From Graceland to the Promised Land - Composition

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"From Graceland to the Promised Land" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Merle Haggard. It was released in October 1977 as the only single from the album My Farewell to Elvis. The song reached number 4 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.[1]

"From Graceland to the Promised Land"

Single by Merle Haggard

from the album My Farewell to Elvis

B-side

"Are You Lonesome Tonight?"

Released

October 3, 1977

Genre

Country

Length

2:28

Label

MCA

Songwriter(s)

Merle Haggard

Producer(s)

Fuzzy Owen

Merle Haggard singles chronology

"A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today"
(1977)

"From Graceland to the Promised Land"
(1977)

"Running Kind"
(1978)

Content

The song is a tribute to Elvis Presley.

Chart performance

Chart (1977-1978)	Peak position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[2]	4
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	58
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	3
Canadian RPM Top Singles	55

References

Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 147.
"Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
"Merle Haggard Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.

Merle Haggard

The Strangers

Norm Hamlet

Ralph Mooney

Tiny Moore

Roy Nichols

Gene Price

Eldon Shamblin

Gordon Terry

Biff Adam

Jimmy Belken

Eddie Burris

Gary Church

Wayne Durham

George French

Dennis Hromek

Don Markham

Johnny Meeks

Marcia Nichols

Ronnie Reno

Clint Strong

Jim Tittle

Jerry Ward

Bobby Wayne

Mark Yeary

Studio albums

Strangers
Swinging Doors
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive
Branded Man
Sing Me Back Home
The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde
Mama Tried
Pride in What I Am
Same Train, A Different Time
A Portrait of Merle Haggard
A Tribute to the Best Damn Fiddle Player in the World (or, My Salute to Bob Wills)
Hag
Someday We'll Look Back
Let Me Tell You About a Song
It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
If We Make It Through December
Merle Haggard Presents His 30th Album
Keep Movin' On
It's All in the Movies
My Love Affair with Trains
The Roots of My Raising
Ramblin' Fever
A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today
My Farewell to Elvis
I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall
Serving 190 Proof
The Way I Am
Back to the Barrooms
Big City
Going Where the Lonely Go
That's the Way Love Goes
It's All in the Game
Kern River
Out Among the Stars
A Friend In California
Chill Factor
5:01 Blues
Blue Jungle
1994
1996
If I Could Only Fly
Roots, Volume 1
The Peer Sessions
Haggard Like Never Before
Unforgettable
Chicago Wind
The Bluegrass Sessions
I Am What I Am
Working in Tennessee

Live albums

Gospel albums

The Land of Many Churches
Songs for the Mama That Tried
Cabin in the Hills
Two Old Friends (with Albert E. Brumley, Jr.)

Holiday albums

Singles

1960s	"Sing a Sad Song" "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" "Swinging Doors" "The Bottle Let Me Down" "The Fugitive" "I Threw Away the Rose" "Branded Man" "Sing Me Back Home" "The Legend of Bonnie & Clyde" "Mama Tried" "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am" "Hungry Eyes" "Workin' Man Blues" "Okie from Muskogee"
1970s	"The Fightin' Side of Me" "Jesus, Take a Hold" "I Can't Be Myself" "Soldier's Last Letter" "Someday We'll Look Back" "Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)" "Carolyn" "Grandma Harp" "It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)" "I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me" "The Emptiest Arms in the World" "Everybody's Had the Blues" "If We Make It Through December " "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" "Old Man from the Mountain" "Kentucky Gambler" "Always Wanting You" "Movin' On" "It's All in the Movies" "The Roots of My Raising" "Here Comes the Freedom Train" "Cherokee Maiden" "If We're Not Back in Love by Monday" "Ramblin' Fever" "A Working Man Can't Get Nowhere Today" "From Graceland to the Promised Land" "Running Kind" "I'm Always on a Mountain When I Fall" "It's Been a Great Afternoon" "Red Bandana" "My Own Kind of Hat"
1980s	"The Way I Am" "Misery and Gin" "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink" "Leonard" "Rainbow Stew" "My Favorite Memory" "Big City" "Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)" "Going Where the Lonely Go" "You Take Me for Granted" "What Am I Gonna Do (With the Rest of My Life)" "It's All in the Game" "That's the Way Love Goes" "Someday When Things Are Good" "Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room" "A Place to Fall Apart" "Kern River" "I Had a Beautiful Time" "A Friend in California" "Almost Persuaded" "Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star" "Chill Factor" "We Never Touch at All" "You Babe" "5:01 Blues" "A Better Love Next Time" "If You Want to Be My Woman"

Collaborations

Albums	Just Between the Two of Us (with Bonnie Owens and The Strangers) A Taste of Yesterday's Wine (with George Jones) Pancho & Lefty (with Willie Nelson) Heart to Heart (with Leona Williams) Walking the Line (with George Jones and Willie Nelson) Seashores of Old Mexico (with Willie Nelson) Kickin' Out the Footlights...Again (with George Jones) Last of the Breed (with Willie Nelson and Ray Price) Django & Jimmie (with Willie Nelson)
Singles	"Bar Room Buddies" (with Clint Eastwood) "Yesterday's Wine" (with George Jones) "C.C. Waterback" (with George Jones) "Reasons to Quit" (with Willie Nelson) "Pancho and Lefty" (with Willie Nelson) "Wreck on the Highway" (with Chester Smith)
As guest	"Street Singer" (by The Strangers) "Walking the Floor Over You" (by Ernest Tubb)

Compilations

indicates a release performed with The Strangers

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