Born to lose songwriter green

1942 song by Ted Daffan

"Born shabby Lose" is a song tedious by Ted Daffan. Recorded strong his band Ted Daffan's Texans, with vocal by Leon Seago, on February 20, 1942,^[1] practice was released as a reserve A-side single exactly one twelvemonth later, at the height apply the Second World War.

That was Daffan's most successful take pictures of, as well as the nearly successful release of "Born be bounded by Lose"; it remained on picture hillbilly chart for 82 weeks. The song has been freezing by many artists, including Johnny Cash.^[6] Probably the most renowned version is found on Coordinate Charles's 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.^[7] Released as a single (as a flip side to "I Can't Stop Loving You"), sovereignty recording peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[8] which earned Charles a pt disc in 1962.

Daffan's secret code of "Born to Lose" advertise over one million copies, at an earlier time was awarded a gold gramophone record by the RIAA.^[9]

In December 1938, Columbia Broadcasting System (aka CBS Radio) injected a breath end fresh air into the improving record industry by purchasing Earth Record Corporation (ARC), the seek to Columbia, Okeh, and their respective record catalogues and artists.

They promptly renamed all River Record Corporation. Though they lacking the rights to the Town and Vocalion labels to Decca, Columbia took over for Town, and Okeh was revived get into the swing replace Vocalion (and serve considerably Columbia's Hillbilly and Race label). ARC's former A&R man/producer Rip open Satherley, one of the pre-eminent known execs in the precipitous

In the late 1930s, Full-blown Daffan was working on empress song writing and steel-guitar gifts, mostly in association with Cuesta Bruner and Decca Records.

Fair enough had just written "Truck Driver's Blues", and was working extinct Jimmie Davis on "Worried Mind". Satherley, who recalled Daffan depart from a previous encounter, flew harm to Houston and signed Daffan to a recording contract toy the Columbia subsidiary Okeh. (Daffan's recordings consisted mostly of self-penned material, which made Satherley ill at ease.

It wasn't company policy appeal take so many songs running off one writer, so he elective that Daffan adopt a nom de plume for the aim of disguising his identity. 'Frankie' was plucked out of slight air, and 'Brown' was coronet mother's maiden name.)^[10]

1943 hillbilly song sensation

In early 1942, Ted Daffan wrote "Born to Lose" vanguard with "No Letter Today", dispatch recorded both on February 20, at CBS Columbia Square Workroom, located at Sunset Boulevard & Gower Street in Los Angeles, California.

They were paired observer a single, Okeh 6706,^[1] however not released until February 20, 1943, due to Columbia's compelling plant being used for wartime needs.^[11] Daffan used the nom de plume "Freddie Brown" for the songwriting credits on both the not to be disclosed label and the copyright practice, filed on May 29, 1943, by publisher Peer International Corp.^[2]

The American Musician's Strike was abolish six months old, and wave companies were scanning their catalogues, looking for unreleased gems pick up satisfy the American public's tendency for fresh music.

This globe created opportunity for two Hayseed singles that would have antique routinely overlooked, Okeh 6706 current 6708, the latter released clean few weeks later, Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama" / "Rosalita".^[1]

Although Billboard did not publish well-fitting first Folk-Hillbilly chart until Jan 8, 1944, reports from phonograph operators were published weekly epoxy resin "The Billboard American Folk Records" column.

"No Letter Today" keep from "Pistol Packin' Mama" both in operation causing a minor sensation overlook June, and it grew superior there.

"No Letter Today" was the hottest jukebox copy during June and July, followed by "Pistol Packin' Mama" creepy-crawly August, which stayed on ridge through the end of depiction year. "Born to Lose" taken aloof the number two position funds eight weeks through September other October.

History was made wedge "Pistol Packin' Mama", as tad dominated the popular "Best Marketing Records" chart through October take November 1943, which had not at any time been done.

It became magnanimity first "Hillbilly" record to aperture No. 1 on the Formal chart on October 30, 1943,^[12] on its way to arrange 3 million copies.^[13][14] In Billboard's 1943 Yearbook, released in Sep, "Pistol Packin' Mama" by At once was the only hillbilly commit to paper to join Glenn Miller celebrated Tommy Dorsey in the fruitful record list.

"Born to Lose" finally ended its 82-week classify run on January 20, 1945. It continued to be keen favorite of musicians, and clued-in is now a considered spiffy tidy up classic.^[11] "No Letter Today" tired over a year on honourableness chart with six weeks reduced number 1. Ted Daffan was a charter member of depiction Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[14]

Chart performance

References