Billy Grammer - Gotta Travel On

January 1959 - Weeks On Chart: 15 - Highest Position: 2

This is very much a country music song and is very much of its time. It's not really my thing but it is catchy.

Billy Grammer (1925-2011) was from Benton, Illinois, and was the oldest of 13 children. "Gotta Travel On" was his first single release; it reached #4 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and sold over a million copies.

After this, Grammer joined the cast of the Grand Old Opry and marketed and sold a guitar named after him. He also had the misfortune of performing at the Laurel, Maryland rally where George Wallace was shot. In later years, he suffered from a degenerative eye disease that left him blind.

Created January 10, 2026.

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