Walk Tall (country song)

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"Walk Tall"
Song by Val Doonican
Released1964
Genre Country music
Songwriter Don Wayne

"Walk Tall" is a country music song written by American songwriter Don Wayne. It was a number 3 hit on the UK singles chart in 1964 for Irish singer Val Doonican, becoming Doonican's first British chart success. [1] Doonican's version also reached no.2 in Ireland and no.29 in Australia. On the New Zealand Lever Hit Parade charts it peaked at #4. [2] In the US, the song was recorded by Faron Young, whose version reached no.10 on the country music chart in late 1965. [3]

The Val Doonican version was used in the 1965 episode of the Irish television show Reeling in the Years.

References

  1. ↑ Betts, Graham (2004). Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004 (1st ed.). London: Collins. p. 233. ISBN   0-00-717931-6.
  2. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210208152916/http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=Lever%20hit%20parades&qyear=1965&qmonth=Jan&qweek=28-Jan-1965#n_view_location
  3. ↑ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-1993. Record Research. p. 435.
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