Red Foley Lyrics

Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) was a country music singer.Foley was born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. He began playing the guitar and the harmonica as a young boy and at age seventeen he won first prize in a statewide talent show. Ultimately he signed with Decca Records in 1941. His hit songs include Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, Old Shep, Sugarfoot Rag, and Tennessee Saturday Night. Peace in the Valley, backed up by The Sunshine Boys, in 1951 became the first gospel record to sell a million copies, and One By One, a duet with Kitty Wells, became a chart topper in 1954.For more than two decades, Foley was a major star of country music, selling in excess of twenty-five million records. During 1962-63, Foley... read more