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- Though Cowboy Copas was first to record the iconic country waltz in March of ‘47 ( • 1st RECORDING OF: Tenn... ), his wasn’t issued until after the version by its composers King & Stewart hit the marketplace. Both recordings peaked at #3 on Billboard’s C&W chart.
The 78rpm single was issued on RCA Victor 20-2680 - Tennessee Waltz (Pee Wee King-Redd Stewart) by Pee Wee King and his Golden West Cowboys, vocal by Redd Stewart, recorded December 2, 1947, released January 25, 1948 .
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Great version by composer.
I didn't know that this song existed before Patti's version. Thanks for the education, the78prof! An appealing version, to boot!
PeeWee King and Redd Stewart wrote this. I dated Redd Stewart's son in high school.
It appears it was also co-written by Pee Wee King
my grandparents on my mother's side used to waltz to this song
Amazing song!
Google has Patty Page listed as the original version in 1948. But, this is listed as 1947. Redd Stewart, the co-writer with Cohen, is singing. I read that they wrote the song in 1946 while on a road trip. I saw this song performed by Reina Del Cid in Denver in August of 2022. I must learn to play this song flawlessly.
Patti Page made it the first country-pop crossover mega-hit. The University of Tennessee Marching Band plays it before (uptempo) and after (3/4 time) every Vol football game. My favorite cover was done by my all-time favorite singer, lovely Anne Murray. But I had no idea that it was written by a Polish accordion player from Milwaukee! Pee Wee loved "old-time"- that means "country" in Wisconsin and Minnesota- music, too, and became a Nashville fixture with both this song and many other hits; his own "Slow Poke" ('52) and the standard "You Belong To Me" (Jo Stafford, Duprees, et al.) were just two of them. He even introduced the gaudy "Nudie
Suits" to the Opry! Fun fact: Pee Wee was booked for the Opry in April of '45, but the broadcast was canceled because FDR had passed two days earlier. He brought his band to the Ryman, anyway, with fans admitted free- the first act to play that hallowed hall with drums and horns!
(Bob Wills, king of Western swing, was the first to do so with drums alone.) This exception was made because it wasn't an official Opry broadcast, but the ban stayed for many years (see Part 2 for more).
Add Opry: After Pee Wee's unofficial show, other acts with "non-country" instruments still couldn't play the Ryman. In '63, Duane Eddy- my all-time favorite guitar player- recorded his first-ever LP in Nashville (his earlier hits were all cut in Arizona). Chet Atkins brought him to the Ryman on an Opry night and invited Duane to play on stage. When he said he'd bring his sax player, too, Atkins- the great Music City guitar genius- politely told him to go home. His precise words:
"We don't play no saxophones on the Opry! It's the devil's horn!" That was the Nashville establishment, all right, but Duane would eventually settle down there.
Classy musician, classy guy.
@@TheJonaco Interesting story.
the original!
What cartridge and turntable do you use?
Australia's 92nd number one hit along with Patti Pages version
Les and Mary had a good cover of it too
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Agree Patti Page made it hers
Patsy Cline did a fantastic recording of this beautiful song also!
Patsy Cline did very good version