Tennessee Saturday Night

"Tennessee Saturday Night"
Song by Red Foley–1947
Form	Western swing
Writer(s)	Billy Hughes

"Tennessee Saturday Night" is a Western swing ballad written by Billy Hughes. The song tells of Tennesseans having a good time on a Saturday night. Each verse ends with the refrain:

... they all go native on a Saturday night.

Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys had a huge hit with the song (Decca 45136), staying on the charts for 11 weeks; reaching #1 on March 19, 1949.^[1] Johnny Bond's recording (Columbia 20545) reached #11 later that year.^[2]

Other artists

The Pied Pipers (RCA 20-3360) and Ella Mae Morse (Capitol 1903) also had early recordings of the song. Pat Boone released a version in 1954. Roy Clark's (Churchill 94007) reached #85 in 1982. Other well-known recordings include those by Ernest Tubb (1961) and Jerry Lee Lewis (1967). Gene Summers released a rockabilly version of the song on his 1981 French LP Gene Summers In Nashville and performed the song on national French television that same year. The song has been recorded numerous times.

References

↑ Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits, p. 123.
↑ Whitburn, The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits, p. 49.

Bibliography

Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8230-8291-1

Roy Clark

Studio albums	Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams

Songs	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Alabama Jubilee" "Yesterday When I Was Young" "I Never Picked Cotton" "Thank God and Greyhound" "The Lawrence Welk-Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka" "Come Live with Me" "Honeymoon Feelin'" "Tennessee Saturday Night" "Tobacco Road" "Here We Go Again"

Related	Discography

Red Foley

Singles	"Smoke on the Water" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" "Tennessee Saturday Night" "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Sugar-Foot Rag" "Birmingham Bounce" "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" "Goodnight, Irene" "My Heart Cries for You" "Peace in the Valley" "Shake a Hand" "A Satisfied Mind"

Related	Discography

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