277: Leroy Van Dyke (4 October birthday)

[uiwangmike]

From Wikipedia:
His record of "Walk On By" (1961) was named by Billboard Magazine in 1994 as the biggest country single of all time, based on sales, plays and weeks in the charts. It stayed at number one for nineteen weeks, and in all, charted for 42 weeks, selling approximately three million records.

But this is something completely different.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvSn0g27-t0

[tulsehill charlie]

it certainly is something else - I was thinking about a career change anyhow

It led me to this, obviously Bruce Springsteen's inspiration
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8Ym-tgDjvk

[Charlie]

Pity about the backing band on the Leroy Van Dyke song - I remember the record being much better than this, but also think the song was played on British radio by a different singer - perhaps somebody Miller? Not Ned 'From a Jack to a King' Miller, somebody else.