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"Six White Horses"
Song
B-side"I Owe the World to You"

"Six White Horses" is a song written by Larry Murray and recorded by Tommy Cash in 1969. Cash's recording reached #4 on the Billboard country charts and #79 on the Billboard Hot 100, the only song of his to make the pop charts. It made it all the way to number one on RPM Magazine's Canadian country chart.

The "six white horses" refer to a funeral procession, specifically those belonging to John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King. As a result, the song has been called a country version of "Abraham, Martin and John", Dion's famous elegy to the Kennedys and King (and Abraham Lincoln), which also came out in 1969.

The song was also recorded by various others.

Chart performance

Chart (1969–1970) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[1] 79
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles[1] 4
Canadian RPM Top Singles[2] 72
Canadian RPM Country Tracks[3] 1
Australian Kent Music Report 84

References

  1. ^ a b Tommy Cash Billboard Singles
  2. ^ RPM Top Singles
  3. ^ RPM Country Tracks
Preceded by RPM Country Tracks
number-one single
January 31-February 7, 1970 		Succeeded by


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