Rock and Rye (song)
| "Rock and Rye" | |
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| Single by Tex Ritter | |
| Released | 1948 |
| Genre | Country |
| Length | 2:44 |
| Label | Capitol |
| Songwriter(s) | Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, Edith Bergdahl |
"Rock and Rye" is a country music song written by Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, and Edith Bergdahl, sung by Ritter, and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 15119). In July 1948, it reached No. 5 on the Billboard folk best seller chart.[1] It was also ranked as the No. 19 record on Billboard's 1948 year-end folk record sellers chart.[2]
References
- ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 269. ISBN 0823076326.
- ^ "The Year's Top Folk Records". The Billboard. January 1, 1949. p. 17.