"Geisha Girl"
Single by Hank Locklin
from the album Foreign Love
ReleasedJuly 1957
StudioRCA Victor Studio
GenreCountry
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Lawton Williams
Producer(s)Chet Atkins

"Geisha Girl" is a song written by Lawton Williams, sung by Hank Locklin, and released on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. 20-6984). In August 1957, it peaked at No. 4 on Billboard's country and western best seller's chart.[1] It spent 39 weeks on the charts and was also ranked No. 19 on Billboard's 1957 year-end country and western retail best seller chart.[1][2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1957) Peak
position
Billboard Hot 100 (Billboard)[3] 66
Hot Country & Western Sides (Billboard)[1] 4

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 188. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. ^ "1957's Best Selling Records". The Billboard. December 23, 1957. p. 20.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Joel Whitburn's Billboard Top Pop Singles 1955-2006. Record Research. ISBN 978-0898201727.
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