So Long Pal

"So Long Pal" is a 1944 song by Al Dexter and His Troopers. The song was the follow-up to Al Dexter's two-sided hit, "Pistol Packin' Mama"/"Rosalita". "So Long Pal" stayed at the number one position on the Folk Juke Box chart for thirteen weeks. The B-side of the song, entitled, "Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" would also hit number one on the same chart.[1]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 104.
Preceded by
"They Took the Stars Out of Heaven" by Floyd Tillman
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" by Al Dexter
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" by Al Dexter
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" by King Cole Trio
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" by King Cole Trio
"Soldiers Last Letter" by Ernest Tubb
Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
number one single by Al Dexter

March 25, 1944
April 8, 1944 - April 22, 1944 (three weeks)
May 6, 1944 - June 10, 1944 (six weeks)
July 1, 1944
July 15, 1944
September 23, 1944
Succeeded by
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" by Al Dexter
"Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry" by Al Dexter
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" by King Cole Trio
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" by King Cole Trio
"Straighten Up and Fly Right" by King Cole Trio
Smoke On The Water by Red Foley


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.