Streets of Bakersfield

"Streets of Bakersfield"
Single by Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
from the album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room
B-side"Please, Please Baby"
ReleasedJune 17, 1988
GenreCountry
Length2:48
LabelReprise 27964
Songwriter(s)Homer Joy
Producer(s)Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology
"Always Late with Your Kisses"
(1988) 		"Streets of Bakersfield"
(1988) 		"I Sang Dixie"
(1988)
Buck Owens singles chronology
"Without You"
(1981) 		"Streets of Bakersfield"
(1988) 		"Hot Dog"
(1988)

"Streets of Bakersfield" is a 1973 song written by Homer Joy and popularized in 1988 by Buck Owens featuring Dwight Yoakam. It went to number 1 on the country single charts in the United States and Canada. It is the leading single from Yoakam's third studio album Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room.

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