who sang the green green grass of home
Porter Wagoner Tom Jones Bobby Bare Johnny Darrell Jerry Lee Lewis
title: Green, Green Grass of Home text: Green, Green Grass of Home "Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell, is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965, when it reached No. 4 on the country chart. That same year, it was sung by Bobby Bare and by Jerry Lee Lewis, who included it 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. A man returns to his childhood home; title: Green, Green Grass of Home text: of the latter's "Last Man Standing" TV special in New York City, and credited Lewis with providing the inspiration behind his own recording. Jones sang the song on the 2009/10 edition of "Jool's Annual Hootenanny" on 1 January 2010. Since then it has been recorded by many other solo vocalists and groups including: Green, Green Grass of Home "Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman, Jr. and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell, is a country song originally made popular by Porter Wagoner in 1965, when it reached No. 4 on the country chart. That same year, title: Curly Putman text: Curly Putman Claude Putman Jr. (November 20, 1930 – October 30, 2016) professionally known as Curly Putman was an American songwriter. Born in Princeton, Alabama, his greatest success was "Green, Green Grass of Home" (1964, sung by Porter Wagoner), which was covered by Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Kenny Rogers, Don Williams, Johnny Paycheck, Burl Ives, Johnny Darrell, Gram Parsons, Joan Baez, Jerry Lee Lewis, The Grateful Dead, Johnny Cash, Roberto Leal, Dean Martin, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Bobby Bare, Joe Tex, Nana Mouskouri, Charley Pride and Tom Jones. Putman was the son of a sawmill worker. He joined the Navy title: Green, Green Grass of Home text: No. 1 on 1 December, staying there for a total of seven weeks. The song has sold over 1.25 million copies in the UK as of September 2017. Jones' version also reached #11 pop, #12 easy listening on the "Billboard" US charts. In February 2009, Jones performed the song live on a special "Take-Away Show" with Vincent Moon, along with "If He Should Ever Leave You" and "We Got Love", live in front of a camera in a hotel room in New York. In September 2006, Jones performed the song as a duet with Jerry Lee Lewis during the taping title: Green, Green Grass of Home text: as they lay me 'neath the green, green grass of home." The Joan Baez version ends: "Yes, we'll all be together in the shade of the old oak tree / When we meet beneath the green, green grass of home." Welsh singer Tom Jones, who was appearing on "The Ed Sullivan Show" in 1965, visited Colony Records while staying in New York City. On asking if they had any new works by Jerry Lee Lewis, he was given the new country album. Impressed with the song, Jones recorded and released the song in the UK in 1966 and it reached