Eddie Dean - I Dreamed Of A Hill - Billy Heaven [ORIGINAL] - [c.1954].

[Written by Hal Southern - Eddie Dean]* * Recorded 1953 on DEMO by Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper While Searching for new material to Record they found this SONG They wanted to Record it on their 28 December 1953 Session but DON LAW [Columbia A & R Man] did not like it thought it would not sell Due to Several Rejections of Their Songs They left Columbia after the December Session 1st. Recorded September 1954 by Eddie Dean. Also 1955 by Anita Carter [Different Lyrics] 1961 by Tex Ritter Issued as Eddie Dean with The Frontiersmen on 78 - Sage And Sand 180 A Released October 1954 45 - Sage And Sand 180 A Released December 1954 Charted 1955 # 10 Recorded Circa September 1954 - poss. Radio Recorders, 7000 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA - Eddie Dean [vcl solo/speech] Hal Southern [steel gt], Wayne West [fiddle], Hi Busse [accordion] Born Edgar Dean Glosup in Posey TEXAS [1907 - 1999]. 1974...Founding Member of Academy of Country Music 1978...Academy of Country Music [Pioneer Award] 1990...WMA Hall of Fame . 1992...Western Swing Society Hall of Fame . 1993...Cowboy Hall of Fame 1999...Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Fame Recorded 1934 and 1935 with Brother Jimmie From 1941 to the 1970's Solo

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