Red Foley

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

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June 17 - 1910 - September 19 - 1968 - 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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Blue Lick - Kentucky - Guitar - Harmonica - Decca Records - 1941 - Kitty Wells - 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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Fess Parker - 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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Country Music Hall of Fame - 1967 - Hollywood Walk of Fame

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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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Fort Wayne, Indiana - Heart attack - Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery - Nashville, Tennessee

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

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