Del Wood
Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), known professionally as Del Wood, was an American pianist.
Biography
Hendricks was born in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by the influences of early country music and the remaining vestiges of ragtime, particularly through the guitar pickers. She took up piano at age five, and played ragtime, gospel, and country music. Despite her parent's best efforts to encourage a direction towards classical music, the environment in Nashville, plus the early local programming on radio, convinced her that she wanted to play piano in the honky-tonk style. Her dream goal was the Grand Ole Opry, something she would realize in her early 30s.
Shortening her married name (Adelaide Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Wood began playing in bands and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After a decade of building repertoire and reputation, she spent some time as a staff pianist at WLBJ in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was there that she was heard playing "Down Yonder" among other pieces, which led to a gig with a recording group called Hugh `Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners. This led to the first of many recording sessions for the Tennessee Records label starting in 1951. "Down Yonder" soon became a national hit in both the country and pop categories in Billboard record charts, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She is probably the first female country solo instrumentalist to sell a million copies of a record.
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- Legends of Country: 27 All Time Favourite Country Hits released: 2003
- Truck Driving Songs released: 2002
- Radio Days, Volume 1 released: 1999
- Country USA: 1951 released: 1991
- Your Hit Parade: 1951 released: 1988
- Easy Listening Country released:
- The Fabulous Fifties released:
Legends of Country: 27 All Time Favourite Country Hits
Released 2003- Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
- Indian Love Call
- The Wild Side of Life
- Slow Poke
- The Golden Rocket
- (Remember Me) I'm the One Who Loves You
- High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
- I'll Never Be Free
- If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time
- Room Full of Roses
- I'm Bitin' My Fingernails and Thinking of You
- Down Yonder
- Blues Stay Away From Me
- The Cattle Call
- No Vacancy
- I Love You So Much It Hurts
- Baby It's Cold Outside
- Don't Get Above Your Raisin'
- Doghouse Boogie
- Gambling Polka Dot Blues
- Jole Blon
- Anticipation Blues
- I Wish I Knew
- A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed
- Hangman's Boogie
- Teardrops in My Heart
- Sioux City Sue
Truck Driving Songs
Released 2002- Six Days on the Road
- Lights on the Hill
- When the Big Rigs Roll
- Take This Job and Shove It
- Folsom Prison Blues
- Okie From Muskogee
- King of the Road
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
- Teddy Bear Song
- Satin Sheets
- Rose Garden
- Sally Was a Good Old Girl
- Behind Closed Doors
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Blue Blue Day
- Slow Down Old World
Radio Days, Volume 1
Released 1999- Beaumont Rag (intro)
- Billy Bayou
- I’d Like to Be
- Midnight in Old Amarillo
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
- Blue Boy
- Beaumont Rag (outro)
- Beaumont Rag (intro)
- I Get the Blues When It Rains
- Theme of Love
- Blue Boy
- Bud’s Bounce
- Am I Losing You
- Beaumont Rag (outro)
- Beaumont Rag (intro)
- Billy Bayou
- Am I Losing You
- Blue From Now On
- Blue Boy
- Beaumont Rag (outro)
- Beaumont Rag (intro)
- Bimbo
- Anna Marie
- Yes, There’s a Reason
- I’d Like to Be
- Beaumont Rag (outro)
- Beaumont Rag (intro)
- ’til the End of the World
- Making Believe
- Just Call Me Lonesome
- Beaumont Rag (outro)
Country USA: 1951
Released 1991- The Golden Rocket
- Howlin' At the Moon
- The Shot Gun Boogie
- There's Been a Change in Me
- Mom and Dad's Waltz
- Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way
- Hot Rod Race
- Hey, Good Lookin'
- Kentucky Waltz
- Down Yonder
- Slow Poke
- Always Late (With Your Kisses)
- Alabama Jubilee
- The Rhumba Boogie
- Poison Love
- I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
- Let's Live a Little
- I Want to Be With You Always
- Cherokee Boogie (Eh-Oh Aleena)
- I Want to Play House With You
- The Tennessee Waltz
- Music Makin' Mama From Memphis
- Cold, Cold Heart
- Peace in the Valley
Your Hit Parade: 1951
Released 1988- How High the Moon
- My Truly, Truly Fair
- In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening (feat. Jane Wyman)
- Too Young
- Detour
- Be My Love
- Come On-a My House
- I Get Ideas
- Jezebel
- Because of You
- Down Yonder
- Cry
- Undecided
- Mister and Mississippi
- The Loveliest Night of the Year
- My Heart Cried for You
- Mockin' Bird Hill
- It's No Sin
- Shrimp Boats
- If
- On Top of Old Smoky
- Cold, Cold Heart
- (Why Did I Tell You I Was Going to) Shanghai
- Charmaine
Easy Listening Country
- Never Be Anyone Else but You
- You're My Best Friend
- Galveston
- Love the One You're With
- Sixteen Tons
- Funny How Time Slips Away
- Paper Roses
- Welcome to My World
- I Can't Stop Loving You
- We Love Each Other
- Early Morning Rain
- Send Me the Pillow (That You Dream on)
- Orange Blosson Special
- Just Out of Reach
- Me and Bobby McGee
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
- All I Have to Do Is Dream
- The Most Beautiful Girl
- Help Me Make It Through the Night
- Maria Elena
- Just the Way You Are
- Release Me
- I Will Always Love You
- Suspicious Minds
- Let It Be Me
- Honey Come Back
- I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
- You're All I Need to Get By
- You Don't Bring Me Flowers
- Misty Blue
- Young Love
The Fabulous Fifties
- Mule Train
- I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts
- The Wedding Samba
- I Remember the Cornfields
- You're Breaking My Heart
- The Old Piano Roll Blues
- The French Can-Can Polka
- Sentimental Me
- Bewitched
- Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
- If I Knew You Were Comin' I'd've Baked a Cake
- Tenessee Waltz
- Cherry Stones
- Let's Do It Again
- Dear Hearts and Gentle People
- Christmas in Killarney
- Ferry Boat Inn
- On Top of Old Smokey
- Any Time
- Too Young
- Jezebel
- The Petite Waltz
- My Heart Cries for You
- Because of You
- The Roving Kind
- Shrimp Boats
- Cold, Cold Hearts
- Mary Rose
- Come On-A My House
- My Truly, Truly Fair
- Rose, Rose, I Love You
- Unless
Born: 1920-02-22
Died: 1989-10-03
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'Til I Die
by: Beach BoysI'm a cork on the ocean
Floating over the raging sea
How deep is the ocean?
How deep is the ocean?
I lost my way
Hey hey hey
I'm a rock in a landslide
Rolling over the mountainside
How deep is the valley?
How deep is the valley?
It kills my soul
Hey hey hey
I'm a leaf on a windy day
Pretty soon I'll be blown away
How long will the wind blow?
How long will the wind blow?
Ohhhh
Until I die
Until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
These things I'll be until I die
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