"Sing Me Back Home" is a 1967 single written and recorded by Merle Haggard

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard is an American country music singer, guitarist, fiddler, instrumentalist, and songwriter. Along with Buck Owens, Haggard and his band The Strangers helped create the Bakersfield sound, which is characterized by the unique twang of Fender Telecaster guitars, vocal harmonies,...

. "Sing Me Back Home" would be Merle Haggard's third number one. The single spent two weeks at number one and a total of seventeen weeks on the country chart. It was also recorded live by the Byrds on "There Is a Season

There Is a Season

There Is a Season is a four-CD box set by the American rock band The Byrds that was released on September 26, 2006 by Columbia/Legacy. It comprises 99 tracks and includes material from every one of the band's twelve studio albums, presented in roughly chronological order...

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In addition, the Grateful Dead

Grateful Dead

The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in the San Francisco Bay Area. The band was known for its unique and eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, reggae, country, improvisational jazz, psychedelia, and space rock, and for live performances of long...

performed it 38 times in concert between 1971 and 1973.http://www.setlists.net/?search=true&venue=&city=&state=&month=&day=&year=&songs=Sing+Me+Back+Home%0D%0A&submit=Search

Chart performance

Chart (1967–1968)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	1