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Rock and Rye (song)

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"Rock and Rye"
Single by Tex Ritter
Released1948
GenreCountry
Length2:44
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, Edith Bergdahl

"Rock and Rye" is a country music song written by Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, and Edith Bergdahl, sung by Ritter, and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 15119). In July 1948, it reached No. 5 on the Billboard folk best seller chart.[1] It was also ranked as the No. 19 record on Billboard's 1948 year-end folk record sellers chart.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 269. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. ^ "The Year's Top Folk Records". The Billboard. January 1, 1949. p. 17.