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Pee Wee King - Slow Poke (1951)

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SLOW POKEis credited to three writers: Pee Wee King, Redd Stewart, and Chilton Price. Actually Price wrote the song in 1951, as she thought the song described her friend, King, very well. King recorded the song and Stewart did the vocal. Price gave rights to the other two in exchange for publicity, as she felt she knew nothing about the music distribution business. The song did so well commercially that when Price wrote the song "You Belong to Me" the next year, she felt she could do better by ceding partial credit for authorship to King and Stewart than trying to publicize the song herself, so that song as well was credited to King, Stewart, and Price, though Price was the sole author.The recording by Pee Wee King was released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 21-0489 (78rpm) and 48-0489 (45 rpm). It first reached the Billboard magazine Best Seller chart on October 21, 1951 and lasted 22 weeks on the chart, peaking at #3. It was his only crossover from the country genre to score on the pop chart. It first reached the country charts on September 21, 1951 and lasted 31 weeks, peaking at #1 and remaining there for 15 weeks. (Above information from Wikipedia)--BIOGRAPHY FOR PEE WEE KING--Pee Wee King, born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski (February 18, 1914 -- March 07, 2000), was an American country music songwriter and recording artist. He was born in Milwaukee to a Polish American family and lived in Abrams, Wisconsin, during his youth.King learned to play fiddle from his father, who was a professional polka musician. In the 1930s, he toured and made cowboy movies with Gene Autry. King joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1937.In 1946, while the bandleader of the Golden West Cowboys, King, together with the band's vocalist, Redd Stewart, composed "THE TENNESSEE WALTZ", a song inspired by "THE KENTUCKY WALTZ" by bluegrass musician Bill Monroe. King and Stewart first recorded "The Tenneesee Waltz" in 1948, and it went on to become a country music standard.King's other songs included "SLOW POKE" and "YOU BELONG TO ME". His songs introduced waltzes, polkas, and cowboy songs to country music.He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1974. He died of a heart attack in Louisville, Kentucky, at age 86.

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davesharon5747 (July 12, 2008 at 3:31 am)
I am glad to read comments like this by the younger generation. I try to hear new music now and than; but most of what I hear is in such a negative fashion that I turn to YouTube and my own old records to hear the great music like this!
SINGCountryRock (June 22, 2008 at 7:02 pm)
my mom was on my account that was her commenting as me.
bmcneese45a (June 22, 2008 at 5:43 am)
It really is a very good song. I hope your daughter likes it.
SINGCountryRock (June 22, 2008 at 12:49 am)
I just heard this song for the first time while vacationing in Virginia Beach. It just makes me laugh it's so cute. It reminds me of my daughter Lexi who can never get out of bed and always keeps us waiting. She has two speeds slow and backward. I want to surprise her by downloading it onto her phone or ipod.
bmcneese45a (June 16, 2008 at 5:21 am)
I want to thank you for speaking up and leaving a positive comment for all to read. It will give other young people incentive to do the same. YouTube now has statistics that I can access to see who (in a general way) is viewing my videos. Turns out that close to 11% (1 in 10)listeners is 25 or younger. When you add in 35 and younger, it is about 17%. I heard this upbeat popular song when I was a boy and it stayed with me all these years.Cheers and keep your chin up.
ConnorElizabeth (June 16, 2008 at 4:54 am)
i am 16 and i heard this when i was at my lowest point and liked it so i started listening to classic country and now i know so many more songs that are reall fun to listen to and hold so much more positive influence then what is popular for my screwed up generation i love this song
bmcneese45a (June 5, 2008 at 5:00 am)
Hello to you. I think I mention somewhere in the comments it has been over 50 years since I heard the song on KFOX country radio in Los Angeles. Once you hear it you never forget it. I remember Deck Of Cards by Wink Martindale, a famous DJ that also had a hit of it. Cheers
072740 (June 5, 2008 at 3:10 am)
How nice to be able to reminisce back when I was only 12 years old. This is the first time I've heard this wonderful song in 57 years, and I can still sing along with it. Where have all the GOOD song writers gone? Oh...I know...to "Lyric Heaven". Thanks for sharing. BTW, my mother's step-uncle was T. Texas Tyler ("Remember Me" and "Deck of Cards".) I heard there was only two kinds of music......."COUNTRY" and "WESTERN".
bmcneese45a (June 4, 2008 at 9:25 pm)
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
vulcanswork (June 4, 2008 at 7:14 pm)
Lovely and funny.
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