Green, Green Grass of Home

For the album, see Green, Green Grass of Home (album).

"Green, Green Grass of Home"
Single by Porter Wagoner
from the album On the Road: The Porter Wagoner Show
B-side"Dooley"
ReleasedJuly 1965
RecordedJune 7, 1965
StudioRCA Studio B, Nashville
GenreCountry
Length2:24
LabelRCA Victor
Songwriter(s)Curly Putman[1]
Porter Wagoner singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Feed You Now"
(1965) 		"Green, Green Grass of Home"
(1965) 		"Skid Row Joe"
(1965)
"Green, Green Grass of Home"
Single by Tom Jones
from the album Green, Green Grass of Home
B-side"Promise Her Anything"
ReleasedNovember 1966
GenreCountry pop
Length3:05
LabelDecca Records F22511[1]
Songwriter(s)Curly Putman[1]
Producer(s)Peter Sullivan[1]
Tom Jones singles chronology
"This and That"
(1966) 		"Green, Green Grass of Home"
(1966) 		"Detroit City"
(1967)

"Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart.[2] It was also recorded by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it in his album Country Songs for City Folks (later re-issued as All Country). Tom Jones learned the song from Lewis' version and, in 1966, he had a worldwide No. 1 hit with it.

  1. ^ a b c d Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
  2. ^ Porter Wagoner's "Green, Green Grass of Home" Chart Position Retrieved July 3, 2012.