington (December 22, 1933October 7, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and record producer. He is known for writing the song " I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the independent Step One Records label.
C ...
. He recorded the song in 1967 for
Capitol Records
Capitol Records, LLC (known legally as Capitol Records, Inc. until 2007) is an American record label distributed by Universal Music Group through its Capitol Music Group imprint. It was founded as the first West Coast-based record label of note ...
and took it to number 29 on the country charts.
It was later 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, o ...
artist
Waylon Jennings
Waylon Jennings (June 15, 1937 – February 13, 2002) was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He pioneered the Outlaw Movement in country music.
Jennings started playing guitar at the age of eight and performed at age f ...
. The song was Jennings' second number one on the country chart and stayed at number one for a single week. "I'm a Ramblin' Man" also appeared on the Australian charts.
Content
The song is a warning to beware ramblers.
Chart performance
Ray Pennington
Waylon Jennings
References
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1967 singles
1974 singles
Ray Pennington songs
Waylon Jennings songs
Songs written by Ray Pennington
Songs about Chicago
RCA Records Nashville singles
1967 songs
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