Australian singles chart:
Miss America entered the Australian singles chart* on 11 May 1970 and peaked at #20.
Album:
The song is on the 1969 Mark Lindsay album Arizona.
Songwriter:
James Jerome Kelly III
Producer:
Jerry Fuller
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Mark Lindsay is best known as the lead singer of band Paul Revere & the Raiders. While working with the band, Lindsay also recorded solo singles and albums. His 1969 album Arizona produced two hit singles: Arizona and Miss America.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Lindsay
Lyrics:
As a young girl she ran wild
Freely gave herself to men who understood
She lay naked in the sun
Giving birth to what was clear and strong and good
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This song is also on our Spotify playlist Bang a Gong – the 70s
Also on Bang a Gong:
Arizona by Mark Lindsay
Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian) by The Raiders
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