Down Yonder
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"Down Yonder" is a popular song with words and music by L. Wolfe Gilbert. It was first published in 1921. Four characters from Gilbert's 1912 lyric to "Waiting for the Robert E. Lee" returned in this song. Daddy and Mammy and Ephram and Sammy are now "waiting down yonder for me".
Versions which charted in 1951 included those by Del Wood (#4 on the Billboard charts), by Joe ´Fingers´ Carr (#14), by the Freddy Martin orchestra (#15), by Ethel Smith (#16), by Champ Butler (#17), by Lawrence (Piano Roll) Cook (#22), and by the Frank Petty Trio (#26).
The version by Del Wood was released by Tennessee Records as catalog number 775. The version by Joe “Fingers” Carr was released by Capitol Records as catalog number 1777. The version by Champ Butler was released by Columbia Records as catalog number 39533.
On the Cash Box charts, where all versions were combined, naturally the song got even higher, making #1 on one week, December 15, 1951.
| Preceded by (It's No) Sin |
Cash Box magazine best selling record chart #1 record December 15, 1951 |
Succeeded by (It's No) Sin |
