GREEN GREEN GRASS OF HOME

Created on 18/04/2001
Latest update on 17/12/2023

Artist: Johnny Darrell
Author: Curly Putman
Label: U.A.
Year: 1965

Written for Bobby Bare, who declined it. Melodically related with gospel standard The Old Rugged Cross (see there). Curly Putman's demo of Green Green Grass Of Home is online.

Covers:

1965:

Porter Wagoner

1965:

Conway Twitty

1965:

Jerry Lee Lewis

1965:

Roy Drusky

1966:

Tom Jones [n°1 UK & B]

1966:

Bobby Bare

1966:

Ferlin Husky [on his lp True True Lovin']

1966:

Red Foley

1967:

Curly Putman

1967:

Dean Martin

1967:

Dalida [as Les Grilles de ma maison]

1967:

Nana Mouskouri [as Le Toit de ma maison]

1968:

Joe Tex

1968:

Johnny Cash [At Folsom Prison]

1969:

Joan Baez

1970:

Flying Burrito Brothers [with Gram Parsons]

1975:

Elvis Presley

1983:

Bob Dylan [Infidels outtake]

1986:

Ted Hawkins

2009:

Rowwen Hèze & Karin Bloemen

Prisoner longing to go home. Ted Hawkins knew what he was singing about and Porter Wagoner must have been fascinated by claustrophobia; see: The Cold Hard Facts Of Life and The Rubber Room. Tom Jones first heard it from Jerry Lee Lewis' version but follows Wagoner's. Tom's success made Engelbert Humperdinck start browsing through C&W catalogues; see: Release Me.

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