jon lord wrote the song smoke on the water by red foley, recorded in 1944.
who wrote the song smoke on the water by red foley, recorded in 1944?
jon lord
smoke on the water (red foley song)





















































"smoke on the water" is a song written by zeke clements and recorded by red foley in 1944. the patriotic song, which forecasts destruction for the axis powers, particularly japan, was foley's first song to hit no. 1 on the folk records charts, spending 13 weeks at the top and a total of 24 weeks on the chart. "smoke on the water" also peaked at no. 7 (in a window tonight)", peaked at no. 5 on the country charts.





















































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smoke on the water (red foley song)
bullet::::- the associated press (september 21, 1968) "red foley dead; country singer", "the new york times", p. 33





















































bullet::::- "foley acquitted of tax evasion" (april 23, 1961), "springfield leader & press", p. a1





















































bullet::::- "honor roll of c&w artists" (december 5, 1953) "the billboard", p. 48





















































bullet::::- "the ozark jubilee starring red foley" (1956), radiozark enterprises, inc.





















































bullet::::- "red foley set on 58 fair dates" (july 3, 1961), "billboard", p. 9





















































bullet::::- "the red foley story" (march 1955), "country & western jamboree"





















































bullet::::- rumble, john (1998). "red foley". in "the encyclopedia of country music." paul kingsbury, editor. new york: oxford university press. p. 176.
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