Red Foley

Clyde Julian "Red" Foley (June 17, 1910 - September 19, 1968) was a country music singer.

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Foley was born in Blue Lick, Kentucky. He began playing the guitar and the harmonica as a young boy and at age seventeen he won first prize in a statewide talent show. Ultimately he signed with Decca Records in 1941. His hit songs include Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, Old Shep, Peace in the Valley, Sugarfoot Rag, and Tennessee Saturday Night. One By One, a duet with Kitty Wells, became a chart topper in 1954.

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For more than two decades, Foley was a major star of country music, selling in excess of twenty-five million records. During 1962-63, Foley was a regular cast member along with Fess Parker in the television series, "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

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Red Foley was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. For his contribution to the music industry, Red Foley also has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6225 Hollywood Blvd.

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He passed away unexpectedly in 1968 in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the age of fifty-eight from a heart attack. He is interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee.

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His daughter, Shirley Lee Foley, is married to singer Pat Boone.

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June 17: June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining....

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September 19: September 19 is the 262nd day of the year (263rd in leap years). There are 103 days remaining....

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