American Songwriter

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

Red Foley, one of country music's earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy." ...
American Songwriter

On This Day in 1968, Country Music Said Goodbye to the Star Who Discovered Brenda Lee and Inspired the Likes of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis

On this day (September 19) in 1968, country music star Red Foley died of respiratory failure in Fort Wayne, Indiana, at the age of 58. The day he died, Foley shared the stage with Billy Walker and ...