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In Billboard ' s 1943 Yearbook, released in September, Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama" was the only hillbilly record to join Glenn Miller and Tommy Dorsey in the best-selling record list. [ 12 ] Crosby, always a major fan of "hillbilly" music , [ 13 ] was finally able to record a cover version with the Andrews Sisters on September 27, when his ...
Pistol Packin' Mama is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Frank Woodruff and written by Edward Dein and Fred Schiller. The film stars Ruth Terry, Robert Livingston, Wally Vernon, Jack La Rue, Kirk Alyn and Eddie Parker. The film was released on December 15, 1943, by Republic Pictures. [1] [2] [3]
Don't Fence Me In is a compilation album of phonograph records by Bing Crosby and The Andrews Sisters released in 1946 featuring Country and Western songs. This album contained the enormously popular record "Pistol Packin' Mama", which sold over a million copies and became the first number one hit on the then-new Juke Box Folk Song Records Chart that was later renamed the Hot Country Songs Chart.
Release date Title Notes Precursors May 15, 1935 ... Mama Runs Wild: 1938. Release date ... Pistol Packin' Mama: December 29, 1943: California Joe:
Clarence Albert Poindexter (May 4, 1905 – January 28, 1984), [1] known best as Al Dexter, was an American country musician and songwriter.. He is best known today for his most popular song, "Pistol Packin' Mama", a 1943 hit which was one of the most popular recordings of the World War II years, and later became a hit again with a cover by Bing Crosby, as well as the Andrews Sisters.
"Pistol Packin' Mama" by Al Dexter was easily the top record of the year, becoming the first #1 Hillbilly-Folk record to cross over and reach #1 on the Popular Chart as well. 1943 featured two of the greatest double-sided Country records ever, "PPM/Rosalita" by Dexter, and the close runner-up, "No Letter Today / Born To Lose" by Ted Daffan ...
Release date: 2015 (Record Store Day limited edition) Label: Mercury Nashville; Format: LP [23] ... "Pistol Packin' Mama" [70] 2020 The Dirty Knobs Wreckless Abandon
Original release date Prod. ... Original release date Prod. code; 101: 1 "Pistol Packin' Mama" Steve Zuckerman: Tom Whedon: October 15, 1988 () 101: