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A still used to make moonshine (mountain dew) "Good Old Mountain Dew" (ROUD 18669), sometimes called simply "Mountain Dew" or "Real Old Mountain Dew", is an Appalachian folk song composed by Bascom Lamar Lunsford and Scotty Wiseman. There are two versions of the lyrics, a 1928 version written by Lunsford and a 1935 adaptation by Wiseman.
Mountain Dew White Out was released for sale on 4 October 2010. A limited production White Out Slurpee (Mtn Dew White Out Freeze) was made available at 7-Eleven stores beginning in January 2011. In July 2011, Mountain Dew Typhoon was re-released briefly in 2-liter form; in June 2022, it was re-released on the Mountain Dew online store. [52]
Self-taught on guitar, he formed a group, the Mountain Dew Boys, who made their first recordings for a small label in California in the late 1940s. [1] In 1950, Shibley recorded the song "Hot Rod Race", suggested to him by George Wilson, who was credited but according to some sources was the father of the actual songwriter, 17-year-old Ron Wilson.
George Wilson took the song to Shibley, who in turn took it to Bill McCall, owner of 4 Star Records in Pasadena, California. After McCall turned it down, Shibley recorded and released it on his own Mountain Dew label, but after it started to become popular McCall reconsidered and reissued the recording on the 4-Star subsidiary label, Gilt-Edge. [3]
Lunsford's original recording of "Good Old Mountain Dew" was used as the first advertising theme for the newly created Mountain Dew soda. He sold the rights to the song for a train ticket home. [citation needed] In 1964 Lunsford was the subject of a documentary film, shot with a 16mm hand held camera, by New York City filmmaker, David Hoffman.
The song was the biggest hit in the U.S. in 1983, topping the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for eight weeks. It was nominated for three Grammy Awards and won two, including Song of the Year.
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