Country Titles Not in the Songs: Tennessee Saturday Night (#5)

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Now, tell me: what goes well after a long Pink Floyd song? That’s right, a short old country music song! It really is just one person here, folks, and I really do listen to all of this. Scary, ain’t it. Anyway, here’s a country song that doesn’t have the title in the lyrics. #5: Tennessee Saturday Night - Red Foley What’s he doing singing about Tennessee??? He’s from Kentucky!! And here’s an unplanned surprise: this part of the countdown has featured two people from Blue Lick, Kentucky: Jimmie Skinner, and Clyde “Red” Foley. Never heard of Red Foley? You’ve heard of his granddaughter: Debby Boone, of “You Puke Up My Life” fame. That’s right, Foley’s son-in-law was Pat Boone. (His daughter, Shirley, who married Boone, passed away last year.) Heck, even Hank Williams Junior mentioned Foley in a song (the autobiographical recitation “I Was With Red Foley [The Night He Passed Away]”)!! Foley is in the Hall of Fame, inducted shortly before his death from a heart attack in 1968. This was one of his big hits, about how to throw a party in Tennessee, where “they all go native on a Saturday night.” It’s a fun song, and it shouldn’t make the country haters puke too much thanks to the boogie-woogie base. Tennessee Saturday Night Written by Billy Hughes Recorded by Red Foley Released as a single, 1949 They all know the other fella packs a gun: