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Red Foley

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Aliases
Rambling Red Foley
Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys
Red Foley with The Cumberland Valley Boys
Red Foley with The Dixie Dons
Red Foley with The Nashville Dixielanders
Real name
Clyde Julian Foley
Born
June 17, 1910
Died
September 19, 1968
Country
United States
IPI
00010449717 2 works
00010450544 1 work
Affiliation
BMI
Comments
Country music singer-songwriter, guitarist and banjo player. He was a fixture on radio with the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry, and later hosted the "Ozark Jubilee" show on radio and TV. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967.
Member of
Brown's Ferry Four
Cumberland Ridge Runners
Family
Pat Boone Son in law (married Foley's daughter Shirley)
Shirley Boone Daughter
Judy Martin Wife
Betty Foley Daughter
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Originals

Title Performer Release date Covered by
January 1954 (2 artists)
September 1948 (12 artists)
listen on Internet Archive  REL December 1949 (42 artists)
Originally by "T" Texas Tyler - The Man with a Million Friends REC
 REL August 1950 (13 artists)
Originally by Dick Jurgens and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Al Galante REC
 REC October 1955 (19 artists)
Originally by Patti Page with Jack Rael and His Orchestra REL
August 1958 (4 artists)
Heska-holka Red Foley 1951 Missing information
April 1951 (3 artists)
listen on Internet Archive August 1952 (3 artists)
April 1934 (26 artists)
 REC April 1954 (4 artists)
Originally by Joe Maphis & Rose Lee REL
October 1952 (15 artists)
May 1950 (8 artists)
October 1952 (12 artists)
October 1947 (4 artists)
March 1936 (54 artists)
 REL April 1941 Originally by Gene Autry REC,BRD
July 1944 (5 artists)
December 1949 (2 artists)
 REC October 1955 (3 artists)
Originally by Jack Carroll - Arranged and conducted by Joe Leahy REL
 REL June 1949 (6 artists)
Originally by Jesse Rogers and His '49ers REC
September 1948 (22 artists)
June 1953 Jill Whitney
 REC September 1955 (8 artists)
Originally by Jo Stafford with Paul Weston & His Orch. REL
December 1955 (3 artists)
March 1953 (3 artists)

Covers by Red Foley

Title Performer Release date Originally by
listen on Internet Archive October 1951 Collins and Harlan
1967 (unknown), (unknown), The Original Sacred Harp Choir
August 1958 Homer Rodeheaver
June 1965 Emmett Miller
December 1954 Bailes Brothers
July 1945 Gene Autry
September 1946 Fred Kirby of W B T's Briarhoppers
April 1941 Gene Autry
April 1950 Hardrock Gunter and The Pebbles
August 1955 Sheb Wooley
August 3, 1959 Homer Rodeheaver
May 1961 Louis Armstrong and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Louis Armstrong
February 1949 Cowboy Copas
June 1965 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
April 1950 Kenny Roberts [US]
May 1961 Porter Wagoner
May 21, 2006 Haydn Quartet, The Arkansas Woodchopper
1962 Dinah Shore - Orchestra & Vocal Group under the direction of Harry Zimmerman
listen on Internet Archive   October 1951 Geo J. Gaskin REC,REL, Bryant's Minstrels PRF
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Cindy Walker - Ray Sinatra's Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive November 1952 Slim Willet - With The Brush Cutters
April 1948 Bill Cox and Cliff Hobbs
1962 The Peerless Quartet
February 1948 Homeland Harmony Quartet
June 1965 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
February 1962 J. H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies
May 1961 Jimmie Lawson
January 1947 Jimmie Lawson
March 1947 Delmore Brothers
  July 1950 Leadbelly REC, Lead Belly REL
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Lead Belly REL, Leadbelly REC
April 1945 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
May 1952 Foy Willing and His Riders of the Purple Sage
listen on Internet Archive Harriet Red Foley with Roy Ross and His Ramblers 1946 Unverified
  1967 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
  September 1946 Jerry and Zelda REL, Gene Autry REC, Lulu Belle and Scotty BRD
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Gene Arnold
August 1958 Al Hibbler with Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
December 1954 The Jewels [US1]
June 1951 Stuart Hamblen
July 1950 Kenny Roberts [US]
1962 Jim Reeves [US]
December 1950 Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys
1953 Ralph Flanagan and His Orchestra
1966 The Beaver Valley Sweethearts
  May 1953 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
  August 1958 Jane Froman with Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sid Feller REC, Jane Froman BRD
June 1965 Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
May 1952 (unknown)
August 1958 Archie Lewis with Jan Corduwener and His Orchestra
I Gotta Have My Baby Back Red Foley 1949 Unverified
February 1962 Blind Willie Johnson
1967 Jimmie Davis
February 1962 Rev. J.M. Gates
August 3, 1959 Henry Burr
May 1952 Blue Ridge Quartet
June 1949 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
June 1965 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
June 1951 Stuart Hamblen
  February 1935 Witty Watty Walton PRF, Dave Walker REC,REL
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Freddy Ellis and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Seymour Richards
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 The Peerless Quartet
June 1951 Lefty Frizzell
May 1949 Jimmy Wakely
April 1954 Teresa Brewer - With Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
April 1950 (unknown)
August 1958 (unknown)
April 1961 Johnny and Jonie
August 1955 Eddy Arnold and His Guitar
April 1951 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
August 3, 1959 Fortner Family Mixed Quartette
August 3, 1959 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Arthur C. Clough
listen on Internet Archive May 1950 Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely with Orchestra
August 3, 1959 Macdonough and Stanley
February 1962 Edward Allen and Charles Hart
February 1935 Vernon Dalhart
May 21, 2006 Ernest Thompson
February 1962 (unknown)
August 3, 1959 Anna Case
May 1953 Jimmie Davis with The Anita Kerr Singers
  August 1958 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar REC,REL, Tallulah Bankhead PRF
May 1961 Bradley Kincaid
February 1952 Reece Shipley and The Rainbow Valley Boys
March 1951 Coleman Brothers
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 American Quartet with Orchestra
1967 Jon and Sondra Steele
  December 1950 (unknown), Guy Mitchell - Orch. & Chorus under the direction of Mitch Miller REL, Dinah Shore with Henri René's Orchestra and Chorus REC
1967 Baldwin's Cadet Band, (unknown), (unknown)
December 1954 Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle
listen on Internet Archive September 1951 Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
September 1941 Arthur Collins
March 1953 The Carlisles
June 1965 Sons of the Pioneers
February 1962 The Chuck Wagon Gang
January 1959 Hank Snow
April 1954 Ken Marvin
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 George Reneau
August 1950 (unknown)
listen on Internet Archive   February 1959 Stanley Kirkby REC,REL, The Harlequinaders PRF
December 1953 Savannah Churchill with Ray Charles Singers
May 1955 Lenny Dee, Buddy Cole with The Wood Sisters
June 1965 Hank Locklin
1962 Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and The Foggy Mountain Boys
June 1965 Stuart Hamblen
listen on Internet Archive May 1950 Lulu Belle and Scotty
1962 Jimmie Noone and His Orchestra
February 1960 Hoagy Carmichael
March 1947 Bill Carlisle
August 3, 1959 (unknown)
February 1947 Fiddlin' John Carson
June 1951 Owen Bradley and His Quintet - Vocal Chorus by Don Estes And The Alcyone Beasley Choir
May 1955 Red Hays
1953 Faye Adams with The Joe Morris Orchestra
August 3, 1959 Metropolitan Quartet
June 1965 Spade Cooley and His Orchestra - Vocal by “Tex” and “Oakie”
July 1945 Spade Cooley and His Orchestra - Vocal by “Tex” and “Oakie”
July 1954 Teresa Brewer - With Chorus and Orchestra directed by Jack Pleis
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Carlyle Stevenson's El Patio Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
August 3, 1959 Miss Hinkle and Mr. MacDonough
February 1951 Woody Guthrie
February 1962 Madame Magdalene Tartt Lawrence
August 3, 1959 (unknown)
April 1950 (unknown), (unknown)
May 1955 Sister Rosetta Tharpe
listen on Internet Archive December 1949 Gid Tanner and His Skillet-Lickers with Riley Puckett and Clayton McMichen, Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland
June 1965 Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
August 3, 1959 Emile Berliner
July 1956 (unknown), Wiseman Sextet, Heavenly Gospel Singers
February 1949 Jimmy Work and His Border Boys
1949 Jimmy Work and His Border Boys, Homer and Jethro
July 1954 Billy Walker
February 1951 Rex Allen and His Arizona Wranglers
1962 Vaughn Monroe and His Orchestra
February 1947 Eddy Arnold and His Tennessee Plowboys
May 21, 2006 Jimmy Long and Cliff Keiser
June 21, 1952 Jimmy Boyd
August 3, 1959 The Jenkins Family
January 1961 Jimmie Davis
August 1953 (unknown)
February 1962 (unknown)
November 1950 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
October 1952 The Four Lads
August 3, 1959 Mrs. William Asher - Homer Rodeheaver
June 1951 Flying Clouds of Detroit
March 1954 Jill Corey with Percy Faith and His Orchestra and Chorus
August 1950 W.H. Thompson
  April 1951 Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys REL, Cowboy Copas REC
May 21, 2006 Gene and Glenn
February 1962 Stove Pipe No. 1 (Sam Jones)
1967 Buck Owens
November 1951 The Carlisles
May 1961 Thelma La Vizzo
May 1949 Maple Hill Boys
1962 Jimmie Davis
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 (unknown)
May 1961 Tex Ritter and His Texans
February 1962 (unknown)
July 1950 Blackwood Bros. Quartet
1967 (unknown)
September 1955 Leo Reisman and His Orchestra
listen on Internet Archive February 1959 Henry Thies and His Hotel Sinton Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Don Dewey
June 1951 Harmoneers Quartet with Piano Accompaniment
August 3, 1959 (unknown)
Whistle While You Work Red Foley 1952 Unverified
May 21, 2006 Wilfred Glenn and Shannon Quartet
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf Red Foley 1952 Unverified
May 1961 Wayne Raney
June 1965 Eddy Arnold, The Tennessee Plowboy and His Guitar
July 1950 William McEwan, Carter Family
1967 (unknown)
June 1965 Jack Golding, The Riverside Ramblers
  May 1961 Nat "King" Cole REC, Russ Morgan and His Orchestra REL

Releases

Singles

Title Performer Release date Label
Alabama Jubilee Red Foley with The Nashville Dixielanders October 1951 Decca
As Long as I Live Red Foley and Kitty Wells December 1954 Decca
Atomic Power Red Foley with Roy Ross and His Ramblers September 1946 Decca
Be Honest with Me Red Foley April 1941 Decca
Birmingham Bounce Red Foley April 1950 Decca
Blue Guitar Red Foley August 1955 Decca
Blues in My Heart Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys September 1948 Decca
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy Red Foley December 1949 Decca
Cincinnati Dancing Pig Red Foley August 1950 Decca
Consideration Red Foley March 1954 Decca
Croce di oro (Cross of Gold) Red Foley and Betty Foley October 1955 Decca
Daffy over Taffy Lulu Belle (acc. by Rambling Red Foley) February 1935 Conqueror
Deep Blues Red Foley October 1952 Decca
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age Ernest Tubb and Red Foley December 1949 Decca
Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes Red Foley November 1952 Decca
Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys April 1948 Decca
Everybody's Gonna Have a Wonderful Time up There (Gospel Boogie) Red Foley February 1948 Decca
Foggy River Red Foley with Roy Ross and His Ramblers January 1947 Decca
Freight Train Boogie Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys March 1947 Decca
Georgia Town Blues Red Foley January 1961 Decca
Goodnight Irene Red Foley and Ernest Tubb with The Sunshine Trio July 1950 Decca
Hang Your Head in Shame Red Foley April 1945 Decca
Hang Your Head in Shame Andrews Sisters and Red Foley May 1952 Decca
Have a Little Talk with Jesus - Strange Things Happening Every Day Red Foley and Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Red Foley with The Sunshine Boys Quartet May 1955 Decca
Hearts of Stone Red Foley with The Anita Kerr Singers December 1954 Decca
Hobo Boogie Red Foley April 1951 Decca
Hot Dog Rag Red Foley with Owen Bradley and His Ragland Band June 1953 Decca
Hot Rod Race Red Foley December 1950 Decca
How's the World Treating You? Red Foley 1966 Decca
I Believe Red Foley May 1953 Decca
I Gotta Have You Red Foley and Roberta Lee August 1952 Decca
I Got the Freight Train Blues Red Foley April 1934 Melotone
I'm Bound for the Kingdom Red Foley with The Jordanaires May 1952 Decca
I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love) Red Foley June 1949 Decca
It Is No Secret Andrews Sisters and Red Foley June 1951 Decca
I Traced Her Little Footprints in the Snow Red Foley February 1935 Conqueror
I Want to Be with You Always Andrews Sisters and Red Foley July 1951 Decca
I Wish I Had a Nickel Red Foley May 1949 Decca
Jilted Red Foley April 1954 Decca
Just Before Dawn Red Foley April 1961 Decca
Let's Go to Church (Next Sunday Morning) Red Foley and Judy Martin May 1950 Decca
Milk Bucket Boogie Red Foley February 1952 Decca
Milky White Way Red Foley March 1951 Decca
M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I Red Foley with The Dixie Dons May 1950 Decca
My God Is Real Red Foley and The Foggy River Boys [US1] October 1952 Decca
My Heart Cries for You Evelyn Knight and Red Foley December 1950 Decca
Never Trust a Woman Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys October 1947 Decca
Night Train to Memphis Red Foley and Roberta Lee September 1951 Decca
Nobody Red Foley September 1941 Decca
Old Shep Red Foley March 1936 Melotone
One by One Kitty Wells and Red Foley April 1954 Decca
Our Lady of Fatima Red Foley with The Anita Kerr Singers August 1950 Decca
Peace of Mind Red Foley December 1953 Decca
Plantation Boogie Red Foley May 1955 Decca
Playin' Dominoes and Shootin' Dice Red Foley 1953 Decca
Rockin' Chair Red Foley February 1960 Decca
Satins and Lace Andrews Sisters and Red Foley June 1951 Decca
Satisfied Mind Red Foley and Betty Foley May 1955 Decca
Shake a Hand Red Foley with The Anita Kerr Singers 1953 Decca
Shame on You Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra with Red Foley July 1945 Decca
Smoke on the Water Red Foley July 1944 Decca
So Long (It's Been Good to Know Yuh) Red Foley and Ernest Tubb February 1951 Decca
Steal Away Red Foley April 1950 Decca
Sunday Down in Tennessee Red Foley December 1949 Decca
Take My Hand Precious Lord Red Foley and The Foggy River Boys [US2] July 1956 Decca
Tennessee Border Red Foley February 1949 Decca
Tennessee Border No. 2 Red Foley and Ernest Tubb 1949 Decca
Tennessee Whistling Man Red Foley January 1954 Decca
Thank You for Calling Red Foley July 1954 Decca
That's How Much I Love You Red Foley and The Cumberland Valley Boys February 1947 Decca
(The Angels Are Lighting) God's Little Candles Red Foley and The Anita Kerr Singers June 21, 1952 Decca
The Happy Song Red Foley March 1962 Decca
The Last Mile of the Way Red Foley August 1953 Decca
The Lovebug Itch Ernest Tubb - Red Foley and Minnie Pearl November 1950 Decca
The Night Watch Red Foley and The Anita Kerr Singers September 1955 Decca
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me Red Foley with The Sunshine Boys Quartet June 1951 Decca
The Strange Little Girl Ernest Tubb and Red Foley with Anita Kerr Singers April 1951 Decca
Too Old to Cut the Mustard Ernest Tubb and Red Foley November 1951 Decca
When God Dips His Love in My Heart Red Foley July 1950 Decca
You and Me Red Foley and Kitty Wells December 1955 Decca
You're a Real Good Friend Red Foley - Ernest Tubb March 1953 Decca

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