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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:
Tom Jones [n°1 UK & B]
Ferlin Husky [on his LP True True Lovin']
Dalida [as Les Grilles de ma maison]
Nana Mouskouri [as Le Toit de ma maison]
Johnny Cash [At Folsom Prison]
Flying Burrito Brothers [with Gram Parsons]
Bob Dylan [Infidels outtake]
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.
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)