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Question: My uncle says that somebody else had a hit
record with Bobby Bare's hit, "Detroit City", but it was under another
name. Is that true? |
Answer: True! Billy Grammer (at right)
had a #18 hit with Bares' "Detroit City", but Grammer's version was
titled "I Wanna Go Home". Both hits were in 1963. |
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Question:
I love the song "Too Old to Cut the Mustard" by Buck Owens and Buddy
Alan back in 1972, but I have heard that someone else had a hit on
that song many years earlier. Is that true? |
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Answer:
"Too Old to Cut the Mustard" was a #5 hit for Ernest Tubb (above left)
and Red Foley (above center) in 1952 and the Carlisles (Bill Carlisle
above right) had a #6 hit on the tune that same year. |
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Question:
Among my dad's old records was a song called "Crying In the Chapel" by
Rex Allen. My aunt says there were other versions of the song.
Do you have any other information? |
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Answer:
"Crying In the Chapel" was a #4 hit in 1953 for both Rex Allen (at right)
and Darrell Glenn. The song was written by Glenn's father.
Elvis Presley scored a #3 pop hit on the song in 1965. |
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Question:
Our local radio station plays classic country music and quite often
they play the Bill Anderson/David Allan Coe "Get A Little Dirt On Your
Hands" from the 80's. But my uncle says that song came out a lot
earlier than that. Is that true? |
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Answer:
"Get A Little Dirt On Your Hands" was Anderson's (at right) 7th
charted song and peaked at #14 in 1962. He re-recorded the song
with Coe in 1980 and that version peaked at #80. |
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Question: My grandpa used to sing a song about "A Little
Angel With A Dirty Face". He said it was on the radio back in the
50's. Do you have any information? |
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Answer: "Little Angel With A Dirty Face" was Eddy Arnold's
(at left) 31st chart song. It peaked at #3 in 1950 and was charted
for 12 weeks. |
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Question: I love to hear Faron Young sing his 1970's hit
record, "Goin' Steady". But my grandpa says that record came out
back in the 50's. Is that true? |
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Answer: Faron's (at right) first recording of "Goin' Steady"
was his first chart single and peaked at #2 in 1953. He re-recorded
it in 1970 and that version made it to number 5. |
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Question: I thought that "Back In The Saddle Again" was one
of Gene Autry's most famous songs, but our local radio station says the
recording never made the charts. Do you know why? |
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Answer: Gene's (at left) recording of "Back In The Saddle
Again" didn't make the charts because there were no record charts in 1939
-- when that recording became popular. The song did become his
signature song and the theme song for his radio and TV shows. |
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Question: I never get tired of hearing Loretta Lynn's record
of "Don't Come Home A Drinkin". Do you know who played the steel
guitar on that recording? |
