The Gold Rush Is Over

"The Gold Rush Is Over"
"The Gold Rush Is Over"
Single by Hank Snow
from the album The Singing Ranger
B-side	"Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)"
Released	1952
Recorded	1951
Genre	Country
Length	2:17
Label	RCA Victor
Songwriter	Cindy Walker
Hank Snow singles chronology

B-side"Why Do You Punish Me (For Loving You)"

Released1952

Recorded1951

GenreCountry

"The Gold Rush Is Over" is a song written by Cindy Walker, sung by Hank Snow, and released on the RCA Victor label (catalog no. 20–4522). In April 1952, it peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's country and western juke box chart (No. 4 best seller and jockey).^[1] It spent 18 weeks on the charts and was ranked No. 10 on Billboard's 1952 year-end country and western juke box chart and No. 13 on the year-end best seller chart.^[2]

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Studio albums	Railroad Man (1963) Songs of Tragedy (1964) C. B. Atkins & C. E. Snow by Special Request (1969) Hello Love (1974)
Compilation albums	Hank Snow's Souvenirs (1961) More Hank Snow Souvenirs (1964) The Hits Of Hank Snow (1978)
Collaboration albums	Reminiscing (1964)
Notable singles	"I'm Moving On" "The Golden Rocket" "The Rhumba Boogie" "Down the Trail of Achin' Hearts" "Bluebird Island" "The Gold Rush Is Over" "Lady's Man" "I Went to Your Wedding" "(Now and Then There's) A Fool Such as I" "I Don't Hurt Anymore" "Let Me Go, Lover!" "Yellow Roses" "I've Been Everywhere" "Ninety Miles an Hour (Down a Dead End Street)" "Hula Love" "The Name of the Game Was Love" "(The Seashores) Of Old Mexico" "Hello Love"
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