"The Days of Sand and Shovels" is a single by American country music artist Waylon Jennings

Waylon Jennings

Waylon Arnold Jennings was an American country music singer, songwriter, and musician. Jennings began playing at eight. He began performing at twelve, on KVOW radio. Jennings formed a band The Texas Longhorns. Jennings worked as a D.J on KVOW, KDAV and KLLL...

. Released in April 1969, it was the second single from his album The Best of Waylon Jennings

The Best of Waylon Jennings

The Best of Waylon Jennings is a 1970 album by Waylon Jennings released on RCA Records. It contains several singles and popular album tracks. In Europe, RCA added three songs to the album , making the European version slightly superior to the U.S...

. The song peaked at number 20 on the Billboard

Billboard (magazine)

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Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM

RPM (magazine)

RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...

Country Tracks chart in Canada.

"The Days of Sand and Shovels" was also released as a single in 1969 by Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton

Bobby Vinton is an American pop music singer of Polish origin. In pop music circles, he became known as "The Polish Prince".-Early life:...

. Vinton's version peaked at number 34 on the Billboard Hot 100

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Nat Stuckey

Nat Stuckey

Nathan Stuckey was an American country singer. He recorded for various labels between 1966 and 1978, charting in the top 10 of Hot Country Songs with "Sweet Thang", "Plastic Saddle", "Sweet Thang and Cisco" and "Take Time to Love Her"-Biography:Raised in Atlanta, Texas, in Cass County, Nat Stuckey...

released a cover of the song in 1978. His version peaked at number 26 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

Waylon Jennings

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	20
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	1

Bobby Vinton

Chart (1969)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	11
U.S. Billboard Easy Listening	34

Nat Stuckey

Chart (1978)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles	26
Canadian RPM Country Tracks	29