Now there was a song that came from nowhere and just spilled out
This week in 1979: Chrysler laid off 4,600 more employees in Detroit; Klansmen began a 50-mile “white rights” march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala.; and a brother duo from Darby, Fla., had their seventh hit record!
A lot of hit songs have, according to the writer, came out of nowhere. The songs just came to mind, spilled out and that was it!
According to David Bellamy, The Bellamy Brothers’ 1979 hit “You Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie” was one of those songs that came from nowhere and just “spilled out.”
David commented, “That song did just kind of ‘spill out’ from nowhere. I don’t know where it came from. It was a different experience for me because it was so different.”
“Some people call that channel writing, when the song just spills out and you just have no idea where it came from. I wish all the songs would happen like that.”
The Bellamy Brothers’ Warner/Curb single “You Ain’t Just Whistlin’ Dixie” came on the country music charts Aug. 18, 1979, and peaked at No. 5. It was their seventh charted song and was on the charts for 13 weeks.
Howard and David Bellamy placed 47 songs on the country music charts between 1976 and 2005, including 10 No. 1’s.
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