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Artist: Tex Williams
Author: Merle Travis/Tex Williams
Label: Capitol
Year: 1947
N°1 C&W. Record breaking hit for Capitol. Tex died from lung cancer.
Covers:
Hank Williams [as Fly Trouble]
Johnny Bond [see note under Hot Rod Lincoln]
Eddy Mitchell [as Fume cette cigarette]
Strangers [as Smoord 'n Sigaret (with a 'd')]
Ed Kooyman & Herman Van Haeren [as Smoort Smoort Smoort]
Coauthor Merle Travis modelled this song on The Darktown Poker Club, a hit in 1914 for black vaudeville entertainer Bert Williams (no relation). See also: Nobody.
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)