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"'''Slippin' Around'''" is a song written and recorded by [[Floyd Tillman]] in [[1949 in music|1949]]. The most popular recording was a [[cover version]] by [[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Jimmy Wakely]] which reached number one on the Retail Folk (Country) Best Sellers chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=54}}</ref> It is a song about a person cheating on his/her spouse.<ref>https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633226/m1/#track/3</ref> |
"'''Slippin' Around'''" is a song written and recorded by [[Floyd Tillman]] in [[1949 in music|1949]]. The most popular recording was a [[cover version]] by [[Margaret Whiting]] and [[Jimmy Wakely]] which reached number one on the Retail Folk (Country) Best Sellers chart.<ref>{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=54}}</ref> It is a song about a person cheating on his/her spouse.<ref>{{cite web|author=Gilliland, John. |url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1633226/m1/#track/3 |title=Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library |publisher=Digital.library.unt.edu |date=197X |accessdate=2021-03-01}}</ref> |
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Tillman wrote a follow-up song, the same year, with essentially the same melody, called "'''I'll Never Slip Around Again'''" in which the cheater has married the one that he/she cheated with, and is in turn worried that he/she is being cheated on. Tillman, as well as Whiting and Wakely, recorded this song as well, as did [[Doris Day]]. |
Tillman wrote a follow-up song, the same year, with essentially the same melody, called "'''I'll Never Slip Around Again'''" in which the cheater has married the one that he/she cheated with, and is in turn worried that he/she is being cheated on. Tillman, as well as Whiting and Wakely, recorded this song as well, as did [[Doris Day]]. |
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Revision as of 18:28, 1 March 2021
"Slippin' Around" is a song written and recorded by Floyd Tillman in 1949. The most popular recording was a cover version by Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely which reached number one on the Retail Folk (Country) Best Sellers chart.[1] It is a song about a person cheating on his/her spouse.[2]
Tillman wrote a follow-up song, the same year, with essentially the same melody, called "I'll Never Slip Around Again" in which the cheater has married the one that he/she cheated with, and is in turn worried that he/she is being cheated on. Tillman, as well as Whiting and Wakely, recorded this song as well, as did Doris Day.
Recorded versions (Slippin' Around)
- Dave Dudley
- Jerry Lee Lewis
- Benny Martin
- Sammy Masters
- George Morgan and Marion Worth (1964)
- Ray Price
- Floyd Tillman
- Ernest Tubb
- Jimmy Wakely and Margaret Whiting (recorded July 20, 1949)
- Kai Winding
- Perry Como (as "Bumming Around")
- Betty Johnson
- Joe South
Recorded versions (I'll Never Slip Around Again)
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 54.
- ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #23 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
