Coca-Cola Cowboy

"Coca-Cola Cowboy" is a song written by Steve Dorff, Sandy Pinkard, Sam Atchley and Bud Dain, and recorded by American country music artist Mel Tillis. It was released in June 1979 as the first single from the album Mr. Entertainer. The song was featured in the film, Every Which Way but Loose, starring Clint Eastwood and the TV movie Bandit Goes Country (which also had Tillis in the film) starring Brian Bloom. It was Tillis' fifth number one on the U.S. country singles chart, where it spent one week at the top and a total of eleven weeks on the chart.

When Tillis performs the song in Every Which Way but Loose, one line of the lyrics is changed. The line "You've got an Eastwood smile and Robert Redford hair," is changed to "You've got a sexist smile and Robert Redford hair," probably to avoid referencing the film's star Clint Eastwood, who was in the audience as part of the film.

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Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

1. Mel Tillis
2. Every Which Way but Loose
3. Dos Equis Pavilion
4. Toby Henderson
5. Pinkard & Bowden
6. Dr Pepper
7. Americana (culture)
8. Mel Tillis discography
9. 1996 Coca-Cola 600
10. The Adventures of Kit Carson
11. Sarsaparilla (drink)
12. SRS Distribution 250
13. Pepsi Zero Sugar
14. Columbia Pictures
15. 1979 in country music
16. Pam Minick
17. Blind in Love
18. List of Hot Country Singles number ones of 1979
19. Edgefest (Dallas)
20. Deaths in November 2017