| "Redheaded Stranger" | ||||
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| Single by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith | ||||
| B-side | "Sobbin' Women" | |||
| Released | June 1954 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | MGM | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lindeman/Stutz | |||
| Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith singles chronology | ||||
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Red Headed Stranger is a song written by Edith Lindeman and Carl Stutz, published in 1953. Originally written for Perry Como, the song was not recorded by him due to publishing issues. In 1954, Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith released a version of the song on MGM Records that received good radio play.
Country singer-songwriter Willie Nelson performed the song at the time of its original release for children at bedtime on his show, The Western Express. In 1974, inspired by his then-wife Connie Koepke, he wrote the concept album Red Headed Stranger based on the song. Members of the Western Writers of America chose it as one of the Top 100 Western songs of all time.[1]
- ^ Western Writers of America (2010). "The Top 100 Western Songs". American Cowboy. Archived from the original on 19 October 2010.