Country star Red Foley acheived ten #1 country hits in his career and hosted the Ozark Jubilee TV show . . . | Country Fancast

On this date in 1949, Decca released Red Foley's hit, "Tennessee Border. The record went to #4 on the Country chart. On the same day, Capitol released Tennessee Ernie Ford's version of the same song. It scored a #8 chart hit. | GatorRock

We lost the great Red Foley on this day in 1968. He was just 58. Red sold 25 million records in his career which began in 1933. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame just a year before he died. Red was the host of the Ozark Jubilee TV show beginning in 1954. This clip features Grady Martin on guitar. Clyde Julian Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968) | GatorRock