Artist: Red Foley
Author: Clyde Foley/Arthur Willis
Label: Melotone
Year: 1936
Country singer and Grand Ole' Opry regular who never ended his evening radio show without a well meaning "Goodnight mama, goodnight papa"! Experienced the loss of a German shep as a child and cut better known versions for Decca in '41 & '46.
Covers:
Pine Ridge Boys [Steve Sholes recording]
Clinton Ford [hit UK]
Johnny Cash [on Children's Album]
Townes Van Zandt [always in for a sad song]
Tear jerker about a little boy and his starving dog, earning young Elvis his first success during a dairy show in Tupelo, first time he fronted an audience. The second time he sang in public, at his own school in Memphis (Humes High) in March '53, he used this same song.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)