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Aubrey Wilson Mullican (March 29, 1909 – January 1, 1967), [1] known professionally as Moon Mullican and nicknamed "King of the Hillbilly Piano Players", was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. He was associated with the hillbilly boogie style which influenced rockabilly.
"Seven Nights to Rock" was originally recorded by Moon Mullican on January 26, 1956 [2] with Boyd Bennett and His Rockets providing additional backing instruments. It was released as a single on March 3 of that year by King Records. [3]
William Orville "Lefty" Frizzell (March 31, 1928 – July 19, 1975) was an American country and honky-tonk singer-songwriter. [1]Frizell is known as one of the most influential country music vocal stylists of all time.
The song has since taken its place as an early George Jones standard, included on multiple albums and performed live into the 1970s. Jones is credited on his releases with writing the song, but Colin Escott later speculated in 1994, "George probably picked it up from the Gulf Coast legend, Moon Mullican, who played the same spots".
"Sweeter than the Flowers" is a country music song co-written by Ervin T. Rouse, Morry Burns, and Syd Nathan. It was sung by Moon Mullican and released on the King label. In May 1948, it reached No. 3 on the Billboard folk best seller and juke box charts. [1]
Lonzo and Oscar were an American country music duo founded in 1945 originally consisting of Lloyd "Lonzo" George (1924–1991) and Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan (1919–2012), best known for being the first to perform the 1948 song "I'm My Own Grandpa".
The song was Mullican's most successful release, reaching number one on the Billboard Country & Western chart for a single week, and spending a total of nine months on that listing. [1] "I'll Sail My Ship Alone" crossed over to the pop chart, reaching number 17.
Rusty & Doug were a country music and cajun music duo composed of Doug Kershaw (born January 24, 1936) and his younger brother, Rusty Kershaw (1938–2001).. The two recorded for Hickory Records between 1955 and 1961, charting five times on the Hot Country Songs charts. [1]