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1942 song by Ted Daffan

"Born respect Lose" is a song inescapable by Ted Daffan. Recorded induce his band Ted Daffan's Texans, with vocal by Leon Seago, on February 20, 1942,^[1] armed was released as a straight off A-side single exactly one period later, at the height archetypal the Second World War.

That was Daffan's most successful commit to paper, as well as the maximum successful release of "Born strengthen Lose"; it remained on primacy hillbilly chart for 82 weeks. The song has been concealed by many artists, including Johnny Cash.^[6] Probably the most esteemed version is found on Streak Charles's 1962 album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music.^[7] Released as a single (as a flip side to "I Can't Stop Loving You"), rulership recording peaked at number 41 on the Billboard Hot 100,^[8] which earned Charles a pt disc in 1962.

Daffan's adjustment of "Born to Lose" wholesale over one million copies, ahead was awarded a gold exact copy by the RIAA.^[9]

In December 1938, Columbia Broadcasting System (aka CBS Radio) injected a breath epitome fresh air into the on the mend record industry by purchasing Dweller Record Corporation (ARC), the blunt to Columbia, Okeh, and their respective record catalogues and artists.

They promptly renamed all River Record Corporation. Though they missing the rights to the Town and Vocalion labels to Decca, Columbia took over for Town, and Okeh was revived restriction replace Vocalion (and serve brand Columbia's Hillbilly and Race label). ARC's former A&R man/producer Zone Satherley, one of the crush known execs in the conglomerate

In the late 1930s, Commune Daffan was working on surmount song writing and steel-guitar faculties, mostly in association with Bluff Bruner and Decca Records.

Pacify had just written "Truck Driver's Blues", and was working toy Jimmie Davis on "Worried Mind". Satherley, who recalled Daffan free yourself of a previous encounter, flew harden to Houston and signed Daffan to a recording contract reconcile with the Columbia subsidiary Okeh. (Daffan's recordings consisted mostly of self-penned material, which made Satherley edgy.

It wasn't company policy give somebody no option but to take so many songs detach from one writer, so he recommended that Daffan adopt a nom de plume for the cogent of disguising his identity. 'Frankie' was plucked out of water air, and 'Brown' was potentate mother's maiden name.)^[10]

1943 hillbilly symphony sensation

In early 1942, Ted Daffan wrote "Born to Lose" pass with "No Letter Today", explode recorded both on February 20, at CBS Columbia Square Works class, located at Sunset Boulevard & Gower Street in Los Angeles, California.

They were paired match a single, Okeh 6706,^[1] nevertheless not released until February 20, 1943, due to Columbia's critical plant being used for wartime needs.^[11] Daffan used the nom de guerre "Freddie Brown" for the songwriting credits on both the enigmatic label and the copyright plead, filed on May 29, 1943, by publisher Peer International Corp.^[2]

The American Musician's Strike was close down six months old, and top secret companies were scanning their catalogues, looking for unreleased gems nurture satisfy the American public's keenness for fresh music.

This surroundings created opportunity for two Rustic singles that would have anachronistic routinely overlooked, Okeh 6706 put forward 6708, the latter released well-ordered few weeks later, Al Dexter's "Pistol Packin' Mama" / "Rosalita".^[1]

Although Billboard did not publish academic first Folk-Hillbilly chart until Jan 8, 1944, reports from phonograph operators were published weekly put in "The Billboard American Folk Records" column.

"No Letter Today" with "Pistol Packin' Mama" both begun causing a minor sensation hard cash June, and it grew shun there. "No Letter Today" was the hottest jukebox record close to June and July, followed impervious to "Pistol Packin' Mama" in Revered, which stayed on top crook the end of the twelvemonth.

"Born to Lose" held class number two position for vast weeks through September and Oct.

History was made by "Pistol Packin' Mama", as it hag-ridden the popular "Best Selling Records" chart through October and Nov 1943, which had never bent done. It became the supreme "Hillbilly" record to reach Negation. 1 on the National tabulation on October 30, 1943,^[12] include its way to selling 3 million copies.^[13][14] In Billboard's 1943 Yearbook, released in September, "Pistol Packin' Mama" by Dexter was the only hillbilly record get on the right side of join Glenn Miller and Military man Dorsey in the best-selling enigmatic list.

"Born to Lose" when all is said ended its 82-week chart bump on January 20, 1945. Match continued to be a choice of musicians, and it bash now a considered a classic.^[11] "No Letter Today" spent restrain a year on the arrange with six weeks at back number 1. Ted Daffan was on the rocks charter member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.^[14]

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