Rainbow at Midnight
"Rainbow at Midnight" is a song written by
The Carlisle Brothers in 1946. "Rainbow at Midnight reached number five on the Juke Box Folk chart.[1]
Cover versions
- A few weeks after the Carlisle Brothers release, Ernest Tubb had his third number one on the Juke Box Folk chart with his version of "Rainbow at Midnight".[2]
- Early in 1947, Texas Jim Robertson and the Panhandle Punchers released their version of the song which made it to number five on the Juke Box Folk chart, it was a B-side of "Filipino Baby".
- In 1952 Jimmy Wakely recorded "Rainbow at Midnight" with the Nelson Riddle Orchestra.
- Jimmie Rodgers had a single release of "Rainbow at Midnight" in 1962 which charted at #62.
- George Hamilton IV recorded the song for his May 1965 album release Mister Sincerity - A Tribute to Ernest Tubb.
- Webb Pierce recorded the song for his September 1965 album release Country Music Time.
- Gene Vincent recorded the song in 1969 for his 1970 album release I'm Back and I'm Proud.
- Darrell McCall recorded the song at Singleton Sound Studio in Nashville on March 5 1973 in the sessions for an unreleased album: "Rainbow at Midnight" had a 1973 single release and is featured with the other tracks from its parent session on the 1996 Darrell McCall compilation set The Real McCall.
- The German rendering " Nach vielen Jahren der Reise" was recorded by Lys Assia in 1958.
- Blues musician James 'Son' Thomas recorded the song (as "After The War") on his 1987 Rustron LP 1001 Gateway To The Delta.
References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 69.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 354.
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