
Episode 147: “Hey Joe” by The Jimi Hendrix Experience
A History of Rock Music in 500 Songs
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A Country Hit by Frankie Lane
I wish was m jo, she's got skin as crebe tree. Telip reda cherry. Verry wio, listen, joe, i ain't no heathe but obute. Let me tell youow that was written by budo sbryant. A few years before the songs he cowot for the everley brothers and became a country number one staying at the top for eight weeks. It didn't make the pop chart, but a pop cover version of it by franki lane made the top ten in the us. Oddly, despite its being a very big hit that hay joe had almost no further cover versions for 20 years.
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