[78-L] Hillbilly Heaven

[Cary Ginell]

There's Jimmy Wakely's pro-McCarthy "Red Deck of Cards" on Coral.
 
Cary Ginell
 

> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 12:23:08 -0700
> From: dennis.flannigan at gmail.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: [78-L] Hillbilly Heaven
> 
> When Deacon Andy Griffith's "What It Was, Was Football," hit our R&R
> station, Seattle's KJR, it was like finding a second Stan Freberg. Andy
> followed up with other laughs, then the play, *No Time for Sergeants*.
> Later the movie, and of course, *Face in the Crowd*, the movie showing the
> demonic side of fame. It stayed two days in Tacoma, and was gone. Found its
> fan base many years later, thanks to movie buffs. Wonderful, under
> remembered stuff.
> 
> On to, "Hillbilly Heaven." Other covers of the time might find a few living
> members. June Carter's version implied women got into heaven, and worth
> adding to your collection.
> 
> Are there more covers of "Hillbilly Heaven," or, "Deck of Cards"?
> 
> d
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