New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)
"New Jolie Blonde (New Pretty Blonde)" is a 1947 song by Red Foley. The song was Foley's third number one on the Folk Juke Box chart, spending two weeks at number one and a total of sixteen weeks on the chart.[1]
The song is an old
Atlanta, Georgia, the Breaux Brothers recorded "Ma Blonde Est Partie".[2] The Hackberry Ramblers' 1935 "Jolie Blonde" was a regional hit and helped introduce the song to audiences outside Cajun country. Cajun fiddler Harry Choates rearranged the song as "New Jolie Blonde", had a top ten hit with it in 1946, and then sold the rights to Moon Mullican, who had a #2 country hit with the song ("New Pretty Blonde (Jole Blon) in 1947.[3] Roy Acuff had a #4 hit with another version, "Jole Blon". Billboard listed all three versions among the top 20 country/western songs of 1947 by sales.[4]
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 123.
- ^ "Breaux Freres-Ma Blonde Est Partie (April 18, 1929)" www.archive.org
- ^ Cajunradio.org history of Jolie Blonde
- ^ Billboard, May 22, 1954, p. 19
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