Ken Whiton
2017-08-04 08:23:09 UTC
Quoted from a country music newsletter forwarded to me by a
friend.
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Geoff Mack, best known for writing "I've Been Everywhere," died July
21 in Australia at age 94. He was born Albert Geoffrey McElhinney in
Melbourne, Australia, in 1922. While stationed in Borneo with the RAAF
during World War II, he began entertaining the troops. After the war,
he served as a radio announcer for the British occupation in Japan. He
wrote "I've Been Everywhere" in 1959. With the Australian town names
replaced by American ones, Hank Snow brought the song to No. 1 in
1962. According to Taste of Country, the song has been recorded more
than 130 times since then, most famously by Johnny Cash and Lynn
Anderson. Mack was inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of
Fame in Nashville in 1963.
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Hank Snow's 1962 #1 country recording of "I've Been Everywhere" also
reached #68 on the Billboard Pop Chart, making this post on topic for
both these groups.
Lucky Starr's original
Hank Snow's version
Ken Whiton
friend.
----- Begin Quote -----
Geoff Mack, best known for writing "I've Been Everywhere," died July
21 in Australia at age 94. He was born Albert Geoffrey McElhinney in
Melbourne, Australia, in 1922. While stationed in Borneo with the RAAF
during World War II, he began entertaining the troops. After the war,
he served as a radio announcer for the British occupation in Japan. He
wrote "I've Been Everywhere" in 1959. With the Australian town names
replaced by American ones, Hank Snow brought the song to No. 1 in
1962. According to Taste of Country, the song has been recorded more
than 130 times since then, most famously by Johnny Cash and Lynn
Anderson. Mack was inducted into the International Songwriters Hall of
Fame in Nashville in 1963.
----- End Quote -----
Hank Snow's 1962 #1 country recording of "I've Been Everywhere" also
reached #68 on the Billboard Pop Chart, making this post on topic for
both these groups.
Lucky Starr's original
Hank Snow's version
Ken Whiton
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