Oh man here I am almost 73 and I LOVED Carl Smith when I was probably 7 and always loved this song ( in fact all his songs)🥰 his stage presence was one of the best and will be in the record books as one of the best country artists of all times- his appeal from ages 2-100!!
On this day in 1954 {May 27th} Carl Smith's "Back Up Buddy" peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Most Played Country & Western Records By Jockeys chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for the week was "(Oh, Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" by Johnnie and Jack... Carl Milton Smith passed away at the age of 82 on January 16th, 2010... May he R.I.P. "Back Up Buddy" was Carl Smith's third of four of his records to peak at #2, between 1951 and 1978 the Maynardville, Tennessee native had ninety two charted records, thirty two made the Top 10 with five reaching #1... His three other records that peaked at #2 were "Let's Love A Little" in June of 1951, "Trademark" in July of 1953, and "Why, Why?" in November of 1957... And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Most Played C&W Records by Jockeys' Top 10 on May 27th, 1954: At #3. "I Really Don't Want To Know" by Eddy Arnold #4. "Even Tho" by Webb Pierce #5. "Slowly" by Webb Pierce #6. "I'll Be There" by Ray Price #7. "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman #8. "One By One" by Kitty Wells & Red Foley #9. "My Everything" by Eddy Arnold #10. "I Don't Hurt Anymore" by Hank Snow
Oh man here I am almost 73 and I LOVED Carl Smith when I was probably 7 and always loved this song ( in fact all his songs)🥰 his stage presence was one of the best and will be in the record books as one of the best country artists of all times- his appeal from ages 2-100!!
Wish Carl was still with us I will always love him. Good looking man with beautiful blue eyes
On this day in 1954 {May 27th} Carl Smith's "Back Up Buddy" peaked at #2 {for 1 week} on Billboard's Most Played Country & Western Records By Jockeys chart, for the week it was at #2, the #1 record for the week was "(Oh, Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely" by Johnnie and Jack...
Carl Milton Smith passed away at the age of 82 on January 16th, 2010...
May he R.I.P.
"Back Up Buddy" was Carl Smith's third of four of his records to peak at #2, between 1951 and 1978 the Maynardville, Tennessee native had ninety two charted records, thirty two made the Top 10 with five reaching #1...
His three other records that peaked at #2 were "Let's Love A Little" in June of 1951, "Trademark" in July of 1953, and "Why, Why?" in November of 1957...
And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the remainder of the Most Played C&W Records by Jockeys' Top 10 on May 27th, 1954:
At #3. "I Really Don't Want To Know" by Eddy Arnold
#4. "Even Tho" by Webb Pierce
#5. "Slowly" by Webb Pierce
#6. "I'll Be There" by Ray Price
#7. "Rose Marie" by Slim Whitman
#8. "One By One" by Kitty Wells & Red Foley
#9. "My Everything" by Eddy Arnold
#10. "I Don't Hurt Anymore" by Hank Snow
Love those suits they wore in the fifties ,
love that steel guitar
as i recall those brand of guitars were called Gays, named after the builder
LOVE CARL