. . . . . "false"^^ . "english" . "Songs written by Larry Cordle" . "RPM Country Tracks number-one singles" . "Ricky Skaggs" . "-16.1"^^ . . "Billboard Hot Country Songs number-one singles" . "Song recordings produced by Ricky Skaggs" . "0"^^ . "Highway 40 Blues" . "0"^^ . "189000.0"^^ . "-0.480184"^^ . "Epic Records" . "7473" . . "1983 singles" . "Highway 40 Blues" . . "-0.233012"^^ . "TRSHSDL128F42669BE" . "5714dee225ac0d8aee4f7482" . . "true"^^ . "Ricky Skaggs songs" . . "1980-01-01"^^ . "false"^^ . "Larry Cordle" . "USSM10013456" . "309576"^^ . "1982 songs" . . "623028" . "%22Highway 40 Blues%22 is a song written by Larry Cordle, and recorded by American country music artist Ricky Skaggs. It was released in March 1983 as the third single from the album Highways & Heartaches. %22Highway 40 Blues%22 was Ricky Skaggs' fifth number one on the country chart and his fifth consecutive number one. The single stayed at number one for one week and spent a total of twelve weeks on the chart.The song was covered in Spanish as %22Blues de la Nacional II%22 by La Guardia.The song was also covered by Daniel O'Donnell on his Two Sides of Album which was released in 1985." . . "117.5"^^ . "1d89ddf1-9d4f-479b-a870-bf6b7b8fb42d" . . "Epic Records singles" .