Saturday, November 10, 2012

Record #0171: Don’t Go Near the Indians / Touched So Deeply – REX ALLEN



Mercury 71997 (original) USA, 1962
Words & Music by:  Side A – Lorene Mann; Side BMerle Kilgore
Musicians:  Rex Allen (vocals) with the Merry Melody Singers and unknown musicians of the Nashville A-Team
Recording sessions:  Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN, Apr. 18, 1962
Highest chart positions: US #17, US Country #4

The title song would be a very unlikely hit song in this millennium with its politically incorrect words. Things were a bit different 50 years ago, when Rex Allen got his second biggest hit with this one.

Allen’s biggest hit was “Crying in the Chapel” (US #8, US Country #4 in 1953).

List price:  Very Good + is $5, Near Mint $10

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