Yep, I recall hearing this coming through my little AM transistor radio before the rural SC station I listened to went off the air nightly. That was an age ago, and a whole world away from where we are now... He's gone to join that great band in Heaven now.
Wow, I remember this song, playing on the radio early in the morning, crack of dawn, coffee brewing in Grandma's house. What a song ! Rest In Peace, Billy Grammer.
This hit from Billy Grammer went to #4 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #5 on the Country & Western charts and to #14 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It would finish at #53 for the year, 1959.
This here's mY Uncle! I love country music and i when me go down and see My aunt Ruth, his wife, who i'm pretty close to, it's always awesome to listen to her talk about George Jones or Mel Tillis or Grandpa Jones.
Back in the day when the Olds 98 changed from V-8 engine to the transverse mounted V-6, Billy bought one from his friend Wayne Verbal at a dealership in Hartford Kentucky. There was somethin wrong with it and he came back to get it fixed. While he was waiting he came into my office and struck up a conversation. Well, it took three days before the problem was resolved. Each day Billy returned to Nashville and came back to Hartford the next morning. During that time we went to lunch together, tested how fast it would take my souped up Pontiac to get from zero to a hundred, he introduced me to his wife Ruthie. and got to know each other. When he finally got the car fixed and left for Nashville, I asked one of the salesman ," That guy that's been hanging round my office the last three days, who is he"? I didn't know his name and I was amazed the learn that he did that song. It had always been one of my favorites
This was one of the many songs we had to sing for chorus in elementary school. I didn't like it back than since I was probably around 8 years of age but speaking 12 years later, I think I can say I have a new found appreciation for this type of older music.
Wow, what a great tune--I've never heard it before! An interesting bit of trivia: this song was Buddy Holly's set opener on the Winter Dance Party tour.
On this day in 1959 {February 16th} "Gotta Travel On" by Billy Grammer peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country and Western Sides chart... One month earlier "Gotta Travel On" reached #4 {for 1 week} on January 6th, 1959 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart... Between 1959 and 1969 the Benton, Illinois native had eight records on the Hot C&W chart, one made the Top 10, the above "Gotta Travel On... He had one Top 20 record, "I Wanna Go Home", it peaked at #18 in 1963... Billy Wayne Grammer passed away at the age of 85 on August 10th, 2011... May he R.I.P. * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the Hot C&W Sides Top 10 on February 16th, 1959: At #1. "Billy Bayou" by Jim Reeves #2. "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" by Johnny Cash #3. "Country Music Is Here To Stay" by Simon Crum #4. "Life To Go" by Stonewall Jackson #5. the above "Gotta Travel On" #6. "Come Walk With Me" by Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper #7. "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" by Johnny Horton #8. "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" by Charlie Walker #9. "I've Run Out of Tomorrows" by Hank Thompson #10. "Dark Hollow" by Jimmie Skinner
What a great song in the C&W genre from 1959. It became a mainstay in the bluegrass genre, also. I had heard it at least 3 times at the Sandpoint, Idaho, bluegrass festivals in the mid 80s.
Classic song written by the great, little known folksinger Paul Clayton from New Bedford, Massachusetts. A character based on Paul is played by Justin Timberlake in the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis".
Every word points to the title. We know exactly what Billy is singin' about ... unlike todays so called country music, where they use six guitars with no point or theme in the words. Nashville, please bring back our country music.
Man oh man, these clips and those from THP are a treasure. Are we not due for another retro trend in country music? Things are pretty dire out there at the moment. Cheers
Great musicians all, but yeah, it took me about 20 seconds to focus in on the base player, and from then on everything else was background. I'm no musician, but I think everyone in a band usually follows a good base player.
Looks like a clip from the early sixties. Billy’s not yet playing a Grammer Guitar, they didn’t exist until a few years later, around late 1965. By the late 60’s it was fairly common to see a lot of big name artists using a Grammer. Now (2024) it’s very hard to find one. They were the best acoustic guitars for country music ever made.
I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone, yes winter's coming on I've laid around and played around this old town too long And I feel like I gotta travel on
Weirdly, this become one of my granddaughter's favorite by-request bedtime songs. OTOH, the other favorites were Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash tunes, so maybe it's more on me than her.
Wonderful song. Great guitar player. I like how nice everyone looked then. The men wore ties. The only sad thing to me is the criminal in the song had a girl waiting for him. I didn't know chicks dug criminals back then like they do today. Women liking the criminal element is one of the worst things about life itself.
Thanks for the video....I use to really like this song, of coarse I'm referring to the original. This is not the original. The song may not mean a damnthing to me but it was the beat & the song in general. It isn't a standard r&r classic as it's a country song in nature. It was however played on CFUN here in Vancouver like was Johnny Cash cause we didn't have a country radio station until 1986. Thx4 postin
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This song takes me back... Love it.
I grew up on this song. Will dearly missed. God Bless Family. He is now singin with the Angels.
That is a good song. It was good music back then.
I still have the 45 RPM record of this song I got for Christmas in 1958.
It was one of my favorite songs 1958/1959.
Heard this song many times on the Grand Ole Opry when I was growing up. It's a shame they don't play songs like this on the radio anymore
Yep, I recall hearing this coming through my little AM transistor radio before the rural SC station I listened to went off the air nightly. That was an age ago, and a whole world away from where we are now...
He's gone to join that great band in Heaven now.
Wow, I remember this song, playing on the radio early in the morning, crack of dawn, coffee brewing in Grandma's house. What a song !
Rest In Peace, Billy Grammer.
Buddy Holly opened many of his shows with this song. He really liked it.
Shows on his last tour
Written by Paul Clayton.
This hit from Billy Grammer went to #4 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #5 on the Country & Western charts and to #14 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It would finish at #53 for the year, 1959.
I want to send my sympathies to his family and friends. He was truly a great.
This here's mY Uncle! I love country music and i when me go down and see My aunt Ruth, his wife, who i'm pretty close to, it's always awesome to listen to her talk about George Jones or Mel Tillis or Grandpa Jones.
Great song by a master, a haunting piece that one cannot forget. In the cobwebs of my memory, it was popular in Hawaii when I was growing up.
This is fantastic music for all the generations. Sounds just timeless !!
That Song brings back a lot of good Memories.
Back in the day when the Olds 98 changed from V-8 engine to the transverse mounted V-6, Billy bought one from his friend Wayne Verbal at a dealership in Hartford Kentucky. There was somethin wrong with it and he came back to get it fixed. While he was waiting he came into my office and struck up a conversation. Well, it took three days before the problem was resolved. Each day Billy returned to Nashville and came back to Hartford the next morning. During that time we went to lunch together, tested how fast it would take my souped up Pontiac to get from zero to a hundred, he introduced me to his wife Ruthie. and got to know each other. When he finally got the car fixed and left for Nashville, I asked one of the salesman ," That guy that's been hanging round my office the last three days, who is he"? I didn't know his name and I was amazed the learn that he did that song. It had always been one of my favorites
I'm 17. Man I love this song. Very uplifting!!!
One of the greats. So sad we have lost another great musician, friend and brother. RIP Billy Grammer
Always enjoyed this artists voice and especially this recording. His band was always well balanced. I sure miss him and his music.
OK, BUT THIS WASN'T HIS BAND. THIS IS JIM REEVES' BAND, "THE BLUE BOYS."
Respectfully
This was one of the many songs we had to sing for chorus in elementary school. I didn't like it back than since I was probably around 8 years of age but speaking 12 years later, I think I can say I have a new found appreciation for this type of older music.
RIP, Billy!!! One of the greats! Always loved this song! Thanks for sharing the video!!!
Wow, what a great tune--I've never heard it before!
An interesting bit of trivia: this song was Buddy Holly's set opener on the Winter Dance Party tour.
On this day in 1959 {February 16th} "Gotta Travel On" by Billy Grammer peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country and Western Sides chart...
One month earlier "Gotta Travel On" reached #4 {for 1 week} on January 6th, 1959 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart...
Between 1959 and 1969 the Benton, Illinois native had eight records on the Hot C&W chart, one made the Top 10, the above "Gotta Travel On...
He had one Top 20 record, "I Wanna Go Home", it peaked at #18 in 1963...
Billy Wayne Grammer passed away at the age of 85 on August 10th, 2011...
May he R.I.P.
* And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the Hot C&W Sides Top 10 on February 16th, 1959:
At #1. "Billy Bayou" by Jim Reeves
#2. "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" by Johnny Cash
#3. "Country Music Is Here To Stay" by Simon Crum
#4. "Life To Go" by Stonewall Jackson
#5. the above "Gotta Travel On"
#6. "Come Walk With Me" by Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper
#7. "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" by Johnny Horton
#8. "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" by Charlie Walker
#9. "I've Run Out of Tomorrows" by Hank Thompson
#10. "Dark Hollow" by Jimmie Skinner
Had this song in my thoughts all day! Just had to hear it one more time. What a great memory, from an even greater artist.
My mother sang this many mornings while she was packing lunches for my father and three of us kids. We lived in MN at the time.
Billy Grammer is a good ole country boy from S. IL. This was popular in the late 50s.
What a great song in the C&W genre from 1959. It became a mainstay in the bluegrass genre, also. I had heard it at least 3 times at the Sandpoint, Idaho, bluegrass festivals in the mid 80s.
Classic song written by the great, little known folksinger Paul Clayton from New Bedford, Massachusetts. A character based on Paul is played by Justin Timberlake in the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis".
Every word points to the title. We know exactly what Billy is singin' about ... unlike
todays so called country music, where they use six guitars with no point or theme
in the words. Nashville, please bring back our country music.
How could four people possibly dislike this wonderful old classic enough to give it thumbs down? That kind of meanness is incomprehensible to me.
Tasteless, intolerant, and rude. The Trifecta scored by a boring person.
Hmmm. Admin will not let me post an expletive-free comment regarding the rudeness of down voters. Let's see if this flies.
Buddy Holly loved this song and opened many of his shows with it .
My pa traveled on last month. 🤝 See ya again someday dad. He enjoyed this tune.
Hey Dad, think of you ever time I hear this song....used to hear you sin git a lot at home....miss you pop!!!
Man oh man, these clips and those from THP are a treasure. Are we not due for another retro trend in country music? Things are pretty dire out there at the moment. Cheers
10 years after you posted, country music has gotten worse.
Another great tune telling a story❤
Just imagine buddy holly opening with this at that last concert ❤
Sorry to hear of his passing..great song..ya gotta travel on!!!
Lucky enough to have my great uncle teach me the guitar! Travel on
this song is soooooo cute. I love it!!!!
I have it on a 45 and my playlist
Wow how wonderful to see these old black and white clips. I have this old 45 - this is much better to listen to!! Thank you so much for posting.
I think he's been in heaven since about a year or so ago, Adam. Very talented uncle.
THis song was based on "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine".Catchy song..Top 5 in early 1959.
You're right. As many times as have heard both songs, I never made that connection.
wow I hadn't noticed!
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A favorite of my Late Father. Daddy, if you could this in Heaven: I am playing it for you.
Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.
I am blown away by the bassist playing an early Rickenbacker 4000. On a good speaker system, it purrs.
Great musicians all, but yeah, it took me about 20 seconds to focus in on the base player, and from then on everything else was background. I'm no musician, but I think everyone in a band usually follows a good base player.
There isnt a lot of famous people from southern Ill. I am from Harrisburg , Ill. I still like this guy .
Dixie Loss a southern Illinois boy just had a number one hit on the country charts.... he has also penned several successful songs..
Thanks for the music - rest in peace!
Wonderful people and great songs. 😊
My dad’s favorite song
My grampa Denis grammer would play this with uncle billy every year at the grammer reunion.
Love this song
this gentlemans grandsons taught me the chords g c d. we really had a great time saucing one another.
Looks like a clip from the early sixties. Billy’s not yet playing a Grammer Guitar, they didn’t exist until a few years later, around late 1965. By the late 60’s it was fairly common to see a lot of big name artists using a Grammer. Now (2024) it’s very hard to find one. They were the best acoustic guitars for country music ever made.
Hey! That's The Blue Boys, Jim Reeves' band, doing backup.
Good song.First time hearing this song.
RIP, you will entertain them in Heaven....
R.I.P. UNCLE BILLY WE WILL MISS YOU.
I good song from the past.
Som maravilhoso, show!!!
Paul Clayton was the original artist (and songwriter).
He sounds very good for the time period. Just read on Internet news that he passed away. RIP.
Good tune.nice job billy.
This song featured in Tom Wicker's novel The Judgment.
I love this song. Somehow this is my ringtone haha. I‘m just 17
My grandaddy's favorite song
That high sheriff done put em all on the chain gang
My all time favorite song.
You will always travel on, Billy. RIP.
Awesome footage, thanks for posting.
Classic song he was doing it up til the end theres a great clip of him on country family reunion doin it
Tune! Today would've been Billy's 89th birthday. Hope he's having a good one, wherever he is ;-)
great ! ! !
BILLY GRAMMER HAD REAL CLASS!
great
another good one gone, RIP
Wonderful.............
James Kirkland on Rickenbaker bass!
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
Summer's almost gone, yes winter's coming on
I've laid around and played around this old town too long
And I feel like I gotta travel on
When I first heard this as a kid, I thought the third stanza started “Kaiser Bamboli riding after me…”!
Love it.
Weirdly, this become one of my granddaughter's favorite by-request bedtime songs. OTOH, the other favorites were Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash tunes, so maybe it's more on me than her.
OMG thank you for saying that. Musician feel that just because the have 128 tracks that they need to use them all. Give me Willie or Merle any day.
The late Leo Jackson in the background, Jim Reeves lead guitarist. The best of the bunch have passed on…..!
Exellent.
I've always loved this song and this is the best version. Does anybody know what tv show this is from? And who is the host?
My grandpa loves this somg
Wonderful song. Great guitar player. I like how nice everyone looked then. The men wore ties. The only sad thing to me is the criminal in the song had a girl waiting for him. I didn't know chicks dug criminals back then like they do today. Women liking the criminal element is one of the worst things about life itself.
Rest in peace!
Thanks for the video....I use to really like this song, of coarse I'm referring to the original. This is not the original. The song may not mean a damnthing to me but it was the beat & the song in general. It isn't a standard r&r classic as it's a country song in nature. It was however played on CFUN here in Vancouver like was Johnny Cash cause we didn't have a country radio station until 1986. Thx4 postin
There is a jazz pianist Ray Bryant's version: recommended !
One of the last songs that Buddy Holly ever played on the last concert he played.
Riding after me yea!
RIP Billy
Love it because Buddy Holly did! Is there a recorded version of Buddy covering it?
+Deborah Edwards No recording. Played it on his last tour.
Billy Grammer is my uncle and i have known him my entire life. One thing i know is, he was no racist.
Is he still alive? I’m 36 and I play this song daily
R.I.P
@TheWizzooo there used to be a johnny kidd version on here. it may have been removed though
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beinzee any idea what show this was on ? I have seen the backup band on another video. .