Red Foley
Sign in to saveAlso known as Clyde Julian Foley, Clyde Julian "Red" Foley
American country musician (1910–1968)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Red" Foley's Sacred Album No. 1
- Los Angeles Dodgers
- New York Yankees
- New York Yankees (Topps Baseball Card Books)
- RED FOLEY'S BEST BASEBALL BOOK 1989 EDITION
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1910-06-17
- Active to
- 1968-09-19
countryhillbilly
Discography
- I Got The Freight Train Blues / Echoes Of My Old Plantation Home1934
- Old Shep / Sing Me an Old Hill-billy Ballad1936
- Old Shep / I Don't Care Anymore1941
- Smoke On The Water/There's A Blue Star1944
- Shame On You / At Mail Call Today1945
- Foggy River / Lay Down Your Soul1946
- Blues in My Heart / Tennessee Saturday Night1948
- Tennessee Polka / I'm Throwing Rice (At the Girl I Love)1949
- Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane) / Our Christmas Waltz1949
- Sugarfoot Rag / Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy1949
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- 70,150
- Total plays
- 365,711
Tags
countryclassic country60swestern swingamerican
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 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
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- date of birth
- 1910-06-17
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- 1968-09-19
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- Clyde Julian Foley
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- Red Foley
- name in native language
- Red Foley
- start of work period
- 1930-00-00
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1910 births1968 deaths20th-century American male singers20th-century American singer-songwritersAmerican baritonesAmerican country singer-songwritersAmerican gospel singersAmerican male singer-songwritersAmerican television personalitiesBoone family (show business)Burials at Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Nashville, Tennessee)Country Music Hall of Fame inducteesCountry musicians from IllinoisCountry musicians from KentuckyCountry musicians from TennesseeDeaths from respiratory failure in the United StatesDecca Records artistsGeorgetown College (Kentucky) alumniGrand Ole Opry membersPeople from Berea, KentuckyPeople from Madison County, KentuckyRadio personalities from ChicagoRadio personalities from KentuckyRadio personalities from Nashville, Tennessee