Buck Owens – Sam’s Place, is a 1967 country song written by Red Simpson and recorded by Buck Owens. The single went to number one on the country charts spending three weeks at the top and a total of thirteen weeks on the country charts.

The song is about a honky-tonk called «Sam’s Place,» of which the singer is a regular all-night patron («You can always find me down at Sam’s Place from the setting sun until the break of day.»). Other patrons include two women who are nicknamed for their dancing abilities and whose real names happen to rhyme with their respective hometowns: «Shimmy-Shakin'» Tina from Pasadena and «Hootchie-Kootchie» Hattie from Cincinnati.

Buck Owens – Sam’s Place
From the album Your Tender Loving Care
B-side «Don’t Ever Tell Me Goodbye»
Released March 13, 1967
Genre Country
Length 2:00
Label Capitol
Songwriter(s) Buck Owens Red Simpson
Producer(s) Ken Nelson

COUNTRYPEDIA

Buck Owens – Sam’s Place Lyrics

There’s a place down the street we call Sam’s Place
It starts a-jumpin’ every evening when the sun goes down
You can always find me down at Sam’s Place
For that’s where the gang all hangs around

There’s ol’ Shimmy Shakin’ Tina
She hails from Pasadena
She always got a big smile on her face
There’s Hootch-y-kootchy Hattie, she comes from Cincinnati
Yeah, there’s always a party at Sam’s Place

Well, they’ve got a swingin’ band down at Sam’s Place
You can hear ‘em pickin’ twenty blocks away
They’re playin’ country music down at Sam’s Place
From the setting sun until the break of day

There’s ol’ Shimmy Shakin’ Tina
She hails from Pasadena
She always got a big smile on her face
There’s Hootch-y-kootchy Hattie, she comes from Cincinnati
Yeah, there’s always a party at Sam’s Place

And I’ll meet you tonight at Sam’s Place

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