Green, Green Grass of Home
"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell, is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965, when it reached No. 4 on the country chart. That same year it was sung by Bobby Bare, and later Tom Jones, in 1966, when it became a worldwide No. 1 hit. The song had also been recorded the previous year in 1965 by Jerry Lee Lewis, and included on his album Country Songs For City Folks (later re-issued as All Country), and Jones had learned the song from Lewis's version.
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Green, Green Grass of Home
"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell, is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965, when it reached No. 4 on the country chart. That same year it was sung by Bobby Bare, and later Tom Jones, in 1966, when it became a worldwide No. 1 hit. The song had also been recorded the previous year in 1965 by Jerry Lee Lewis, and included on his album Country Songs For City Folks (later re-issued as All Country), and Jones had learned the song from Lewis's version.
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"Green, Green Grass of Home", ...... the song from Lewis's version.
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Green, Green Grass of Home ist ...... Platz in den UK Singles Chart
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after
"I'm a Believer" by The Monkees
Album
On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show
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"Good Vibrations"
by The Beach Boys
Last single
"I'm Gonna Feed You Now"
"This and That"
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Tom Jones: Green, Green Grass of Home
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"Skid Row Joe"
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Peter Sullivan
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"Green, Green Grass of Home"
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UK Christmas Number One single "Green, Green Grass of Home"
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1966-12-03
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"Green, Green Grass of Home", ...... the song from Lewis's version.
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Green, Green Grass of Home ist ...... Platz in den UK Singles Chart
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