New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)
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"New Jolie Blonde" is a 1947 song by Red Foley
. The song was Foley's third number one on the Folk Juke Box chart, spending two weeks at number one and a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.
The song is an old Cajun
waltz, dating back at least to the 1920s. The first known recording (titled "Ma Blonde Est Partie") was in 1928. The Hackberry Ramblers
' 1935 "Jolie Blonde" was a regional hit and helped introduce the song to audiences outside Cajun country. Cajun fiddler Harry Choates
rearranged the song as "New Jolie Blonde", had a top ten hit with it in 1946, and then sold the rights to Moon Mullican
, who had a #2 country hit with the song ("New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon) in 1947. Roy Acuff
had a #4 hit with another version, "Jole Blon". Billboard
listed all three versions among the top 20 country/western songs of 1947 by sales.
Red Foley
Clyde Julian Foley , better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II....
. The song was Foley's third number one on the Folk Juke Box chart, spending two weeks at number one and a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.
The song is an old Cajun
Cajun
Cajuns are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. state of Louisiana, consisting of the descendants of Acadian exiles...
waltz, dating back at least to the 1920s. The first known recording (titled "Ma Blonde Est Partie") was in 1928. The Hackberry Ramblers
Hackberry Ramblers
The Hackberry Ramblers , a Grammy Award-nominated Cajun music band based in Hackberry, Louisiana, formed in 1933. Since its heyday in the late 1930s it has become one of the most recognized names and influential groups in Cajun music...
' 1935 "Jolie Blonde" was a regional hit and helped introduce the song to audiences outside Cajun country. Cajun fiddler Harry Choates
Harry Choates
Harry Choates was an American Cajun music fiddler....
rearranged the song as "New Jolie Blonde", had a top ten hit with it in 1946, and then sold the rights to Moon Mullican
Moon Mullican
Aubrey Wilson Mullican , known as Moon Mullican, was an American country and western singer, songwriter, and pianist. However, he also sang and played jazz, rock 'n' roll and the blues...
, who had a #2 country hit with the song ("New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon) in 1947. Roy Acuff
Roy Acuff
Roy Claxton Acuff was an American country music singer, fiddler, and promoter. Known as the King of Country Music, Acuff is often credited with moving the genre from its early string band and "hoedown" format to the star singer-based format that helped make it internationally successful.Acuff...
had a #4 hit with another version, "Jole Blon". Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
listed all three versions among the top 20 country/western songs of 1947 by sales.