I'VE BEEN EVERYWHERE

Created on 04/04/2005
Latest update on 04/02/2024

Artist: Lucky Starr
Author: Geoff Mack
Label: Festival
Year: 1962

N°1 Aus. Working title: Swagman Rock. Opening song for Geoff's cabaret act. Also cut versions with place names from England, America and New Zealand. Reissued on Spinning Around - 50 Years Of Festival Records Vol. 1.

Covers:

1962:

Hank Snow [n°1 C&W; version with American place names]

1962:

Mudlarks [with place names from England]

1963:

Rolf Harris [Aussie]

1966:

John Hore [New Zealander who later cut a version as John Grenell]

1968:

Lynn Anderson

1973:

Asleep At The Wheel

1974:

Farrelly Brothers [Aussie parody in ABC TV comedy series The Aunty Jack Show; they've just been nowhere else but Wollongong, NSW]

1996:

Johnny Cash [same lyrics as Hank Snow]

See also: Life Is A Rock (But The Radio Rolled Me).

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