Midnight (Red Foley song)

"Midnight'" is a 1952 single recorded by Red Foley, written by Boudleaux Bryant and Chet Atkins. "Midnight" would be Red Foley's ninth number one on the Country & Western charts, spending one week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[1]

Hank Williams, on his final road trip the day before he died, sang an a cappella "Midnight" in the passenger seat. According to his driver, Charles Carr, it was the last song he remembers Hank singing.[2]

Remake versions

Kathy Linden released a version of the song on Monument Records in 1960. It became a regional hit in many areas of the U.S. Also recorded by Porter Wagoner 1956, Don Gibson 1959, Ray Charles 1962, Floyd Cramer 1963, Wanda Jackson 1964, Chet Atkins 1969, and Chet Atkins & Suzy Bogguss 1992.

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 124.
  2. Escott, Colin (2004). Hank Williams: The Biography. Back Bay Books. p. 266.


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