Henry "Redd" Stewart -
The fiddle-playin', guitar-pickin' cowboy with the "voice as smooth as honey" blazed a glorious trail throughout the 1940's and 50's as a solo artist and lead singer/songwriter with Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys.
Most MemorableAchievements:
Wrote a smash hit for Ernest Tubb in the 1940's -
"A Soldier's Last Letter."
Co-wrote hits such as, "Bonaparte's Retreat", the enduring country classic "Tennessee Waltz", "Slow Poke" and "You Belong to Me" topping the charts in the early '50s.
Performed on the Grand Ole Opry for 10 years.
Appeared in several movies in the 1950's with Gene Autry.
'Tennessee Waltz' named state song of Tennessee (1965)
Inducted as a charter member into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame (1972)
'Tennessee Waltz Parkway' opened in Ashland City, TN (birth place) in his honor.
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A Note From Billy
Dancing to the 'Tennessee Waltz' (May 2009)
"My mother, Virginia, and her mother were as close as a mother and daughter could be,” says Barbara Martin of St. Louis, Missouri. “It would be safe to say they were soulmates.” Because Barbara and her mother Virginia were also very close, the three women had a special bond. “I spent a lot of time with my grandmother when I was a little girl,” Barbara recalls. “I remember her singing me her favorite song, ‘The Tennessee Waltz’ as we lay on the living room floor on blankets for sleepovers. She was loving, kind and totally devoted to her family. Barbara was sixteen when her beloved grandmother died. She and her mother were both devastated. Virginia was so broken up that it took a long time before she was able to remember her mother with happiness instead of sorrow. Barbara grieved especially hard because her yet-to-be family would never know Gram the way Barbara had. more . . .
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Shrek -
Movie Soundtrack
('You Belong to Me')
(1952) Old-Time Radio
Judy Garland sings,
'You Belong to Me'
George D. Hay Society
(George D. Hay - Founder of the Grand Ole Opry)
Upcoming August 2009 Hall of Honor Induction Ceremony will include Redd Stewart, Dolly Parton, Don Warden (former steel player for Porter Wagoner) and Jim & Jesse McReynolds (well-known Grand Ole Opry Stars).
Pee Wee King and His
Golden West Cowboys
Photo Album
Museum of Appalachia
(Norris, Tennessee)
The Museum of Appalachia - a living history museum of pioneer, frontier and early artifacts of mountain life in the Southern Appalachians. Visit the Redd Stewart exibit at the museum.
www.museumofappalachia.org
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