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The song tells the story of a street vendor who, during the Christmas season, sells pencils and paper on the streets. [2] In October 1963, while walking in his farm in Ridgetop, Tennessee, Nelson was inspired to write the song after he remembered a man he often saw while he lived in Fort Worth, Texas. [3]
In 1963, Nelson wrote the song "Pretty Paper", inspired by a street vendor he often saw in Fort Worth, Texas during the Christmas season that sold pencils on the door of a department store. The song was later made famous by Roy Orbison , while Nelson recorded his own version in 1979.
Pretty Paper may refer to: Pretty Paper (album) , a 1979 Christmas album by Willie Nelson "Pretty Paper" (song) , a 1963 song by Willie Nelson, originally recorded by Roy Orbison
Songwriters Steve O'Brien and Bill LaBounty co-wrote the song "Rock My World (Little Country Girl)" recorded by Brooks & Dunn. Here's the story behind it.
Berlin's three-week-old son had died on Christmas day in 1928, so every year on December 25, he and his wife visited their baby's grave, Jody Rosin, author of White Christmas: The Story of an ...
Paul Kennerley was on a shuttle bus at the Nashville airport when a tune bounced into his head, and from the beginning, "Tempted" was hard to resist.
Elton John was paid £12 for his work on the song. [8] The song was released on 26 September 1969 and reached No. 3 in the UK, [11] and No. 7 in the US. [5] The song was re-released in August 1988 in the UK following its use in a television advertisement for Miller Lite beer. It reached the No. 1 spot in the UK chart for two weeks in September ...
The instrumental song has had nine lives in the music business. Barry De Vorzon tells its story. Story Behind the Song: 'Nadia's Theme'/ 'Theme From The Young and the Restless'