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"The Deck of Cards" is a recitation song that was popularized in the fields of both country and popular music, first during the late 1940s.This song, which relates the tale of a young American soldier arrested and charged with playing cards during a church service, first became a hit in the U.S. in 1948 by country musician T. Texas Tyler.
Tyler recorded "The Deck of Cards" in 1948. [1] The spoken-word hit single, which was his biggest hit, tells the story of a World War II soldier who explains how a deck of playing-cards serves him as a Bible, an almanac and a prayer-book. Tyler altered but did not write "The Deck of Cards."
Prince Far I uses the "Satta" riddim for "Deck of Life", which is a version of the song "Deck of Cards" that he recorded for Joe Gibbs. He uses Winston Riley’s "Stalag" riddim for "The Vision". "Golden Throne" is underpinned by Burning Spear’s ominous "He Prayed" riddim.
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The Luke the Drifter songs were recorded at various sessions between January 1950 and July 1952 at Castle Studio in Nashville with Fred Rose producing. Williams' immense popularity and unflagging commercial success left Rose and MGM no choice but to indulge his wish to record the recitations, and the first session, held on January 10, 1950, produced four songs: "Too Many Parties and Too Many ...
Texas Tyler, who had scored a big hit with the recitation "Deck of Cards" in 1948, had recorded a version of the song titled "Colored Child's Funeral" around the same time as Williams recorded it, as did East Coast deejay Buddy Starcher.