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"Sixteen Tons" was previously a hit for Tennessee Ernie Ford, "The Big Light" is an Elvis Costello song from his album King of America, released the previous year and "Let Him Roll" is from Guy Clark's debut, Old No. 1. The album reached #36 on the country charts, while the only released single, "The Night Hank Williams Came to Town", peaked at ...
"I Got Stripes" is a song recorded by Johnny Cash. Cash's version is credited to him and Charlie Williams, [3] but they borrowed from a song by Lead Belly titled "On a Monday". [4] Lead Belly's original, also known as "Yellow Women's Door Bells" and "Almost Done", was recorded and released by him in 1939 [5] and reflected his "prison ...
The song talks about Hank Williams giving a concert on October 15, 1951 (known from the lyrics "I Love Lucy debuted on TV"). In the words of C. Eric Banister (Johnny Cash FAQ: All That's Left to Know About the Man in Black), Cash and Jennings sing "of the excitement that accompanied an appearance by Williams" and of "the memories they'll always have of him."
"Five Feet High and Rising" is a song written [3] and originally recorded by Johnny Cash. The song was recorded by Cash on March 12, 1959 [ 4 ] [ 5 ] for his third Columbia album [ 6 ] and released as a single on July 6, 1959, [ 7 ] with " I Got Stripes " (another song from the same recording session) on the opposite side.
Santa Claus Lane was released in the United States on October 15, 2002, by Walt Disney Records. [7] It was reissued on October 14 of the following year with the bonus track "What Christmas Should Be", and released by Buena Vista Records.
"Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" is a Christmas song written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie, and first recorded by Harry Reser and His Orchestra. [1] When it was covered by Eddie Cantor on his radio show in November 1934 it became a hit; within 24 hours, 500,000 copies of sheet music and more than 30,000 records were sold.
Coots was born in 1897 in Brooklyn, New York [A] When he was 17, he began to work with Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. in New York [8] In 1916, his first hit song published, "Mr. Ford You've Got the Right Idea," words by Ray Sherwood, music by Coots; A. J. Stasny Music Co., publisher OCLC 726927577 [8] In 1919, actor-producer Eddie Dowling gave Coots his first chance at writing a musical score for ...
Wally Fowler released a version of the song as the B-side to his 1977 single "A New Star in Heaven". [9] Johnny Cash released a version of the song entitled "Gospel Boogie (A Wonderful Time Up There)" on his 1979 album A Believer Sings the Truth. [10] Alvin Stardust released a version of the song as a single in 1981 which reached #56 in the U.K ...