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"Elvira" is a song written and originally recorded by Dallas Frazier in 1966 on his album of the same name. Though a minor hit for Frazier at the time of release, the song became a bigger and much more famous country and pop hit by the Oak Ridge Boys in 1981.
A Boy Named Sue: Gender and Country Music is the title of a 2004 book about the role of gender in American country music. [ 32 ] In Winston Groom 's 1986 novel Forrest Gump and its 1995 sequel Gump and Co. , the title character explores the world with a male ape named Sue, who had been a NASA test animal.
Other songs co-written by Silverstein include "The Taker" written with Kris Kristofferson and recorded by Waylon Jennings, and a sequel to "A Boy Named Sue" titled "Father of a Boy Named Sue", which is less known, but he performed the song on television on The Johnny Cash Show. He also penned a lesser known song titled "Fuck 'em." [14] [15]
A Boy Named Sue; F. The Father of a Boy Named Sue; M. The Mermaid (Shel Silverstein song) O. One's on the Way
Conrad Canedo shows the size of the 2-ton skull of T. Rex Sue on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, at the Memphis Museum of Science and History. “Sue: The T. Rex Experience” is on display through May 12 ...
Silverstein is the subject of some good-natured ribbing by Cash as he performs an uncensored version of "A Boy Named Sue". At the time of the recording, The Johnny Cash Show was in production and a popular TV series; its weekly "Come Along and Ride This Train" segment is referenced in the introduction to "As Long as the Grass Shall Grow."
Musical groups from Dallas (1 C, 98 P) ... A Bullet for Pretty Boy (band) C. Canyon (country music band) Carmen y Laura; The Clique (American band) Covenant Worship; D.
Snider contributed a cover of "A Boy Named Sue" to the 2010 album, Twistable Turnable Man: A Musical Tribute to the Songs of Shel Silverstein. The record also included covers by Kris Kristofferson, John Prine, Bobby Bare, Lucinda Williams, Nanci Griffith, and Black Francis. [120]