Sunday, February 19, 2017
"Green, Green Grass Of Home" #11 2/18/1967
Who would've thought a song about a condemned prisoner could be a hit? Porter Wagoner took a country version to the Top 5 on that chart in 1965. Jerry Lee Lewis recorded this as well, among many other folks. Tom Jones heard the Killer's take while Tom was in NYC appearing on the Ed Sullivan show and did his own version, which became #1 in the UK and just missed the US Top 10.
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Why shouldn't it be a hit?
Society always also has its fair share of losers who can easily relate to the underlying theme of the song.
A society isn't all successful types and those who lead normal uneventful existences. This is "one for the failures".
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