Red Foley - "Sugarfoot Rag" Import: Germany (2005)

Description: Clyde Julian "Red" Foley: (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was an American musician who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II. For more than two decades, Foley was one of the biggest stars of the genre, selling more than 25 million records. His 1951 hit, "Peace in the Valley", was among the first million-selling gospel records. A Grand Ole Opry veteran until his death, Foley also hosted the first popular country music series on network television, Ozark Jubilee, from 1955 to 1960. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, which called him "one of the most versatile and moving performers of all time" and "a giant influence during the formative years of contemporary Country music." Foley was born on a 24-acre (9.7 ha) farm in Blue Lick, Kentucky, and grew up nearby Berea. He gained the nickname Red for his hair color. He was born into a musical family, and by the time he was nine was giving impromptu concerts at his father's general store, playing French harp, piano, banjo, trombone, harmonica and guitar. At 17, he won first prize in a statewide talent show. He graduated from Berea High School, and later worked as a $2-a-show usher and singer at a theater in Covington, Kentucky. Foley was of Irish ancestry in 1930, as a freshman at Georgetown College, Foley was chosen by a talent scout from Chicago's WLS-AM to sing with producer John Lair's Cumberland Ridge Runners, the house band on National Barn Dance. His first single, "Life is Good Enough for Me / The Lone Cowboy", was released in June 1933 on the Melotone label. In 1937 he returned to Kentucky with Lair to help establish the Renfro Valley Barn Dance stage and radio show near Mt. Vernon in 1939, performing everything from ballads to boogie-woogie to blues. In late 1939, Foley became the first country artist to host a network radio program, NBC's Avalon Time (co-hosted by Red Skelton), and he performed extensively at theaters, clubs and fairs. He then returned for another seven-year stint with National Barn Dance. In 1941, the same year he made his first of only two film appearances (portraying himself) with Tex Ritter in the Western, The Pioneers, Foley signed a lifetime contract with Decca Records. He also released "Old Shep" in 1941, a song he wrote with Arthur Willis in 1933 about a dog he owned as a boy (in reality, his German shepherd, poisoned by a neighbor, was named Hoover). The song, later recorded by many artists including Hank Snow and Elvis Presley, became a country classic. His patriotic 1944 single, "Smoke on the Water", topped the folk records chart for 13 consecutive weeks, and on January 17, 1945, Foley was the first country performer to record in Nashville, Tennessee. During the session at WSM-AM's Studio B, he recorded "Tennessee Saturday Night", "Blues in My Heart" and "Tennessee Border". He soon became known for such songs as "The Death of Floyd Collins" and "The Sinking of the Titanic". He moved to Nashville in 1946 and was briefly a member of the Brown's Ferry Four, recording "Jesus Hold My Hand" and "I'll Meet You in the Morning". In April 1946, Foley signed on to emcee and perform on The Prince Albert Show, the segment of the Grand Ole Opry carried on NBC Radio. During the next eight years he established himself as one of the most respected and versatile performers in country music. He acted as master of ceremonies, the straight man for Opry comedians Rod Brasfield and Minnie Pearl, and proved himself a vocalist who could handle all types of material. His popularity was credited with establishing the Opry as America's top country music radio show. In 1949, Foley was part of the Opry's first European tour, visiting U.S. military bases in England, West Germany and the Azores, with Brasfield, Roy Acuff, Minnie Pearl, Little Jimmy Dickens, Hank Williams and others. Foley began recording with his backing group, the Cumberland Valley Boys, in 1947. He recorded seven top five hits with the group between 1947 and 1949, including a No. 1 single, "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" (a cover of a 1946 Moon Mullican hit), and the country boogie anthem "Tennessee Saturday Night", a chart-topper in 1948. In 1950, he had three million-sellers: "Just a Closer Walk with Thee", "Steal Away" (recorded by Hank Williams as "The Funeral"), and a solo version of the song that became his trademark, "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy". Featuring guitarist Grady Martin, it stayed at No. 1 on Billboard's country chart for 13 weeks and hit the pop chart as well. In April 1951, Foley was pleased when the popular Andrews Sisters (Patty, Maxene, and LaVerne) flew from Hollywood to Nashville to join him for a two-day recording session, both acts hoping to repeat the previous successes that the sisters enjoyed when they teamed with Burl Ives in 1947 and Ernest Tubb in 1949, producing both folk and country hits. While the results proved to be less popular, the ten tunes recorded were vocally well-executed and received a good deal of play on the country radio stations. The songs included the rhythmic "Satins and Lace", the rockabilly-flavored novelty "Where Is Your Wandering Mother Tonight?", a very slow rendering of the forlorn hillbilly classic "Bury Me Beneath the Willow", two duets by Foley and Patty Andrews, and two country gospel favorites: "It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)" and "He Bought My Soul at Calvary". In 1951, Foley's second wife, Judy Martin, took her own life. To devote more time to his family in Nashville, he cut back on performing but continued to release hits in a variety of styles, including rockabilly and rhythm and blues. His 1951 hit, "(There'll Be) Peace in the Valley (for Me)" backed by the Sunshine Boys quartet, was one of the first gospel music records to sell one million copies. He also released his first LP that year, Souvenir Album (Decca DL-5303). Foley's manager was Jim McConnell and "Dub" Albritton was his personal appearances manager. Starting in 1951, he hosted The Red Foley Show on Saturday afternoons on NBC Radio from Nashville (moving to ABC Radio and Springfield, Missouri from 1956 to 1961) sponsored by Dow Chemical. On November 21, 1953, he was one of the first eight singers named to Billboard magazine's Honor Roll of Country and Western artists, "named by the disk jockeys of America as an all-time great of country & western music." Foley never lost his love for country music and, unlike Eddy Arnold, never sought success as a pop artist, even though many of his recordings made the pop charts. Other hits included "Sugarfoot Rag", "Cincinnati Dancing Pig" and "Birmingham Bounce", which stayed at No. 1 for 14 weeks. Foley's success with the song prompted 21 cover versions. "One By One", a duet with Kitty Wells, hit No. 1 in 1954 and stayed on the charts for 41 weeks. He also recorded with Ernest Tubb (with whom he maintained a fictitious on-air "feud"), the Dixie Dons, the Anita Kerr Singers, Rosetta Tharpe, Evelyn Knight and the Lawrence Welk Orchestra. Known by then as Mr. Country Music and America's Favorite Country Gentleman, critics dubbed him the "barnyard Bing Crosby". After several years in virtual retirement, Foley moved to Springfield, Missouri in July 1954 after music executive Si Siman convinced him to host Ozark Jubilee on ABC-TV and radio. The deal was made over a bottle of Jack Daniel's whiskey at the Andrew Jackson Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee. Foley struggled with alcohol, which according to Maxine Brown, "was a well-kept secret among all the entertainers because we loved him so much." In 1955, an official act of the Oklahoma Legislature honored him as the artist who has "contributed with humility and reverence more than any other person to perpetuate the music so deeply embedded in the hearts of the American people." That same year, he was credited with discovering 11-year-old Brenda Lee, who became a Jubilee regular. On the October 4, 1956, program, Decca executives presented him with a gold record for "Peace in the Valley". The Jubilee ran for nearly six years and further cemented Foley's fame but was canceled partly because of federal income tax evasion charges pending against him in 1960. His first trial that fall ended with a hung jury, but on April 23, 1961, he was quickly acquitted. From 1954 to 1955, Foley recorded a number of transcriptions for RadiOzark Enterprises in Springfield with his band of Tommy Jackson on fiddle, Grady Martin on guitar, steel guitarist Bud Isaacs, guitarist Jimmie Selph, Bob Moore on bass and Billy Burke on accordion. On April 25, 1956, he appeared on ABC's Masquerade Party as Little Red Riding Hood and made a guest appearance the next day on CBS' Strike it Rich. He appeared on ABC's The Pat Boone Chevy Showroom, a 1957–1960 program hosted by his son-in-law Pat Boone. On February 22, 1960, he appeared on Tonight Starring Jack Paar. In the summer of 1961, Foley appeared twice on NBC-TV's Five Star Jubilee and made 58 appearances at 22 state fairs with Boob Brasfield. He moved to Los Angeles, and from 1962 to 1963 played Fess Parker's Uncle Cooter on Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, an ABC-TV sitcom. In 1963, he returned to Nashville and performed and toured with the Grand Ole Opry. He appeared in the 1966 film musical, Sing a Song, for Heaven's Sake, and was a guest on The Joey Bishop Show on August 24, 1967. Foley was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967 (the first Kentuckian and one of only six then-living inductees), which honored him as "one of the most versatile and moving performers of all time" and "a giant influence during the formative years of contemporary Country music and today a timeless legend." Red Foley – Sugarfoot RagLabel:Bear Family Records – BCD 16578 AHSeries:Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight – BCD 16578 AHFormat:CD, CompilationCountry:GermanyReleased:2005Genre:Folk, World, & CountryStyle:Country, Hillbilly, Western SwingTrack list:1Crazy Little Guitar ManWritten-By – Carl Tilton, Dale SiegenthalerWritten-By – Carl Tilton, Dale Siegenthaler2:112Freight Train BoogieWritten-By – Bob Haber, Jim Scott (2)Written-By – Bob Haber, Jim Scott (2)2:493Rockin' Chair MoneyWritten-By – Bill Carlisle, Lonnie A Glosson*Written-By – Bill Carlisle, Lonnie A Glosson*2:534Tennessee Saturday NightWritten-By – Billy HughesWritten-By – Billy Hughes2:395A Wonderful Time Up ThereWritten-By – Lee Roy AbernathyWritten-By – Lee Roy Abernathy2:506Tennessee BorderWritten-By – George Morgan (2)Written-By – George Morgan (2)2:407Sugarfoot RagWritten-By – George Vaughn, Hank GarlandWritten-By – George Vaughn, Hank Garland2:238Chattanoogie Shoe Shine BoyWritten-By – Harry Stone, Jack StappWritten-By – Harry Stone, Jack Stapp2:459Birmingham BounceWritten-By – Hardrock GunterWritten-By – Hardrock Gunter3:0010Old Kentucky Fox ChaseWritten-By – Foy Willing, Tex AtchisonWritten-By – Foy Willing, Tex Atchison2:5211Hillbilly Fever # 2Written-By – George VaughnWritten-By – George Vaughn2:4312Hobo BoogieWritten-By – Al Lewis, Guy WoodWritten-By – Al Lewis, Guy Wood2:5013Crawdad Song2:3714Paging Mister JacksonWritten-By – Tommy EdwardsWritten-By – Tommy Edwards2:4215Hot Rod RaceWritten-By – George Wilson (5)Written-By – George Wilson (5)2:2716Giles Country, Pulaski Post OfficeWritten-By – Beasley Smith, Bunny Briggs*Written-By – Beasley Smith, Bunny Briggs*3:1417Real Chicken ReelWritten-By – George VaughnWritten-By – George Vaughn2:1718Night Train To MemphisWritten-By – Beasley Smith, Marvin Hughes, Owen BradleyWritten-By – Beasley Smith, Marvin Hughes, Owen Bradley2:4319Alabama JubileeWritten-By – George L Cobb*Written-By – George L Cobb*2:4420Salty Dog RagWritten-By – Edward Crown, John GordyWritten-By – Edward Crown, John Gordy2:5421Dixie2:1922Milk Bucket BoogieWritten-By – Reece Shipley, W. G. MurrayWritten-By – Reece Shipley, W. G. Murray2:4223The Hoot Owl BoogieWritten-By – Sheb WooleyWritten-By – Sheb Wooley2:2624Hot Dog RagWritten-By – Dick Rogers, Don Osborne (2)Written-By – Dick Rogers, Don Osborne (2)2:1225Shake A Hand2:5326Pin Ball BoogieWritten-By – Bo Sessons*, Harold HasslerWritten-By – Bo Sessons*, Harold Hassler2:3427Hearts Of StoneWritten-By – Eddie Ray (2), Rudy Jackson (3)Written-By – Eddie Ray (2), Rudy Jackson (3)2:2228Plantation BoogieWritten-By – Lenny Dee (2), Vaughn HortonWritten-By – Lenny Dee (2), Vaughn Horton2:1629Deep Blues2:2130Rock 'N' Reelin'Written-By – Alden Shuman, Mildred Kaplan, Dick Wolf*Written-By – Alden Shuman, Mildred Kaplan, Dick Wolf*2:25Companies, etc.Copyright © – Bear Family RecordsPhonographic Copyright ℗ – Bear Family RecordsCreditsArtwork – Maja Bernard, Sven Uhrmann*Liner Notes – Rich KienzleMastered By – Jürgen CrasserPhotography By [Restoration] – Erich HülsenbeckPhotography By [Scans] – Andreas MerckPhotography By, Illustration – R. A. AndreasProducer – Owen Bradley, Paul Cohen (4)Reissue Producer – Bill MillarNotes1-CD with 32-page booklet, his quarter century on Decca, years he rode high on the Grand Ole Opry then hosted TV's Ozark Jubilee. Barcode and Other IdentifiersBarcode: 4 000127 165787Label Code: LC05197Other: ISBN:3-89916-157-2Matrix / Runout: BCD 16578Mastering SID Code: IFPI LT22Rights Society: GEMA

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