Red Foley - Country Music Hall of Fame
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Artist: Red FoleyEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued
CD Release Date: 1999-06-01
Music Label: Mca Special Products
Soundtracks:
- Hang Your Head In Shame
- Old Shep
- Tennessee Saturday Night
- Tennessee Border
- Careless Kisses
- Just A Closer Walk With Thee
- Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
- When God Dips His Love In My Heart
- Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age
- Peace In The Valley
- Alabama Jubilee
- Midnight
- One By One
- Deep Blues
- As Far As I'm Concerned
- Sugarfoot Rag
Free Music Notes for Country Music Hall of Fame
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Hit: 4 Stars
That famous line from the musical Oliver fits this CD to a T. Not that there's anything wrong with it. Here you have 14 of his Top 40 Country hits, three of which - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, Sugarfoot Rag, and Alabama Jubilee - crossed over into, and did very well on, the pop charts in 1950/51. Along for the ride are lesser hits like When God Dips His Love In My Heart and Deep Blues, which was overshadowed only by the fabulous A-side Midnight in 1952.
No, the problem is Red Foley had SIXTY-ONE Top 40 Country charters between 1944 and 1959, including ten more that made noise on the pop charts. And, with all of them on the Decca label, some don't seem to be available anywhere! The list is far too long to go into here in any detail, but certainly very conspicuous by its continued absence from the market is his first big hit Smoke On The Water which stayed at # 1 Country for thirteen straight weeks in 1944 and even went to # 7 pop. The flip-side - There's A Blue Star Shining Tonight - also scored, going to # 5 Country. A year later he hooked up with, of all people, Lawrence Welk, to record Shame On You/At Mail Call Today which went to # 1 and 3 Country respectively, with the A-side again scoring on the pop charts at # 13.
From 1944 to 1956 he was constantly on the charts, highlighted by 1950 when he had sixteen make the Top 40, including four at # 1 - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy which is, of course, on this CD, and Birmingham Bounce, Mississippi, and Goodnight Irene which are not. His last Top 40 charter was Travelin' Man which peaked at # 29 Country in the summer of 1959.
Red, who passed away on September 19, 1968, unfortunately didn't get to see his son-in-law make the Top 40 Country charts with Texas Woman in 1976, nor his granddaughter's eight between 1977 and 1981, but he was justifiably proud of Pat Boone and his 38 Top 40 pop hits between 1955 and 1962.
To paraphrase granddaughter Debbie's biggest hit, he indeed "lit up our lives." Come on MCA or whoever, get with it and put out some more Red Foley CDs. In the meantime, enjoy these 16 delightful tracks in wonderful AAD sound reproduction, not to mention the three pages of liner notes written by John W. Rumble of the Country Music Goundation, and the contents partial discography (no chart details).
Country Music Hall of Fame Poster
This collection offers a fine introduction to the most agreeable of country crooners, sampling a variety of styles. Red Foley puts his conversational baritone to gospel favorites, catchy novelties (including one here with Ernest Tubb), souped-up boogies, and of course, the sentimental classic "Old Shep," a boy-and-his-dog tale that manages to be both mawkish and moving at the same time. --Marc GreilsamerCountry Music CDs
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