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"The Wayward Wind" is a country song written by Stanley Lebowsky and Herb Newman. In 1956 versions were recorded by Gogi Grant, Tex Ritter, and Jimmy Young, of which Grant's was the biggest seller in the United States and Ritter's in the United Kingdom. The song reached No. 1 on the ''Cash Box'' chart, which combined all recorded versions, the Gogi Grant version reached No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' chart on its own. ''Billboard'' ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1956.〔Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1956〕 It became a gold record. Grant's version depicted a man, who lived , in the past, in a shack by the railroad tracks, who wandered endlessly, whom the singer was in love with, until he disappeared, as the man was the "Next of kin/ to the Wayward Wind". The Gogi Grant version was noted for a female wordless chorus, sliding up and down the notes, heard at both the beginning and the ending of the song, as to depict the sound of the wayward wind blowing. In 1961, Grant's recording was reissued and reached Billboard No. 50 and Cash Box No. 78. That same year, Patsy Cline made a recording, which did not chart. In 1963 a new recording was made by Frank Ifield, which reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for three weeks duration. The song made the Billboard country chart in the 1980s in a version by Sylvia, with accompaniment by James Galway. Members of the Western Writers of America chose the song as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time. ==Recorded versions== *Gogi Grant (1956) No. 1 (U.S.), No. 9 (UK) *Tex Ritter (1956) No. 28 (U.S.), No. 8 (UK) *Jimmy Young (1956) No. 27 (UK) *Shirley Bassey (1956) *Gene Vincent (1958) on his Capitol Records album ''A Gene Vincent Record Date'' *Carl Mann (1959) *The Wilburn Brothers (1960) on their album ''The Big Heartbreak'' *Sam Cooke (1960) on his album ''Hits of the '50s'' *Patsy Cline (1961) on her album ''Patsy Cline Showcase'' *The Everly Brothers (1961) on their album ''Both Sides of an Evening'' *Slim Whitman (1962) on his album ''Country Style'' *Eddy Arnold (1963) on his album ''Cattle Call''. *Frank Ifield (1963) No. 1 (UK), No. 16 (Australia), No. 3 (Ireland), No. 104 (U.S.) *The Browns (1964) on their album ''This Young Land'' *Connie Francis (1967) on her album ''My Heart Cries for You'' *Frankie Laine (1968) on his album ''Take Me Back to Laine Country'' *Connie Smith (1978) on her album ''New Horizons'' *Crystal Gayle (1978) on her album ''When I Dream'' *Neil Young (1985) on his album ''Old Ways'' (album reached No. 75 on the Billboard Top 200, No. 24 on Top Country Albums) *Anne Murray (1993), on her album of 1950s pop cover versions, ''Croonin''' *Lynn Anderson on her album ''Cowboy's Sweetheart'' *The Waterboys on the 2008 remaster of their 1990 album ''Room To Roam'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Wayward Wind」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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