Anyone remember this Smokey Stover song circa 1967

Gary Hoetker · Post by **Gary Hoetker** » 2 Sep 2014 5:15 pm

It was a shuffle that went something like this:

"I Can't Stop Loving You Just Like That

Old Habits Are Hard To Break"

admin · Post by **b0b** » 2 Sep 2014 5:30 pm

Smokey Stover was a comic strip. Was there also a singer with that name?

Scott Wehmeyer · Post by **Scott Wehmeyer** » 3 Sep 2014 12:34 pm

Gary, that one was by West Coast singer Wes Buchanan.
I think Gene Davis sang harmony. I have a couple of copies of that 45 around somewhere. Could be Mooney on steel?

Smokey used to perform at the Magnolia Opry in Texas in the 90s. He was a DJ in Houston in the fifties.
Here's a couple of shuffles by Smokey.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaeY_OwGT-E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQC2pv8m2eE

He wrote "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" which George Jones covered. Here's Smokey singing it with Mooney on steel.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCYupp3UyM4

Michael Maddex · Post by **Michael Maddex** » 3 Sep 2014 2:11 pm

Q: What's the difference between a comic strip character and a singer?

A: I don't know either.