On This Day – August 18th – 1973

August 18th, 1973… Loretta Lynn and Conway Twitty were number one on the Billboard country music singles chart with “Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man”.  This would mark their third number one on the country charts as a duo.

“Hey, Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man… We get together every time we can… The Mississippi River can’t keep us apart…  There’s too much love in this Louisiana heart… Too much love in this Mississippi heart”

(songwriters – Becki Bluefield/Jim Owens)

Billboard Country Singles Chart – 8/18/1973

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