Clyde Julian "Red" Foley was a country music singer. 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 "Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy", "Birmingham Bounce", "Old Shep", "Sugarfoot Rag", and "Tennessee Saturday Night". "Peace in the Valley", backed up by The Sunshine Boys, … Wikipedia
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Son of a fiddler, Red learned guitar as a child and was given parental encouragement to sing. After high school, he attended Georgetown College in Kentucky, where he was discovered by a scout for the noted WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago. In 1930, he www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/node/203
Red joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1946, taking the place of Roy Acuff on the " Prince Albert Show . " He had a string of hits in the late 1940s and early 1950s, including 38 top 10 hits, many of which became country-pop crossover hits such as " Chattanoo everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1422884
Father-in-law of singer Pat Boone. Father of Shirley Boone. Inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1967. Grandfather of Debby Boone. Recorded vocals for Hank Garland's famous Sugarfoot Rag. Portr www.imdb.com/name/nm0284215/
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 www.chordie.com/song.php/songartist/Red+Foley/
Son of a fiddler, Red learned guitar as a child and was given parental encouragement to sing. After high school, he attended Georgetown College in Kentucky, where he was discovered by a scout for the noted WLS National Barn Dance in Chicago. In 1930, he drupal.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/node/203
