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5 unusual facts about Jimmy Wakely


Fiddlin' Arthur Smith

In the following years, he performed with artists like Rex Griffin and Jimmy Wakely.

Jimmy Wakely

His duet singles with Margaret Whiting from 1949–51 produced a string of top seven hits, including 1949's number one hit on the US country charts and pop music charts, "Slippin' Around."

The group performed locally, made some recordings, and did frequent radio broadcasts over Oklahoma City's WKY.

Rosedale, Oklahoma

Jimmy Wakely Country-Western singer and actor, and was raised in Rosedale.

Wally Fowler

The group moved to Lubbock, Texas, where he began to write songs and first sang his popular "I'm Sending You Red Roses" (a No. 2 hit for Jimmy Wakely in 1944) in Dallas.



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