The song was the reason Ernest was asked to be on the Grand Ole Opry in 1941. An electrified lead guitar was brought in to play on the song. The sales of this Ernest Tubb song doubled with his appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. In 1947, he headlined a show at Carnegie Hall in New York with Minnie Pearl.
2. "Move It On Over"
Answer: Hank Williams
"Move It On Over" was Hank's first recorded song in 1947. Hank's family believed the melody of this song was used as the melody for "Rock Around The Clock". Due to the money that came in from the sale of this song, Hank was able to buy his first house.
3. "I'll Hold You In My Heart"
Answer: Eddy Arnold
Eddy's song stayed number one on Billboard charts for twenty-one weeks. In 1948, Eddy had five out of the six number one country songs on the radio.
4. "Step It Up And Go"
Answer: Maddox Brothers & Rose
They were a family band who first brought 'boogie' to their music. They became known as the most colorful hillbilly band in the world. By the end of the 1940s, Maddox Brothers & Rose were the hottest country band in California.
5. "Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait)"
Answer: Jimmy Dickens
Columbia Records recorded the song in 1949. Jimmy said the song was autobiographical in nature. According to Jimmy, it was why he grew up short and scrawny. His nickname "Little" was given to him by T. Texas Tyler. His nickname 'Tater' came from Hank Williams, Sr. Hank intended to write "Hey, Good Lookin'" for Jimmy Dickens, but one week after writing the song, Hank recorded it for himself.
6. "I'm Movin' On"
Answer: Hank Snow
Hank Snow was giving up the business and going back to Canada when his song became a hit in 1950. It spent twenty-one weeks on Billboard charts, mirroring Eddy Albert's song. After this, the Grand Ole Opry invited him back after his first performance didn't go so well.
7. "Tennessee Waltz"
Answer: Pee Wee King
Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart wrote the song after hearing Bill Monroe's song about a Kentucky Waltz. It was recorded in 1945 with fiddles, steel guitars and an accordion. The song skyrocketed in sales and became a number one hit in Japan with singer Chiemi Eri. The song has been performed since then from such singers as Tennessee Ernie Ford to Patsy Cline.
8. "I Love You A Thousand Ways"
Answer: Lefty Frizzel
Lefty used poems he had written while spending six months in a New Mexico jail when writing this song. It was his first number one song and record. Lefty would go on to have consecutive hits from 1950-1952.
9. "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"
Answer: Kitty Wells
In 1952, Kitty Wells sang this in retaliation for "The Wild Side Of Life" by Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys. It was the first song performed by a woman to reach the top of the country charts. Kitty Wells became known as the Queen of Country Music.
10. "Ghost Riders In The Sky"
Answer: Stanley Davis Jones
Jones was a park ranger who based the song on a story he heard as a kid about doomed cowboys chasing the devil's herd across the sky. He first performed it in 1948. The song was covered by singers from Peggy Lee to Bing Crosby.
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