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Foley was born in Blue Lick , Kentucky . He began playing the Guitar and the Harmonica as a young boy and at age seventeen he won first prize in a statewide talent show. Ultimately he signed with Decca Records in 1941 . His hit songs include ''Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy'', ''Old Shep'', ''Sugarfoot Rag'', and ''Tennessee Saturday Night''. ''Peace in the Valley'', backed up by The Sunshine Boys , in 1951 became the first Gospel record to sell a million copies, and ''One By One'', a duet with Kitty Wells , became a chart topper in 1954 . For more than two decades, Foley was a major star of country music, selling in excess of twenty-five million records. During 1962-63, Foley was a regular cast member along with Fess Parker in the Television Series , "Mr. Smith Goes To Washington" . Red Foley was elected to the Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1967 . For his contribution to the music industry, Red Foley also has a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame at 6225 Hollywood Blvd. He passed away unexpectedly in 1968 in Fort Wayne, Indiana at the age of fifty-eight from a Heart Attack . He is interred in the Woodlawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Nashville, Tennessee . His daughter, Shirley Lee Foley, is married to singer Pat Boone . DARTMOUTH COLLEGE CONNECTION Red Foley's song "The Salty Dog Rag" has been a traditional song at Dartmouth College since 1972 . Students have since created a dance to the song that is taught to incoming freshman during orientation activities. EXTERNAL LINKS SEE ALSO List Of Best-selling Music Artists |
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