I still have the 45 RPM record of this song I got for Christmas in 1958.
@vonitadustylgreen2914
3 жыл бұрын
It was one of my favorite songs 1958/1959.
@SoloLdy
13 жыл бұрын
I grew up on this song. Will dearly missed. God Bless Family. He is now singin with the Angels.
@frisco21
10 жыл бұрын
How could four people possibly dislike this wonderful old classic enough to give it thumbs down? That kind of meanness is incomprehensible to me.
@PissedoffinAZ
6 жыл бұрын
Tasteless, intolerant, and rude. The Trifecta scored by a boring person.
@PissedoffinAZ
6 жыл бұрын
Hmmm. Admin will not let me post an expletive-free comment regarding the rudeness of down voters. Let's see if this flies.
@treebeard431
13 жыл бұрын
Yep, I recall hearing this coming through my little AM transistor radio before the rural SC station I listened to went off the air nightly. That was an age ago, and a whole world away from where we are now... He's gone to join that great band in Heaven now.
@DancingSpiderman
13 жыл бұрын
Wow, I remember this song, playing on the radio early in the morning, crack of dawn, coffee brewing in Grandma's house. What a song ! Rest In Peace, Billy Grammer.
@LemonySnicket-EUC
10 жыл бұрын
Buddy Holly opened many of his shows with this song. He really liked it.
@hollybeat6901
4 жыл бұрын
Shows on his last tour
@BUF-vr5cr
4 жыл бұрын
Written by Paul Clayton.
@MichaelGreen65
13 жыл бұрын
I want to send my sympathies to his family and friends. He was truly a great.
@mkl62
8 жыл бұрын
This hit from Billy Grammer went to #4 on the Top 40 charts. It also went to #5 on the Country & Western charts and to #14 on the Rhythm & Blues charts. It would finish at #53 for the year, 1959.
@danielbutler578
2 жыл бұрын
Heard this song many times on the Grand Ole Opry when I was growing up. It's a shame they don't play songs like this on the radio anymore
@kingslandhome
11 жыл бұрын
This is fantastic music for all the generations. Sounds just timeless !!
@1957wrb
13 жыл бұрын
One of the greats. So sad we have lost another great musician, friend and brother. RIP Billy Grammer
@RayMontee
10 жыл бұрын
Always enjoyed this artists voice and especially this recording. His band was always well balanced. I sure miss him and his music.
@miltonmoore8369
11 ай бұрын
OK, BUT THIS WASN'T HIS BAND. THIS IS JIM REEVES' BAND, "THE BLUE BOYS." Respectfully
@larryfukunaga9250
4 жыл бұрын
Great song by a master, a haunting piece that one cannot forget. In the cobwebs of my memory, it was popular in Hawaii when I was growing up.
@whispersandy
11 жыл бұрын
This here's mY Uncle! I love country music and i when me go down and see My aunt Ruth, his wife, who i'm pretty close to, it's always awesome to listen to her talk about George Jones or Mel Tillis or Grandpa Jones.
@erictang1600
7 жыл бұрын
This was one of the many songs we had to sing for chorus in elementary school. I didn't like it back than since I was probably around 8 years of age but speaking 12 years later, I think I can say I have a new found appreciation for this type of older music.
@Me1203tlh
13 жыл бұрын
RIP, Billy!!! One of the greats! Always loved this song! Thanks for sharing the video!!!
@warrenhoward3571
9 жыл бұрын
Had this song in my thoughts all day! Just had to hear it one more time. What a great memory, from an even greater artist.
@downtownbobbybrown6237
7 ай бұрын
Buddy Holly loved this song and opened many of his shows with it .
@robertshorthill6836
2 жыл бұрын
What a great song in the C&W genre from 1959. It became a mainstay in the bluegrass genre, also. I had heard it at least 3 times at the Sandpoint, Idaho, bluegrass festivals in the mid 80s.
@stansquires4069
8 ай бұрын
That is a good song. It was good music back then.
@1956lakota
7 жыл бұрын
Hey Dad, think of you ever time I hear this song....used to hear you sin git a lot at home....miss you pop!!!
@johnmorris5397
11 жыл бұрын
Every word points to the title. We know exactly what Billy is singin' about ... unlike todays so called country music, where they use six guitars with no point or theme in the words. Nashville, please bring back our country music.
@Riff156
13 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a great tune--I've never heard it before! An interesting bit of trivia: this song was Buddy Holly's set opener on the Winter Dance Party tour.
@georgemcgarvey8426
6 жыл бұрын
Billy Grammer is a good ole country boy from S. IL. This was popular in the late 50s.
@kalebgrammer8917
5 жыл бұрын
Lucky enough to have my great uncle teach me the guitar! Travel on
@dsmn-zl3ug
8 ай бұрын
I'm 17. Man I love this song. Very uplifting!!!
@charlesfoster8075
3 жыл бұрын
Back in the day when the Olds 98 changed from V-8 engine to the transverse mounted V-6, Billy bought one from his friend Wayne Verbal at a dealership in Hartford Kentucky. There was somethin wrong with it and he came back to get it fixed. While he was waiting he came into my office and struck up a conversation. Well, it took three days before the problem was resolved. Each day Billy returned to Nashville and came back to Hartford the next morning. During that time we went to lunch together, tested how fast it would take my souped up Pontiac to get from zero to a hundred, he introduced me to his wife Ruthie. and got to know each other. When he finally got the car fixed and left for Nashville, I asked one of the salesman ," That guy that's been hanging round my office the last three days, who is he"? I didn't know his name and I was amazed the learn that he did that song. It had always been one of my favorites
@sandicue8
13 жыл бұрын
Sorry to hear of his passing..great song..ya gotta travel on!!!
@Lynn.knepper1280
3 жыл бұрын
My pa traveled on last month. 🤝 See ya again someday dad. He enjoyed this tune.
@sauquoit13456
3 жыл бұрын
On this day in 1959 {February 16th} "Gotta Travel On" by Billy Grammer peaked at #5 {for 2 weeks} on Billboard's Hot Country and Western Sides chart... One month earlier "Gotta Travel On" reached #4 {for 1 week} on January 6th, 1959 on the Billboard's Hot 100 chart... Between 1959 and 1969 the Benton, Illinois native had eight records on the Hot C&W chart, one made the Top 10, the above "Gotta Travel On... He had one Top 20 record, "I Wanna Go Home", it peaked at #18 in 1963... Billy Wayne Grammer passed away at the age of 85 on August 10th, 2011... May he R.I.P. * And from the 'For What It's Worth' department, the Hot C&W Sides Top 10 on February 16th, 1959: At #1. "Billy Bayou" by Jim Reeves #2. "Don't Take Your Guns To Town" by Johnny Cash #3. "Country Music Is Here To Stay" by Simon Crum #4. "Life To Go" by Stonewall Jackson #5. the above "Gotta Travel On" #6. "Come Walk With Me" by Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper #7. "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)" by Johnny Horton #8. "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down" by Charlie Walker #9. "I've Run Out of Tomorrows" by Hank Thompson #10. "Dark Hollow" by Jimmie Skinner
@McVitie57
10 жыл бұрын
Classic song written by the great, little known folksinger Paul Clayton from New Bedford, Massachusetts. A character based on Paul is played by Justin Timberlake in the movie "Inside Llewyn Davis".
@charlyW34
13 жыл бұрын
Man oh man, these clips and those from THP are a treasure. Are we not due for another retro trend in country music? Things are pretty dire out there at the moment. Cheers
@johnroberson3558
2 жыл бұрын
10 years after you posted, country music has gotten worse.
@BlueLineGroovy
11 жыл бұрын
Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.
@SteveCarras
8 жыл бұрын
THis song was based on "This little light of mine, I'm gonna let it shine".Catchy song..Top 5 in early 1959.
@47Ronbo
7 жыл бұрын
You're right. As many times as have heard both songs, I never made that connection.
@alanoneill3065
6 жыл бұрын
wow I hadn't noticed!
@Kigsgrama
13 жыл бұрын
Wow how wonderful to see these old black and white clips. I have this old 45 - this is much better to listen to!! Thank you so much for posting.
@jamiesomers3564
8 ай бұрын
Just imagine buddy holly opening with this at that last concert ❤
@Hftr_232dhs
5 ай бұрын
I love this song. Somehow this is my ringtone haha. I‘m just 17
@mrob75
11 жыл бұрын
I think he's been in heaven since about a year or so ago, Adam. Very talented uncle.
@yolandajohnson8685
2 жыл бұрын
this song is soooooo cute. I love it!!!! I have it on a 45 and my playlist
@BrokenneckYgor
11 жыл бұрын
That high sheriff done put em all on the chain gang
@stansquires4069
8 ай бұрын
That Song brings back a lot of good Memories.
@mikeseely5953
5 жыл бұрын
this gentlemans grandsons taught me the chords g c d. we really had a great time saucing one another.
@claudiamhowe5389
Жыл бұрын
My mother sang this many mornings while she was packing lunches for my father and three of us kids. We lived in MN at the time.
@BlackjackDSapolis
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the music - rest in peace!
@campcasey62
13 жыл бұрын
A favorite of my Late Father. Daddy, if you could this in Heaven: I am playing it for you.
@karenhiggsduncan3202
4 жыл бұрын
Love this song
@dixieloss3342
7 жыл бұрын
There isnt a lot of famous people from southern Ill. I am from Harrisburg , Ill. I still like this guy .
@jrh1118
6 жыл бұрын
Dixie Loss a southern Illinois boy just had a number one hit on the country charts.... he has also penned several successful songs..
@jameshepburn4631
3 ай бұрын
Looks like a clip from the early sixties. Billy’s not yet playing a Grammer Guitar, they didn’t exist until a few years later, around late 1965. By the late 60’s it was fairly common to see a lot of big name artists using a Grammer. Now (2024) it’s very hard to find one. They were the best acoustic guitars for country music ever made.
@MyStardusty
13 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. UNCLE BILLY WE WILL MISS YOU.
@TheBeebee1954
13 жыл бұрын
RIP, you will entertain them in Heaven....
@kennethmorris4981
11 жыл бұрын
I good song from the past.
@deirdrewilson8957
5 жыл бұрын
Good song.First time hearing this song.
@burkhamerjulie3227
5 жыл бұрын
My grampa Denis grammer would play this with uncle billy every year at the grammer reunion.
@glennmarshall2088
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful people and great songs. 😊
@johnsmithson6687
2 ай бұрын
Good tune.nice job billy.
@kingrutentuten
13 жыл бұрын
Paul Clayton was the original artist (and songwriter).
@joaobatistaraposovasti6524
7 ай бұрын
Som maravilhoso, show!!!
@Idolmakercat
13 жыл бұрын
He sounds very good for the time period. Just read on Internet news that he passed away. RIP.
@장순국-u6b
2 жыл бұрын
조회수 224,201회... 잘 보고 들었습니다.
@jimmyrazor6202
9 жыл бұрын
I am blown away by the bassist playing an early Rickenbacker 4000. On a good speaker system, it purrs.
@AceHoffman
5 жыл бұрын
Great musicians all, but yeah, it took me about 20 seconds to focus in on the base player, and from then on everything else was background. I'm no musician, but I think everyone in a band usually follows a good base player.
@dog1701
13 жыл бұрын
Hey! That's The Blue Boys, Jim Reeves' band, doing backup.
@B.__._..-___803
5 жыл бұрын
great ! ! !
@M-1996A1
Жыл бұрын
Awesome footage, thanks for posting.
@LULUBELLEIII
10 жыл бұрын
Tune! Today would've been Billy's 89th birthday. Hope he's having a good one, wherever he is ;-)
@asianawesome1
7 ай бұрын
My all time favorite song.
@etong2002001
13 жыл бұрын
You will always travel on, Billy. RIP.
@JanLucas-wy6uz
Жыл бұрын
My grandaddy's favorite song
@char4him99
14 жыл бұрын
great
@adamhill6298
12 жыл бұрын
Billy Grammer is my uncle and i have known him my entire life. One thing i know is, he was no racist.
@nicolepichalski731
7 ай бұрын
Is he still alive? I’m 36 and I play this song daily
@glennMcarson
13 жыл бұрын
another good one gone, RIP
@lengasparini2918
9 жыл бұрын
This song featured in Tom Wicker's novel The Judgment.
@johnsmithson6687
4 ай бұрын
Exellent.
@johnsmithson6687
4 ай бұрын
Love it.
@ZJ-ne9kn
3 жыл бұрын
Classic song he was doing it up til the end theres a great clip of him on country family reunion doin it
@top6ear
11 жыл бұрын
OMG thank you for saying that. Musician feel that just because the have 128 tracks that they need to use them all. Give me Willie or Merle any day.
@dominowrong
13 жыл бұрын
James Kirkland on Rickenbaker bass!
@annavesely5404
4 жыл бұрын
Wonderful.............
@Cloquet1
2 жыл бұрын
I've laid around and played around this old town too long Summer's almost gone, yes winter's coming on I've laid around and played around this old town too long And I feel like I gotta travel on
@greenemonger
2 жыл бұрын
When I first heard this as a kid, I thought the third stanza started “Kaiser Bamboli riding after me…”!
@pearsedunne9938
7 ай бұрын
The late Leo Jackson in the background, Jim Reeves lead guitarist. The best of the bunch have passed on…..!
@puppyeyes9368
3 жыл бұрын
BILLY GRAMMER HAD REAL CLASS!
@StatisticsJason
11 жыл бұрын
Wonderful song. Great guitar player. I like how nice everyone looked then. The men wore ties. The only sad thing to me is the criminal in the song had a girl waiting for him. I didn't know chicks dug criminals back then like they do today. Women liking the criminal element is one of the worst things about life itself.
@wayneperkins109
Жыл бұрын
One of the last songs that Buddy Holly ever played on the last concert he played.
@Gritsforbreakfast
3 жыл бұрын
Weirdly, this become one of my granddaughter's favorite by-request bedtime songs. OTOH, the other favorites were Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash tunes, so maybe it's more on me than her.
@label1877
13 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace!
@hideakitokunaga8604
4 жыл бұрын
There is a jazz pianist Ray Bryant's version: recommended !
@parkerbrown2928
4 жыл бұрын
My grandpa loves this somg
@johnsmithson6687
2 ай бұрын
Riding after me yea!
@jjc2656
13 жыл бұрын
R.I.P
@PulaRecords
12 жыл бұрын
RIP Billy
@allenmurray7893
10 жыл бұрын
I've always loved this song and this is the best version. Does anybody know what tv show this is from? And who is the host?
@Ezdduf4kuZ
13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video....I use to really like this song, of coarse I'm referring to the original. This is not the original. The song may not mean a damnthing to me but it was the beat & the song in general. It isn't a standard r&r classic as it's a country song in nature. It was however played on CFUN here in Vancouver like was Johnny Cash cause we didn't have a country radio station until 1986. Thx4 postin
@JeanRolando-3As
7 ай бұрын
🙏🏾😇
@JoeTakeHolly
8 жыл бұрын
BRILL SONG }
@tomduke22
8 жыл бұрын
Love it because Buddy Holly did! Is there a recorded version of Buddy covering it?
@Maccoos
8 жыл бұрын
+Deborah Edwards No recording. Played it on his last tour.
@Michou824
11 жыл бұрын
Lucky you!!
@fastguned
2 жыл бұрын
That bass player is really laying down those runs.
@larrysively5853
Жыл бұрын
The bryl cream look
@ms1996
13 жыл бұрын
RIP
@psychedelicsam1
12 жыл бұрын
@TheWizzooo there used to be a johnny kidd version on here. it may have been removed though
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