"Divorce Me C.O.D." is a 1946 honky-tonk song recorded by Merle Travis. One of many songs co-written by Travis and Cliffie Stone, it was Travis' first release to make it to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed for fourteen weeks and a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart.[4][5] The B-side of "Divorce Me C.O.D.," a song entitled "Missouri," peaked at number five on the same chart.
"Divorce Me C.O.D." | ||||
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Single by Merle Travis | ||||
B-side | "Missouri" | |||
Published | August 26, 1946 (1946-08-26) by American Music, Inc., Hollywood[1] | |||
Released | September 1946 (1946-09)[2] | |||
Recorded | July 9, 1946 (1946-07-09)[3] | |||
Studio | Radio Recorders, Los Angeles | |||
Genre | Hillbilly | |||
Length | 2:59 | |||
Label | Capitol 290 | |||
Songwriter(s) | Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone | |||
Producer(s) | Lee Gillette | |||
Merle Travis singles chronology | ||||
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: CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)Preceded by | Most Played Juke Box Folk Records number one single by Merle Travis October 12, 1946 |
Succeeded by "Rainbow at Midnight" by Ernest Tubb |
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