"Pickin' Up Strangers" is a song written by

Byron Hill Byron Hill (born December 12, 1953), is an American songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Living and working professionally in Nashville, TN for more than forty years, his songs have been recorded by many country and pop artists. Musi ...

, and recorded by American

country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...

artist Johnny Lee. It was released in January 1981 and recorded the soundtrack of the feature film '' Coast to Coast'', and was also the third single from Lee's album ''Lookin' for Love''.BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY SONGS 1944-2008
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Award for being among the most performed country songs of 1981.

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