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Roger Mullennex

 

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AKRON, OHIO USA (deceased)
Post  Posted 17 Aug 2001 4:45 pm    
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You're The Reason I Don't Sleep at night
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George Rozak


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Braidwood, Illinois USA
Post  Posted 17 Aug 2001 5:24 pm    
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Bobby Edwards
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Bob Shilling


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Berkeley, CA, USA
Post  Posted 20 Aug 2001 9:07 am    
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I've always heard it as Webb Pierce. I just found it archived on COWPIE, and apparently Bobby Edwards (along with Mildred Imes,
Fred Henley & Terry Fell) is the songwriter. Did he also record it?
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Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic"

[This message was edited by b0b on 22 August 2001 at 03:47 PM.]

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Jerry Hayes


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Virginia Beach, Va.
Post  Posted 20 Aug 2001 10:49 am    
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Bob,
George is right! Bobby Edwards had the hit record of the song. I don't ever recall a recording by Webb Pierce of it.

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Have a good 'un! JH U-12


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Paul Graupp

 

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Macon Ga USA
Post  Posted 20 Aug 2001 11:49 am    
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For a moment there I thought he was looking for "You're The Reason Our Kids Is Ugly" by Loretta and Conway.

Paul
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Donny Hinson

 

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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
Post  Posted 20 Aug 2001 4:32 pm    
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Yes, it was Bobby Edwards that had the original hit. I think his style and sound were copied by Sonny James, who had a lot of his own hit records.
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Bob Shilling


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Berkeley, CA, USA
Post  Posted 22 Aug 2001 10:07 am    
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Looks like my memory is playing tricks on me. CRS

The COWPIE archive does say Webb Pierce sang it, but I could not find any evidence of that after a web search. I DID find that apparently Joe South, and Johnny Burnette both covered it.

But, you all are right, Bobby Edwards (who co-wrote it) took it to #11 in 1961. Looks like Eddie Cochran gets some guitar credits on that recording too.

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Bob Shilling, Berkeley, CA--MSA S10, "Classic"

[This message was edited by Bob Shilling on 22 August 2001 at 11:08 AM.]

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Bobby Lee


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Cloverdale, California, USA
Post  Posted 22 Aug 2001 2:50 pm    
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I think that those words and chords at Cowpie are sort of wrong. At least, they're different from the way I learned it.
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nick allen

 

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France
Post  Posted 22 Aug 2001 10:56 pm    
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Since Eddie Cochrane was mentioned...
There's a thread about what Buddy Holly would have done had he lived - I always felt that of all of the "rock-n-roll" stars, Eddie Cochrane was the one with the greatest potential - songwriter, singer, guitarist, producer... I have read somewhere (for what THAT's worth ) that Eddie Cochrane was the only one Elvis felt was any real competition for him. Which way he would have gone - country, rock, MOR - we'll never know...
Nick
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BJ Bailey

 

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Jackson Ms,Hinds
Post  Posted 22 Aug 2001 11:21 pm    
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I think I've heard my wife quate that title to me

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BJ Bailey


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