"Hillbilly Fever" is a
country music
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song written by
Vaughn Horton
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, sung by
Little Jimmy Dickens
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, and released on the
Columbia
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label. It was recorded on February 14, 1950.
[ The lyrics reflect the growing popularity of country music in the postwar years, as "hillbilly fever's going round".
The lyrics include references to popular country songs of the time, including "]Honky Tonkin'
"Honky Tonkin'" is a 1947 country music song, written and recorded by Hank Williams. His song went to #14 on the ''Billboard'' country music chart in 1948. In 1982, it became the sixth chart topping single for Williams' son, Hank Williams Jr.
...
", "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle
"Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" is a song written by Jenny Lou Carson. The song was first performed by Eddy Arnold who reached No. 1 on the Folk Best Seller charts in 1949.
Cover versions
*Later in 1949, Ernest Tubb and The Andrews Sisters al ...
", "Slippin' Around "Slippin' Around" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1949. The most popular recording was a cover version by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely which reached number one on the Retail Folk (Country) Best Sellers chart. It is a song ab ...
", " I'm Throwing Rice", "Sunday Down in Tennessee", " Lovesick Blues", and "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
"Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" (also known as "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy") is a popular song written by Harry Stone and Jack Stapp and published in 1950. It is the signature song of Red Foley who recorded it in late 1949. The song has been covered ...
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In April 1950, it reached No. 3 on the country disc jockey chart.[ It spent 10 weeks on the charts and was the No. 24 best selling country record of 1950.]
See also
* Billboard Top Country & Western Records of 1950
References
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Little Jimmy Dickens songs
Songs written by George Vaughn Horton
1950 songs