February 14, 2026
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On This Day in 1950, This Red Foley Song Became Country Music’s First-Ever Crossover Pop Hit and Was Later Covered by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra … from the American Songwriter Erinn Callahan

Tom Bettenhausen01 mins

On This Day in 1950, This Red Foley Song Became Country Music’s First Crossover HitRed Foley, one of country music’s earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy.”

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