Saginaw, Michigan ( song ) - Wikipedia Saginaw, Michigan ( song ) `` Saginaw, Michigan '' Single by Lefty Frizzell from the album Saginaw, Michigan B - side `` When It Rains the Blues '' Released November 26, 1963 Format 7 '' Recorded October 16, 1963 Genre Country Length 3 : 05 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Bill Anderson and Don Wayne Producer ( s ) Don Law and Frank Jones Lefty Frizzell singles chronology `` Do n't Let Her See Me Cry '' ( 1963 ) `` Saginaw, Michigan '' ( 1963 ) `` The Nestor '' ( 1964 ) `` Do n't Let Her See Me Cry '' ( 1963 ) `` Saginaw, Michigan '' ( 1964 ) `` The Nestor '' ( 1964 ) `` Saginaw, Michigan '' is a 1964 song performed by Lefty Frizzell. The single was Lefty Frizzell 's sixth and final number one on the U.S. country chart. `` Saginaw, Michigan '' spent a total of twenty - three weeks on the country chart and peaked at number eighty - five on the Billboard Hot 100. The song earned Lefty Frizzell a Grammy nomination. The most notable cover of the song was done by Bobby Bare. It was included on his 1966 LP, The Streets of Baltimore. Synopsis The song is sung from the point of view of the working - class son of a fisherman from the titular city of Saginaw, Michigan, who falls in love with the daughter of a much wealthier man. The rich man does not believe the singer is worthy of his daughter, so the singer travels north to Alaska in hopes of finding gold. When there is no gold, the singer concocts a ruse upon returning to Saginaw : he tells the wealthy man that he had struck a huge amount of gold and sells the worthless plot to the rich man for him to develop. The song ends with the bamboozled rich man searching in vain for the gold in Alaska, while his daughter gladly accepts the singer 's hand in marriage. Chart performance Chart ( 1964 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 85 References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 129. Jump up ^ ( Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 2002 ) Jump up ^ http://www.discogs.com/Bobby-Bare-The-Streets-Of-Baltimore/release/3093334 Preceded by `` Begging to You '' by Marty Robbins Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single March 7 - March 28, 1964 Succeeded by `` Understand Your Man '' by Johnny Cash Lefty Frizzell Notable singles `` If You 've Got the Money I 've Got the Time '' `` I Want to Be with You Always '' `` Always Late ( With Your Kisses ) '' `` The Long Black Veil '' `` Saginaw, Michigan '' `` She 's Gone Gone Gone '' `` You, Babe '' Related articles Discography Columbia Records ABC Records David Frizzell To Lefty from Willie This 1960s country song - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saginaw,_Michigan_(song)&oldid=805173573 '' Categories : 1964 songs Lefty Frizzell songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Songs written by Bill Anderson ( singer ) Saginaw, Michigan Songs about cities Songs written by Don Wayne ( songwriter ) 1960s country song stubs Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats All stub articles Talk About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 13 October 2017, at 15 : 24. About Wikipedia

Question: who sang i was born in saginaw michigan
Answer: Lefty Frizzell