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Written by Mel Tillis, also Ruby Don’t Take Your Love to Town (Kenny Rogers), Emotions (Brenda Lee) and Stick With Me Baby (The Everly Brothers)
Released on Parrot, also With These Hands, Delilah and Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Part of Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings, also Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings, All I Get From You Is Heartaches and Field of Yellow Daisies
Written by Danny Dill, also Long Black Veil (The Band), So Wrong (Patsy Cline) and Detroit City (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Mel Tillis wrote 38 songs on fono
Mel Tillis’s most frequent co-writer is Wayne Walker (7 songs together)
Danny Dill’s most frequent co-writer is Mel Tillis (5 songs together)
Mel Tillis first appears on fono in 1960, 7 years before this song
Credits
All 4 credits
- Written by
- Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
- Released on
- Parrot
- Written by
- Danny Dill and Mel Tillis
- Released on
- Parrot
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same writer: Mel Tillis
Same writer: Danny Dill
Same label: Parrot
Same release: Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Same writer: Mel Tillis
Same writer: Danny Dill
Same label: Parrot
Same release: Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Elsewhere
Sources (5)
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1MusicBrainz Detroit City was written by Danny Dill
2MusicBrainz Detroit City was written by Mel Tillis
3MusicBrainz Detroit City is part of the release Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
Detroit City is part of the release Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Parrot is the label of the song Detroit City
Parrot is the label of the song Detroit City
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz Detroit City was released on 1967-03-03