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Soldier's Last Letter is a country music song written by Redd Stewart and Ernest Tubb and recorded by Ernest Tubb. It was released in the United States in 1944.
"Bouquet of Roses" is a 1948 song written by Steve Nelson (music) and Bob Hilliard (lyrics). It was originally recorded by Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Plow Boys and his Guitar in Chicago on May 18, 1947. It was released by RCA Victor as catalogue number 20-2806 and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalogue numbers BD 1234 and IM 1399. "Bouquet of Roses" was Eddy Arnold's third number one in a row on the Juke Box Folk Record chart and spent 19 weeks on the Best Selling Folk Records chart. In 1949, when RCA Victor introduced its new 45 RPM single format this record was among seven initial releases and the first in the Country and Western category. Arnold would re-record "Bouquet of Roses" several times during his career.
"Smoke on the Water" is a song written by Zeke Clements and recorded by Red Foley in 1944. The patriotic song, which forecasts destruction for the Axis powers, particularly Japan, was Foley's first song to reach No. 1 on the Folk Records charts, spending 13 weeks at the top and a total of 24 weeks on the chart. "Smoke on the Water" also peaked at No. 7 on the pop charts. The B-side, "There's a Blue Star Shining Bright ", peaked at No. 5 on the country charts.
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" is a 1942 song by Al Dexter. It was recorded on March 18, 1942 at the CBS Studio at Radio Station KNX, Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, California with session musicians Frank Marvin, Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhart. It was released on Okeh records #6718 on February 6, 1944, paired with "So Long Pal". It went to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts for two weeks and stayed on the charts for a total of thirty weeks.
"I'm Wastin' My Tears on You" is a song written by Frank Harford, and recorded in 1944 by Tex Ritter. The song was the first of three number ones on the Juke Box Folk records chart. "I"m Wastin' My Tears on You" stayed at number one for six weeks with a total of twenty weeks on the chart. The B-side of the song, entitled "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder", peaked at number two on the same chart.
"There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" is a 1944 song written by Jimmie Davis, Ekko Whelan, and Lee Blastic and made popular by Tex Ritter. The song was the B-side to Tex Ritter's, "I'm Wastin' My Tears on You". "There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder" peaked at number two on the Folk Juke Box charts.
"With Tears in My Eyes" is a 1945 song by Wesley Tuttle and His Texas Stars. The song was Wesley Tuttle's first and most successful entry on the Juke Box Folk Chart. "With Tears in My Eyes" went number one for four weeks with a total of fourteen weeks on the chart. The Paul Howard composition was also released as a posthumous Hank Williams single on MGM Records in 1957. The late singer had recorded it in Shreveport in 1948 or 1949 as a demo or as part of a radio show at KWKH studio
"Divorce Me C.O.D." is a 1946 honky-tonk song recorded by Merle Travis. One of many songs co-written by Travis and Cliffie Stone, it was Travis' first release to make it to number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed for fourteen weeks and a total of twenty-three weeks on the chart. The B-side of "Divorce Me C.O.D.," a song entitled "Missouri," peaked at number five on the same chart.
"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills. It was Bob Wills' third #1 song on the Juke Box Folk Record chart, where it spent 14 weeks, three of them in the top position. It was the B-side of the instrumental "Texas Playboy Rag", which peaked at #2 on the chart.
"White Cross on Okinawa" is 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song was Bob Wills' fourth number one on the Juke Box Folk chart where it spent a single week at the top and a total of five weeks on the chart.
"Rainbow at Midnight" is a novelty song written by Lost John Miller. The song originally made the Juke Box Folk chart when it was recorded by The Carlisle Brothers in 1946. "Rainbow at Midnight reached number five on the Juke Box Folk chart.
Unforgettable – A Musical Tribute to Nat King Cole is a soundtrack album released in the UK in 1983 by the CBS Records division of Columbia in conjunction with the broadcast of American pop singer Johnny Mathis's BBC television concert special of the same name that featured Cole's daughter Natalie. The front of the original album jacket credits the concert performers as "Johnny Mathis and Natalie Cole", whereas the CD booklet reads, "Johnny Mathis with special guest Natalie Cole".
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- 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. pp. 392, 395.
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