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"Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" is a song written by Paul Nelson and Gene Nelson, and recorded by American country music artist Kathy Mattea. It was released in March 1988 as the second single from her album Untasted Honey. The song hit number one on both the US [1] and Canadian Country charts in 1988.
Of its four singles, "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" and "Goin' Gone" both topped the Billboard country chart. In 1989, PolyGram/Mercury released Willow in the Wind, which also certified gold and reached number six on the Billboard country albums chart.
Following it was "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", which became her longest-tenured number one single when it spent two weeks in that position. [2] "Untold Stories" and "Life as We Knew It" were also released from the album, with both reaching the number four position of the country charts. [2]
Kathy Mattea was among the country genre's most popular recording artists during the eighties and nineties. A total of four singles topped the American country songs chart ("Goin' Gone", "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Come from the Heart" and "Burnin' Old Memories") while a dozen more made the top ten or top 20. [2]
Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses; F. A Few Good Things Remain; From a Distance; G. Goin' Gone; H. ... Song for the Life; Standing Knee Deep in a River (Dying of Thirst)
Only four songs spent more than a single week at number one in 1988: "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" by Kathy Mattea, "I Told You So" by Randy Travis, "I'll Leave This World Loving You" by Ricky Van Shelton and "When You Say Nothing at All" by Keith Whitley. Travis and Shelton each scored two other number ones during the year to give them a ...
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Steve Huey of AllMusic described Kathy Mattea as "one of the most respected female country stars of her era" as well as "a commercially successful hitmaker". During the eighties and nineties, four of Mattea's singles topped the North American country charts: "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses", "Goin' Gone", "Burnin' Old Memories" and "Come from the Heart".