: It reached No. 1 on the U.S. Country and Easy Listening charts and peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
: The song won five Grammy Awards in 1966, including Best Country Song and Best Contemporary Single. Cultural Legacy : King of the Road
: The song tells the story of a happy-go-lucky vagrant who, despite being a "man of means by no means," takes pride in his nomadic lifestyle, sleeping in "eight-by-12 four-bit rooms" and hopping freight trains. : It reached No