How I Got to Memphis - wikipedia How I Got to Memphis `` How I Got to Memphis '' Single by Bobby Bare from the album This Is Bare Country B - side `` It 's Freezing in El Paso '' Released August 1970 Format 7 '' single Genre Country Length 2 : 31 Label Mercury Songwriter ( s ) Tom T. Hall Producer ( s ) Jerry Kennedy Bobby Bare singles chronology `` Your Husband, My Wife '' ( 1970 ) `` How I Got to Memphis '' ( 1970 ) `` Come Sundown '' ( 1970 ) `` Your Husband, My Wife '' ( 1970 ) `` How I Got to Memphis '' ( 1970 ) `` Come Sundown '' ( 1970 ) `` How I Got to Memphis '' is the shortened title used by American country music singer Bobby Bare, of a song whose full title is : `` That 's How I Got to Memphis '' written by Tom T. Hall and which appears on his 1969 album : ' Ballad Of Forty Dollars & His Other Great Songs '. Bobby Bare 's album This Is Bare Country was released in August 1970 and this track was taken from it as a single. Other performers of this song use the full title : That 's How I Got to Memphis. Contents 1 Critical reception 2 Chart performance 3 Deryl Dodd version 3.1 Critical reception 3.2 Music video 3.3 Chart performance 4 Other versions 5 References 6 External links Critical reception An uncredited review in Billboard called the song `` potent Tom T. Hall material, delivered in one of Bare 's finest performances. '' Chart performance Bobby Bare 's version spent 16 weeks on the Hot Country Songs charts, peaking at number 3. Chart ( 1970 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) Canadian RPM Country Tracks 22 Deryl Dodd version `` That 's How I Got to Memphis '' Single by Deryl Dodd from the album One Ride in Vegas Released November 9, 1996 Format CD single Genre Country Length 3 : 14 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Tom T. Hall Producer ( s ) Blake Chancey, Chip Young Deryl Dodd singles chronology `` Friends Do n't Drive Friends... '' ( 1996 ) `` That 's How I Got to Memphis '' ( 1996 ) `` Movin ' Out to the Country '' ( 1997 ) `` Friends Do n't Drive Friends... '' ( 1996 ) `` That 's How I Got to Memphis '' ( 1996 ) `` Movin ' Out to the Country '' ( 1997 ) In late 1996, Deryl Dodd covered the song for his debut album One Ride in Vegas. The song was the album 's second single. In place of a b - side, the single release contained album snippets. Critical reception Don Yates of Country Standard Time called Dodd 's version of the song `` impassioned ''. Music video The music video was directed by Marc Ball and premiered in 1996. Chart performance Dodd 's version charted on Hot Country Songs for 20 weeks, peaking at number 36 in early 1997. Chart ( 1996 -- 97 ) Peak position Canada Country Tracks ( RPM ) 38 US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 36 Other versions Bill Haley And The Comets covered the song as a single in 1969 on United Artists. Lee Hazlewood covered the song on his 1976 Album 20th Century Lee. Scott Walker ( singer ) covered it on his 1973 album Stretch. Eddy Mitchell covered the song in 1976. Rosanne Cash covered the song on her 1982 album Somewhere in the Stars. Buddy Miller covered the song on his 1995 album Your Love and Other Lies. Solomon Burke covered the song on his 2006 album Nashville. Joe Pernice covered the song on his 2009 album It Feels So Good When I Stop Natural Child covered the song on their 2012 album For the Love of the Game The Avett Brothers covered the song in the 2013 concert film Another Day, Another Time : Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis Jeff Daniels and John Gallagher, Jr. performed the song in the series finale of The Newsroom, titled `` What Kind of Day Has It Been. '' Whitey Morgan and the 78 's cover this song on their 2015 album Sonic Ranch. Voluntary Butler Scheme recorded a version on his 2014 album A Million Ways To Make Gold Karl Blau covered the song on his 2016 album Introducing Karl Blau. JT Lauritsen & The Buckshot Hunters from Norway, also has a version of this song. On the album from 2007 Squeezeboxing. Eric Church covered the song on his Holdin ' My Own Tour and a live recording appeared on his `` 61 Days in Church : Volume 2. '' The Nashville Trend covered the song on the single on ORS - 1272 ( backed by the Chuck Berry song `` Memphis '' ) References ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, Joel ( 2008 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 42 -- 43. ISBN 0 - 89820 - 177 - 2. Jump up ^ `` Album reviews ''. Billboard : 20. August 8, 1970. Jump up ^ `` Singles ''. Billboard : 72. July 18, 1970. Jump up ^ `` Bobby Bare Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. ^ Jump up to : Whitburn, pp. 127 - 28 Jump up ^ Yates, Don. `` One Ride in Vegas review ''. Country Standard Time. Retrieved 11 September 2012. Jump up ^ `` Top RPM Country Tracks : Issue 9897. '' RPM. Library and Archives Canada. March 3, 1997. Retrieved July 17, 2013. Jump up ^ `` Deryl Dodd Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Lee Hazlewood -- 20th Century Lee ''. Discogs.com. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Bobby Bare Studio albums The Game of Triangles Notable singles `` 500 Miles '' `` The Ballad of Lucy Jordan '' `` A Dear John Letter '' `` Detroit City '' `` Four Strong Winds '' `` God Bless America Again '' `` Green, Green Grass of Home '' `` How I Got to Memphis '' `` Just to Satisfy You '' `` ( Margie 's At ) The Lincoln Park Inn '' `` Marie Laveau '' `` Ruby, Do n't Take Your Love to Town '' `` Song of the South '' `` Streets of Baltimore '' Guest singles `` No Memories Hangin ' Round '' ( with Rosanne Cash ) Related articles Bobby Bare, Jr. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=How_I_Got_to_Memphis&oldid=832294364 '' Categories : 1970 singles 1996 singles 1969 songs Bobby Bare songs Tom T. Hall songs Rosanne Cash songs Deryl Dodd songs Mercury Records singles Columbia Records singles Song recordings produced by Jerry Kennedy Song recordings produced by Blake Chancey Songs written by Tom T. Hall Songs about Memphis, Tennessee Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Canadacountry Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 25 March 2018, at 02 : 08 ( UTC ). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote the song that's how i got to memphis
Answer: Tom T. Hall