Songs Performed or Written by Billy Edd WheelerTop Songs / Chart Singles Discography

Billy Edd Wheeler (December 9, 1932 – September 16, 2024) was an American songwriter, performer, writer, and visual artist. His songs include "Jackson" (Grammy award winner for Johnny Cash and June Carter) "The Reverend Mr. Black", "Desert Pete", "Ann", "High Flyin' Bird", "The Coming of the Roads", "It’s Midnight", "Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back", "Coal Tattoo", "Winter Sky", and "Coward of the County" (which inspired a 1981 television movie of the same name) and have been performed... [more on Wikipedia]

Top songs: #1: Coward of the County - #2: Jackson - #3: Reverend Mr. Black - #4: Desert Pete - #5: Blistered
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  The Platters
1.
11/1961

Song for the Lonely
The Platters

3 pts
115
US








US B Side to You'll Never Know
[Mercury 71904]
written by Jerry Lee Lewis, Billy Edd Wheeler greentick & John Carroll
  Mike Clifford
2.
12/1962

What to Do with Laurie
Mike Clifford

11 pts
68
US








[United Artists 557]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  The Kingston Trio
3.
04/1963

#3  Reverend Mr. Black
The Kingston Trio

from The Kingston Trio #16   
126 pts
8
US




15
R&B


[Capitol 4951]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick, Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber
  Hank Snow
4.
04/1963

The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe
Hank Snow

11 pts




9
ctry




[RCA Victor 47-8151]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  The Kingston Trio
Desert Pete
5.
08/1963

#4  Desert Pete
The Kingston Trio

from Sunny Side!   
44 pts
33
US
12
AC






[Capitol 5005]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
6.
11/1964

Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

from Memories of America/Ode to the Little Brown Shack Out Back   
32 pts
50
US


3
ctry




[Kapp 617]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Johnny Cash & June Carter
Jackson
7.
03/1967

Jackson
Johnny Cash & June Carter

from Carryin' On   
21 pts




2
ctry




[Columbia 4-44011]
written by Gaby Rodgers & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra
Jackson
8.
06/1967

#2  Jackson
Lee Hazlewood & Nancy Sinatra

from Nancy & Lee   
158 pts
14
US
39
AC




11
UK
charted as You Only Live Twice / Jackson in UK charts
[Reprise 0595]
written by Gaby Rodgers & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
9.
08/1968

I Ain't the Worryin' Kind
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

from I Ain't the Worryin' Kind   
1 pts




63
ctry




[Kapp 928]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Johnny Darrell
10.
09/1968

I Ain't Buying
Johnny Darrell

from Why You Been Gone So Long   Why You Been Gone So Long
4 pts




27
ctry




[United Artists 50442]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Bill Wilbourn & Kathy Morrison
11.
01/1969

Him and Her
Bill Wilbourn & Kathy Morrison

2 pts




44
ctry




[United Artists 50474]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Hank Williams Jr.
12.
02/1969

A Baby Again
Hank Williams Jr.

from Time to Sing   
7 pts




16
ctry




[MGM 14024]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Johnny Darrell & Anita Carter
13.
04/1969

The Coming of the Roads
Johnny Darrell & Anita Carter

2 pts




50
ctry




[United Artists 50503]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
14.
05/1969

West Virginia Woman
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

2 pts




51
ctry




[United Artists 50507]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
15.
09/1969

Fried Chicken and a Country Tune
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

from Nashville Zodiac   
1 pts




62
ctry




[United Artists 50579]
written by Coleman Harwell
  Johnny Darrell
16.
09/1969

River Bottom
Johnny Darrell

from Why You Been Gone So Long   Why You Been Gone So Long
5 pts




23
ctry




[United Artists 50572]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Johnny Cash
Blistered
17.
11/1969

#5  Blistered
Johnny Cash

from Hello, I'm Johnny Cash   
32 pts
50
US


4
ctry




[Columbia 4-45020]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Del Reeves
18.
05/1970

Son of a Coal Man
Del Reeves

from Friends and Neighbors   
2 pts




41
ctry




[United Artists 50667]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Johnny Duncan
19.
11/1971

Baby's Smile, Woman's Kiss
Johnny Duncan

from We're Gonna Need a Man   
9 pts




12
ctry




[Columbia 4-45479]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
20.
07/1972

200 Lbs o' Singing Hound
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

1 pts




71
ctry




[RCA Victor 74-0739]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Elvis Presley
It's Midnight
21.
10/1974

It's Midnight
Elvis Presley

from Promised Land   Promised Land
22 pts


8
AC
9
ctry




charted as It's Midnight / Promised Land in US AC charts
[RCA Victor PB-10074]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick & Jerry Chesnut
  Jerry Reed
22.
11/1978

Gimme Back My Blues
Jerry Reed

from Half Singin' and Half Pickin'   
7 pts




14
ctry




[RCA 11407]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Kenny Rogers
Coward of the County
23.
11/1979

#1  Coward of the County
Kenny Rogers

from Kenny   Kenny
389 pts
3
US
5
AC
1
ctry


1
UK
[United Artists 1327]
written by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
24.
11/1979

Duel Under the Snow
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

1 pts




94
ctry




[Radio Cinema 001]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Roy Clark
25.
12/1979

Chain Gang of Love
Roy Clark

from My Music   
5 pts




21
ctry




[MCA 41153]
written by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Roger Bowling
26.
05/1980

The Diplomat
Roger Bowling

1 pts




78
ctry




[NSD 46]
written by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
27.
08/1980

Long Arm of the Law
Roger Bowling

2 pts




52
ctry




[NSD 58]
written by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler
28.
03/1981

Bald Headed Men (Make Good Lovers)
Billy Edd Wheeler greentick

1 pts




103
ctry




[NSD 84]
written by Billy Edd Wheeler greentick
  Billy Edd Wheeler & Rashell Richmond
29.
06/1981

Daddy
Billy Edd Wheeler & Rashell Richmond

2 pts




55
ctry




[NSD 94]
written by Billy E. Wheeler greentick, Betty Gibson & Jerry Duncan
  Johnny Cash
30.
01/1982

The Reverend Mr. Black / Chattanooga City Limit Sign
Johnny Cash

1 pts




71
ctry




[Columbia 02669]
written by Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Billy Edd Wheeler greentick & Robert Rhett Drawdy
  Jim Wyrick
31.
02/1983

The Memory
Jim Wyrick

1 pts




85
ctry




as Jim Wyrick and Union Gold
[NSD 157]
written by Roger Bowling & Billy Edd Wheeler greentick


See also...

Billy Edd Wheeler & Rashell Richmond


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