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• Woody Brison from ColoradoOK, so the song was created by Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart, is about a waltz they were dancing to. Either that waltz never existed or has been lost. So... if they could create such a song, maybe YOU could create such a waltz.
• Anonymous from Warren OhioThe first line of the song states that she is dancing to the Tennessee waltz, however I cannot find the Tennessee waltz anywhere. Does it exist?
• Mike Of Tn from TnAdding to the comments of Ed from Asheville, Nc.... one possibility is the music already existed and was what the band played. The lyrics, sang by the singer, came later.
• John Z from CaGrammatically, the song, Tennessee Waltz, is NOT the Tennessee Waltz. It is ABOUT the Tennessee Waltz, “The night they were playing, the beautiful Tennessee Waltz.”
• Ken Hay from ReginaI am struck by how the personal tragedy told via the song clashes with the nostalgic tone. It doesn't qualify as 'real' nostalgia, IMO. There is a sense of detachment in the singer's voice that almost suggests she is in a state of denial. The matter of the song 'being about itself' is a toughie! An idyllic past has been created, even as it is dashed on the rocks below the cliff! Denial is built into the romantic tone. I do really mean what I say in this analysis :)
• Cathie Whitlock from Lawrence, KsMy husbands mother was her piano player till she was killed. Her name was Patricia Whitlock. She was killed in an auto accident coming back from Lake Tahoe after a recording session with Patti Page.
• Ed from Asheville, NcSo, the name of the song is TENNESSEE WALTZ. Within the song, the singer states "I was dancing with my darling to the Tennessee Waltz". Well, the Tennessee Waltz being danced to could not possibly be THIS Tennessee Waltz, as the events that inspired THIS Tennessee Waltz had yet to occur. So, as they danced to "A" Tennessee Waltz, not "this" Tennessee Waltz...What song were they actually dancing to which carries the same name as this song?
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn November 16, 1959, Jerry Fuller was a guest on the Dick Clark ABC-TV weekday-afternoon program 'American Bandstand'...
  At the time his covered version of "Tennessee Waltz" was at #63* on Billboard's Top 100, that would also be it's peak position of the chart, and it spent six weeks on the Top 100...
  Besides "Tennessee Waltz", he had three other Top 100 records, "Betty, My Angel" {#90 in 1959}, "Shy Away" {#71 in 1961}, and "Guilty of Loving You" {#94 in 11961}...
  Jerry Fuller will celebrate his 79th birthday in three days on November 19th {2017}...
  * The week Jerry Fuller's "Tennessee Waltz" peaked at #63, Bobby Comstock & the Counts' covered version of the same song was at #52, and that would also be it's peak position on the Top 100...
  And from the 'For What It's Worth' department; exactly nine years earlier on Nov. 16th, 1950 Patti Page's covered version of "Tennessee Waltz" was at #8 on Billboard's Best Selling Pop Singles chart, and just under five weeks later it would peak at #1 {for 9 weeks}.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn September 16th 1964, Sam Cooke performed "Tennessee Waltz" on the premiere of the ABC-TV program "Shindig!'...
  Three months earlier on June 7th, 1964 it entered Billboard's Hot Top 100 chart at position #74; and on June 28th, 1964 it peaked at #35 {for 1 week} and spent 8 weeks on the Top 100...
  The record's A-side, "Good Times", reached #11 and stayed on the Top 100 for 10 weeks...
  Between 1957 and 1966 he had forty-three Top 100 records, five made the Top 10 with one reaching #1, "You Send Me" for 3 weeks on December 7th, 1957...
  He just missed having a second #1 when "Chain Gang" peaked at #2 {for 2 weeks} on October 3rd, 1960...
  Just under three months after this appearance on 'Shindig!' he passed away on December 11th, 1964 at the young age of 33...
  May he R.I.P.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 2nd, 1947 Pee Wee King recorded "Tennessee Waltz" at the RCA Victor studios in Chicago; and in early 1948 the recording peaked at #3 on Billboard's C&W Singles chart (his next two charted records on the country charts were "Tennessee Tears", it reached #12, and "Tennessee Polka", which peaked at #3)...
  R.I.P Mr. King, born Julius Frank Anthony Kuczynski, 1914 - 2000.
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyOn December 30th, 1950 "Tennessee Waltz" became #1 and remained in the top spot for nine weeks. But strangely, when Billboard had it's Year-End Top 100 Songs of 1951 the song was ranked at #18!!!
• Barry from Sauquoit, NyIn 1959 this song charted twice; Bobby Comstock peaked at No. 52 and Jerry Fuller took it to No. 63, and then in 1964 Sam Cooke topped out at No. 35!!!
• Daniel from Seattle, WaJesse Winchester's song, "The Brand New Tennessee Waltz" can be heard as a sequel to this tune. It's on his first album.
• Terry from Willmar, MnPee Wee King, real name Julius, was driving his pick up truck and listening to the radio, when he heard Bill Monroe's "Kentucky Waltz". He thought there should be a waltz for Tennessee too, so he started thinking of lyrics. He grabbed the only thing he could find to write on, a box of stick matches, and quickly wrote down what he had. Then he got help from his band's lead vocalist, Redd Stewart, and together they finished the song.
• Sharon from Elizabeth City, NcWe invite you to visit our tribute site to the man behind the song, 'Tennessee Waltz' - Redd Stewart: www.reddstewart.com
  
  Enjoy!
• Alan from Sault Ste. Marie, OnThink about this for second. The line in the song I believe is "She was dancing with my darlin' to the Tennessee Waltz". But this song is the "Tennessee Waltz". Right?? Is there actually a Tennessee waltz?? Follow my question?? Is there two songs with this title?? Patti Page's and the song they were dancing to mentioned in the song??
• Jerry from Brooklyn, NyThere are two terrific covers of this -- one is by the always wonderful Eva Cassidy on her "Imagine" CD. The other is by Norah Jones, which I found by accident on YouTube recently. I don't know which CD it's from but it is a memorable performance.
• Madison from Norway, MeI really like Leonard Cohen's version. He added an extra verse at the end:
  
  So I was dancin' through the darkness, to the Tennesse Waltz, and I feel like I'm fallin' apart. And it's stronger than drink and its deeper than sorrow, this darkness she's left in my heart...
• Savannah from Galveston, TxThis song is beautiful no matter who sings it but when Patsy Cline sang it you just wanted to stop and listen over and over again no matter what kind of music you normally listened (or listen) to and the crossover hit it became made all the sense in the world. Over the years I have enjoyed the response I always saw when someone younger discovered this song..

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