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1947 single by Dorothy Shay
"Feudin' and Fightin'"
Single by Dorothy Shay
Released1947
GenreCountry
Length3:13
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Al Dubin, Burton Lane

"Feudin' and Fightin" is a song written by Al Dubin and Burton Lane, sung by Dorothy Shay (billed as "The Park Avenue Hillbilly"), and released in 1947 on the Columbia label (catalog no. 37189). In August 1947, it reached No. 4 on the Billboard Best Selling Retail Folk chart, as well as #4 on the pop chart.

It was also ranked as the No. 12 record on the Billboard 1947 year-end folk juke box chart.

Other recordings

  • Jo Stafford had a number 10 hit with the song in October 1947.

References

  1. "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #17".
  2. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 286. ISBN 0823076326.
  3. Whitburn, Joel (1986). Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 385. ISBN 0-89820-083-0.
  4. "Year's Most-Played Folk Records on Nation's Juke Boxes". The Billboard. January 3, 1948. p. 90.
  5. Whitburn, Joel, Top Pop Records 1940-1955, Record Research, Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin 1973 p. 44
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