Sam's Place

{{Infobox song

| name = Sam's Place

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Buck Owens

| album = Your Tender Loving Care

| B-side = Don't Ever Tell Me Goodbye

| released = March 13, 1967

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 2:00

| label = Capitol

| writer = Buck Owens
Red Simpson

| producer = Ken Nelson

| prev_title = Where Does the Good Times Go

| prev_year = 1966

| next_title = Your Tender Loving Care

| next_year = 1967

}}

"Sam's Place" is a 1967 country song written by Buck Owens and Red Simpson and recorded by Owens. The single went to number one on the country charts spending three weeks at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the country charts.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=257}}

Content

The song is about a honky-tonk called "Sam's Place," of which the singer is a regular all-night patron ("You can always find me down at Sam's Place from the setting sun until the break of day."). Other patrons include two women who are nicknamed for their dancing abilities and whose real names happen to rhyme with their respective hometowns: "Shimmy-Shakin'" Tina from Pasadena and "Hootchie-Kootchie" Hattie from Cincinnati.

Chart performance

class="wikitable sortable"

!align="left"|Chart (1967)

!align="center"|Peak
position

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles

|align="center"|1

align="left"|U.S. Billboard Hot 100{{cite book |title= Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles, 14th Edition: 1955-2012 |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2013 |publisher=Record Research |page=637}}

|align="center"|92

References

Category:Buck Owens songs

Category:1967 singles

Category:Songs written by Buck Owens

Category:Song recordings produced by Ken Nelson (American record producer)

Category:Capitol Records singles

Category:1967 songs