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Artist
Redd Stewart
12+ albums
Boppin Hillbillyrockabillyboogiecountryclassic country
about
May 27, 1923 - Born Henry Ellis Stewart in Ashland City, Tennessee; the son of musical parents and raised in Louisville, Ky. Redd's family moved to Louisville, Kentucky, while he was still young. He learned to play the banjo, piano, fiddle and guitar as a child, then dropped out of junior high to perform in local bands. He legally changed his first name to Redd because of his red hair, freckles and fair complexion. 1935 - Redd was contracted to write a song for a car dealer's commercial in Louisville, Kentucky at the age of 14 (he completed only the seventh grade.) He then formed and played in various bands around Louisville, including the Prairie Riders. 1937 - Pee Wee King came to Louisville, Ky. to play on WHAS and signed Redd as a musician with the Golden West Cowboys. At the time, Eddy Arnold was the band's vocalist. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, Redd was drafted into the U.S. Army and sent to the South Pacific. While stationed there with the rank of sergeant, Redd wrote "A Soldier's Last Letter," which Ernest Tubb worked on and recorded in 1944, making it a No.1 hit staying at the top for four weeks out of a seven month stay on the Country charts and crossing over to the Pop chart Top 20. When Redd returned to Pee Wee's Golden West Cowboys at the end of WW II, he became the band's vocalist, Arnold having gone solo. Now Redd started to take songwriting seriously. 1946 - Married Frances Jean Grimes at the age of 23. 1947 -He appeared on the Grand Ole Opr
top songs
albums
Tennessee Waltz
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God Bless the U.S.A, The Best of American Country, Volume Three
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Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie (Roots Of Rockabilly 1944-56)
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Redd Stewart
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Nashville Rockabilly
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Songs Of The Hills
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I'm Praying For The Day (that Peace Will Come) / Um-Pah-No-Lah
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Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly1944 - 56
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Hillbilly Bop 'n' Boogie: King/Federal Roots of Rockabilly 1944 - 56
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The Best Of Ally McBeal
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American Roadsongs 01/10: Travelling From Coast To Coast
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Rivers & Birds - Aaron Fletcher