Single:
Wheeling West Virginia entered the Australian singles chart* on 22 December 1969 and peaked at #21.
Album:
The song is on the Neil Sedaka album Workin’ on a Groovy Thing.
Songwriters:
Neil Sedaka, Howard Greenfield
Producers:
Neil Sedaka, Pat Aulton
Record label of Australian release:
Festival
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Wheeling West Virginia was a single on Neil Sedaka’s album Workin’ on a Groovy Thing, recorded while he was touring Australia in late 1969 for Australian label Festival Records.
By that time his career had slumped, and his contract had not been renewed by his former label in the USA, RCA Victor. It was recorded in Festival’s studios in Sydney, co-produced by Sedaka and Festival house producer Pat Aulton. The LP featured many notable Australian session players of the period including guitarist Jimmy Doyle (later a member of jazz-rock band Ayers Rock) and veteran jazz musician John Sangster.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workin’_on_a_Groovy_Thing(Neil_Sedaka_album)
Lyrics:
Laurel to Sunset, freeway to Culver,
Racin’ my MG down to MGM.
Sittin’ in make-up tryin’ to wake up
Gotta be on the set at eight a.m.
For one more day of make believin’,
One more day of playin’ the star,
One more day of endless pretendin’,
Do ya know who you are?
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