Green, Green Grass of Home
1965 country song by Curly Putman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For the album, see Green, Green Grass of Home (album).
"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart.[2] It was also recorded by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it in his album Country Songs for City Folks (later re-issued as All Country). Tom Jones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.
Quick Facts Single by Porter Wagoner, from the album On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show ...
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Single by Porter Wagoner | ||||
from the album On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show | ||||
B-side | "Dooley" | |||
Released | July 1965 | |||
Recorded | June 7, 1965 | |||
Studio | RCA Studio B, Nashville | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 2:24 | |||
Label | RCA Victor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Curly Putman[1] | |||
Porter Wagoner singles chronology | ||||
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Quick Facts Single by Tom Jones, from the album ...
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Single by Tom Jones | ||||
from the album Green, Green Grass of Home | ||||
B-side | "Promise Her Anything" | |||
Released | November 1966 | |||
Genre | Country pop | |||
Length | 3:05 | |||
Label | Decca Records F22511[1] | |||
Songwriter(s) | Curly Putman[1] | |||
Producer(s) | Peter Sullivan[1] | |||
Tom Jones singles chronology | ||||
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