Tennessee Wig Walk

"Tennessee Wig Walk" (also "The Tennessee Wig-Walk") is a popular song by the American composer Larry Coleman, with lyrics by Norman Gimbel.

The Tennessee Wig-Walk sheet music

"Tennessee Wig Walk"
Cover of sheet music, published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd.
Single by Bonnie Lou
from the album Bonnie Lou: Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk
B-side	"Scrap of Paper"
Released	September 1953 (1953-09)
Recorded	1953
Genre	Country music
Length	2:05
Label	Parlophone
Composer(s)	Larry Coleman
Lyricist(s)	Norman Gimbel
Bonnie Lou singles chronology
"Seven Lonely Days" (1953) "Tennessee Wig Walk" (1953) "Daddy-O" (1955)

The sheet cover was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. in 1953.^[1] The lyrics include the refrain "Doin' the Tennessee wig walk" and the song was used as dance music.^[2]

The song was recorded by Bonnie Lou in 1953 under the Parlaphone record label.^[3] The recording was in The Billboard Top Country & Western Records US National Best Sellers top ten list during 1953, reaching number 6.^[4] In the same year, it was released as a single on the Decca label by the American big band Russ Morgan And His Orchestra "Music In The Morgan Manner"* as "The Tennessee Wig-Walk".^[5]

Later, Lena Zavaroni included the song on her second album (If My Friends Could See Me Now, 1974) and third album (Lena Zavaroni in South Africa, 1975). The song was re-released on a CD compilation album of Bonnie Lou songs entitled "Doin' The Tennessee Wig Walk: The Best Of The King Years" in 2000 on the Westside label.^[6]

See also

• 1953 in country music