1946 Spade Cooley - Detour (Tex Williams, Oakie, & Arkie, vocal)

Cooley’s western swing band with lead vocal by Tex Williams (later of “Smoke Smoke Smoke That Cigarette” fame) took this song to #2 on Billboard’s country music chart. “Detour” became a mainstream pop hit five years later in a recording by Patti Page. CD audio source, originally issued on 78rpm: Columbia 36935 - Detour (Westmoreland) by Spade Cooley & his Orchestra, recorded January 3, 1946 . ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The three* MusicProf channels are home to The HITS ARCHIVES, YouTube’s most comprehensive collection of U.S. ‘popular music’ recordings from 1925 thru 1975. Discover thousands of original hit versions, conveniently arranged in year-by-year playlists and sorted alphabetically in your choice of either song title or artist name. Simply visit this channel’s home page (here: https://www.youtube.com/@the78prof72 ), scroll down the rows of playlist categories, choose a favorite year, click on “view full playlist,” and then pick out the songs that you want to hear. Enjoy the music! * The78Prof The45Prof AnotherProf