[3] "Detroit City" and Other Hits by Bobby Bare compiled his recordings on RCA Victor and on the Fraternity labels.

Bare's Fraternity recordings featured on the project included "The All-American Boy" and "Book of Love".

[4] Remaining tracks were RCA Victor recordings such as "Shame on Me", "She Called Me Baby", "Detroit City" and "I'd Fight the World".

[2] "Detroit City" and Other Hits by Bobby Bare was released in August 1963 on the RCA Victor label.

[5] In its original release, the LP spent six weeks on the American Billboard Top Country Albums chart, peaking at number nine in January 1964.

The magazine highlighted several album tracks and found that his recent single ("Detroit City") brought notable attention to the project.

[2] Decades later, it was reviewed by AllMusic, which gave it a 4.5 star rating: "Though there are some weak tracks on the disc, this is one of the strongest and most exciting collections of Bare's music, showcasing the songwriter in his earliest stages.

[11] It was followed in October 1962 by the single "I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today", which reached number 18 on Billboard's Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.