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"Ole Buttermilk Sky" was a big hit in 1946 for big band leader and old-time radio personality Kay Kyser (1905–1985), plus other artists. It has been covered by a multitude of artists / singers over the years and decades since.
Carmichael's "Ole Buttermilk Sky" of 1946, was an Academy Award nominee for an "Oscar" in the following year of March 1947, with the eponymous theme song from the Western film Canyon Passage (1946), starring Dana Andrews, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward and Ward Bond, in which he co-starred as a ukulele and guitar-playing balladeer musician and ...
Perry Como had four songs on the year-end top singles list, including "Prisoner of Love", the number one song of 1946. Bing Crosby had four songs on the year-end top singles list. This is a list of Billboard magazine's top popular songs of 1946 according to retail sales. [1]
Most-Played Juke Box Records – ranked the most-played songs in jukeboxes across the United States, as reported by machine operators. Honor Roll of Hits – a composite ten-position song chart which combined data from the three charts above along with three other component charts.
He joined the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) in 1946. "Ole Buttermilk Sky" was written for the 1946 film Canyon Passage, and was sung by Carmichael in the movie. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. It became a big hit for Kay Kyser that year.
Most Played Juke Box Records (debuted January 1944) – ranked the most played songs in jukeboxes across the United States. Most Played by Jockeys (debuted February 1945) – ranked the most played songs on United States radio stations, as reported by radio disc jockeys and radio stations. The list below includes the Best Selling Singles chart ...
Although big band swing faded from popularity, Kyser had to continue performing due to contractual obligations, and continued to log a few hits with Douglas, including two notable hits, "Ole [or Old] Buttermilk Sky" in 1946 and "The Old Lamp-Lighter" the following year. Kyser was responsible for giving Douglas his show business name, and ...
They ride off into the sunset of the picturesque frontier Oregon scenery with ballad singer / guitar player and sometime miner Hi Linnet (Hoagy Carmichael) trotting behind on his mule warbling the film's eponymous theme song "'Ole Buttermilk Sky" (which was a popular big hit by Carmichael, Kay Kyser and others in that time period of the late ...