Sad Song" Lyrics and steel player
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Sad Song" Lyrics and steel player
Does anyone know the composer, the lyrics and the steel player on this great song. Recently I heard it on wsm but my radio crackles so much on that station I missed bits and pieces of it. Thanks.
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According to Hag's book(both books), he was working for Wynn,playing bass at the time that this was to be Wynn's next single. He reminded Wynn of a statement that he had made to him earlier in regards to helping Merle become an artist. Wynn, according to the book, had told Hag he would make him a star if it was in his power. Merle reminded Wynn off that statement and Wynn agreed he had said it and would, if he could. Hag then said, you can: let me have "Sing A Sad Song". Wynn agreed, Hag carried it to Fuzzy Owens, they recorded and released it on Tally records. It was Hag's first chart record. Wynn may have had it in an album, but I don't believe he released it as a single, until Merle's version had fell from the charts. I do believe that it was Mooney playing steel, as he was working for Wynn at the time all of this went down---sure sounds like Mooney. I have a mint condition of the Tally 45. Great song by both Merle and Wynn!
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I have this song on a Ray Price album, The Cherokee Cowboys, mostly instrumental album with Buddy Emmons. I have listened to this album many times, but the singer of this song does not sound like Ray Price. Does anyone know who sang this song on this album?
Just curious. Either way it is a great album, and a great song.
Dennis
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Just curious. Either way it is a great album, and a great song.
Dennis
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In 1963 "Sing A Sad Song" became Merle,s first national hit, reaching 19 on Billboard Magazine's Hot Country Singles chart.
I always felt on Merle's version they bured Moon with a string section. Couldn't hardly hear Moon. But on Wynn's (as I said above) he says before the break, and here's Ralph Mooney. I feel that break may not have been the best ever made...but It was darn sure one of'em.
Bob.
I always felt on Merle's version they bured Moon with a string section. Couldn't hardly hear Moon. But on Wynn's (as I said above) he says before the break, and here's Ralph Mooney. I feel that break may not have been the best ever made...but It was darn sure one of'em.
Bob.
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Being in Southern California at the time this record came out I remember it very well. Merle's was the only version that got played on the radio. Wynn wrote the thing I believe. I think that Merle's was originally on Talley records which was a label from Bakersfield. I've heard Wynn's version and although I'm a big fan of his I still prefer Haggard's. A year or two later there was a thing going on in SoCal where Capitol Records started signing some local artists and putting out product as Capitol was in Hollywood. They signed people like Bobby Durham, Cindy Carson, Bobby Austin, and a dude who was working at George's Roundup in Long Beach by the name of Buddy Cagle. One of Buddy's first releases (if not the first) on Capitol was a recording of "Sing a Sad Song". It got a lot of airplay around Los Angeles and on KFOX radio in Long Beach especially.
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