Now there are folks who like to brag about where they
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know that I come from the state of Tennes
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Let's give old Tennessee credit for
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music
As they play it up in Nashville every
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Let's give old Tennessee credit for
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As they
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play it in that old Hillbilly
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way
Mister Red Foley came from
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Kentucky
Now Ernest
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Tubb down in Texas don't you
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But if all you folks out there can
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remember
Mister
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Eddy Arnold came from Tennes
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They make bombs they say that can blow up our
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world
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Well a
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country boy like me I will
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agree
But if all you folks out there will
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remember
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made the first atomic bomb in Tennes
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Tennessee?
- The song Tennessee was sang by Carl Perkins.
Who is Carl Perkins?
- Carl Lee Perkins (April 9, 1932 - January 19, 1998) was an American singer-songwriter who recorded most notably at the Sun Studio, in Memphis, beginning in 1954. Amongst his best-known songs are "Blue Suede Shoes", "Matchbox" and "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby".
According to Charlie Daniels, "Carl Perkins' songs personified the rockabilly era, and Carl Perkins' sound personifies the rockabilly sound more so than anybody involved in it, because he never changed." Perkins's songs were recorded by artists (and friends) as influential as Elvis Presley, the Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Johnny Cash and Eric Clapton which further established his place in the history of popular music. Paul McCartney claimed that "if there were no Carl Perkins, there would be no Beatles."Called "the King of Rockabilly", he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, the Rockabilly Hall of Fame, the Memphis Music Hall of Fame, and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He also received a Grammy Hall of Fame Award.
