"Tennessee Saturday Night" is a Western swing ballad written by Billy Hughes. The song tells of Tennesseans

Tennessee

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 having a good time on a Saturday night. Each verse ends with the refrain:

... they all go native on a Saturday night.

Red Foley

Red Foley

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 and the Cumberland Valley Boys had a huge hit with the song (Decca 45136), staying on the charts for 11 weeks; reaching #1 on March 19, 1949. Johnny Bond

Johnny Bond

Cyrus Whitfield Bond , known professionally as Johnny Bond, was a popular American country music entertainer of the 1940s through the 1960s.-Biography:...

's recording (Columbia 20545) reached #11 later that year.

Other artists

The Pied Pipers

The Pied Pipers

The Pied Pipers were a popular singing group in the late 1930s and 1940s. Originally they consisted of eight members who had belonged to three separate groups: Jo Stafford from The Stafford Sisters, and seven male singers: John Huddleston, Hal Hopper, Chuck Lowry, Bud Hervey, George Tait, Woody...

 (RCA 20-3360) and Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse

Ella Mae Morse , was an American popular singer. Morse blended jazz, country, pop, and R&B.-Career:Morse was born in Mansfield, Texas, United States. She was hired by Jimmy Dorsey when she was 14 years old. Dorsey believed she was 19, and when he was informed by the school board that he was now...

 (Capitol 1903) also had early recordings of the song. Pat Boone

Pat Boone

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 released a version in 1954. Roy Clark

Roy Clark

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's (Churchill 94007) reached #85 in 1982. Other well-known recordings include those by Ernest Tubb

Ernest Tubb

Ernest Dale Tubb , nicknamed the Texas Troubadour, was an American singer and songwriter and one of the pioneers of country music. His biggest career hit song, "Walking the Floor Over You" , marked the rise of the honky tonk style of music...

 (1961) and Jerry Lee Lewis

Jerry Lee Lewis

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 (1967). Gene Summers

Gene Summers

Gene Summers is an American rock/rockabilly singer and entertainer. Some of his classic recordings include "School of Rock 'n Roll", "Straight Skirt", "Nervous", "Gotta Lotta That", "Twixteen", "Alabama Shake" and his biggest-selling single "Big Blue Diamonds"...

 released a rockabilly

Rockabilly

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 version of the song on his 1981 French LP Gene Summers In Nashville

Gene Summers in Nashville

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and performed the song on national French television that same year. The song has been recorded numerous times.