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Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight

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"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight"
Single by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
B-side"Texas Playboy Rag"
ReleasedOctober 1, 1945[1]
RecordedApril 20, 1945[2]
StudioCBS Studio at Radio Station KNX, Hollywood, California
GenreWestern swing
LabelColumbia 36841
Songwriter(s)Ed Burt
Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys singles chronology
"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima"
(1945)
"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight"
(1945)
"White Cross on Okinawa"
(1945)

"Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills. It was Bob Wills' third #1 song on the Juke Box Folk Record chart, where it spent 14 weeks, three of them in the top position.[3] It was the B-side of the instrumental "Texas Playboy Rag", which peaked at #2 on the chart.

References

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  1. ^ 78 Record: Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys - Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight (1945), retrieved 2021-07-20
  2. ^ "COLUMBIA 78rpm numerical listing discography: 36500 - 37000". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 392.