Rock and Rye (song)

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"Rock and Rye"
Single by Tex Ritter
Released1948
GenreCountry
Length2:44
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, Edith Bergdahl

"Rock and Rye" is a country music song written by Tex Ritter, Frank Harford, and Edith Bergdahl, sung by Ritter, and released on the Capitol label (catalog no. 15119). In July 1948, it reached No. 5 on the Billboard folk best seller chart.[1] It was also ranked as the No. 19 record on Billboard's 1948 year-end folk record sellers chart.[2]

References

  1. Joel Whitburn (1996). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Country Hits. Billboard Books. p. 269. ISBN 0823076326.
  2. "The Year's Top Folk Records". The Billboard. January 1, 1949. p. 17.