Tennessee Saturday Night

"Tennessee Saturday Night"
"Tennessee Saturday Night"
Single by Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys
A-side	"Blues in My Heart"
Released	August 1948
Recorded	August 12, 1947
Genre	Western swing, country boogie
Length	2:41
Label	Decca
Songwriter	Billy Hughes
Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys singles chronology

"Tennessee Saturday Night" is a Western swing ballad written by Billy Hughes.

Background

The song tells of Tennesseans having a good time on a Saturday night. Each verse ends with the refrain:

They all go native on a Saturday night.

Red Foley recording

Red Foley and the Cumberland Valley Boys had a hit with the song (Decca 45136), staying on the charts for 11 weeks; reaching number on March 19, 1949. Johnny Bond's recording (Columbia 20545) reached number 11 later that year.

Other artists' recordings

The Pied Pipers (RCA 20-3360)
Ella Mae Morse (Capitol 1903)
Pat Boone released a version in 1954, and was the b-side for his version of Ain't That a Shame.
Roy Clark's (Churchill 94007) reached number 85 in 1982
Ernest Tubb (1961)
Jerry Lee Lewis (1967).
Gene Summers released a rockabilly version of the song on his 1981 French LP Gene Summers In Nashville and performed the song on national French television that same year. The song has been recorded numerous times.

Citations

↑ Whitburn (2006), p. 123.
↑ Whitburn (2006), p. 49.
↑ "Pat Boone – Ain't That a Shame / Tennessee Saturday Night (1955, Shellac)". Discogs. September 1955.

References

Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books, 2006. ISBN 0-8230-8291-1

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[1] Whitburn (2006), p. 123.

[2] Whitburn (2006), p. 49.

[3] "Pat Boone – Ain't That a Shame / Tennessee Saturday Night (1955, Shellac)". Discogs. September 1955.

v t e Red Foley
Singles	"Smoke on the Water" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" "New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" "Tennessee Saturday Night" "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" "Sugar-Foot Rag" "Birmingham Bounce" "Just a Closer Walk with Thee" "Goodnight, Irene" "My Heart Cries for You" "Peace in the Valley" "Shake a Hand" "A Satisfied Mind" "One by One"
Related	Discography Judy Martin (second wife)

v t e Roy Clark
Studio albums	Roy Clark & Joe Pass Play Hank Williams
Songs	"The Tip of My Fingers" "Alabama Jubilee" "Yesterday When I Was Young" "I Never Picked Cotton" "Thank God and Greyhound" "The Lawrence Welk–Hee Haw Counter-Revolution Polka" "Come Live with Me" "Honeymoon Feelin'" "Tennessee Saturday Night" "Tobacco Road" "Here We Go Again"
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