Mom and Dad's Waltz
1951 song by Lefty Frizzell
"Mom and Dad's Waltz" | |
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Song by Lefty Frizzell | |
B-side | "Always Late (With Your Kisses)" |
Released | July 8, 1951 |
Genre | Country |
Length | 2:59 |
Label | Columbia 20837 |
Songwriter(s) | Lefty Frizzell |
"Mom and Dad's Waltz" is a country music song written and recorded by Lefty Frizzell and released on the Columbia label. In August 1951, it reached No. 2 on the country charts.[1] It spent 29 weeks on the charts and was the No. 9 best selling country record of 1951.[2][1]
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including Patti Page,[3] Ernest Tubb,[4] Merle Haggard,[5] Willie Nelson,[6] The Mom and Dads,[7] and Iris DeMent.[8]
See also
References
- ^ a b Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 118. ISBN 0823076326.
- ^ "The Year's Top Country & Western Records" (PDF). The Billboard. January 12, 1952. p. 22.
- ^ "The Complete US Hits 1948-62". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Waltz Across Texas". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "Sing Me Back Home". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "To Lefty from Willie". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "To Mom and Dad with Love". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
- ^ "My Life". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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- "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time"
- "Look What Thoughts Will Do"
- "I Want to Be with You Always"
- "Always Late (With Your Kisses)"
- "Mom and Dad's Waltz"
- "Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)"
- "Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)"
- "I'm an Old, Old Man (Tryin' to Live While I Can)"
- "Long Black Veil"
- "Saginaw, Michigan"
- "She's Gone Gone Gone"
- "You, Babe"
- Songs of Jimmie Rodgers (1951)
- Listen to Lefty (1952)
- The One and Only (1959)
- Saginaw Michigan (1964)
- The Sad Side of Love (1965)
- Puttin' On (1967)
- The Legendary Lefty Frizzell (1973)