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"Detroit City" was written by Danny Dill and Mel Tillis and became famous through recordings by Billy Grammer, Bobby Bare, and Tom Jones. Bobby Bare's version was released in 1963 on his album "Detroit City" and Other Hits, achieving top-10 status on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart that summer. The song, alternatively titled "I Wanna Go Home," became established as a country music standard.
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