On This Day in 1950, This Red Foley Song Became Country Music’s First-Ever Crossover Pop Hit and Was Later Covered by Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra

Red Foley, one of country music’s earliest stars, scored perhaps the first-ever crossover hit with “Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy.”

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