For years very little of his material was available in its original form. Fortunately that has been rectified by various reissue labels

Also Red, like Ernest Tubb, peaked before 1955 in terms of his record sales – in fact his last solo chart record was in 1955, so to the generation raised on television, he was a TV show host, rather than a big recording star

I think I would call the flip side of “Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy” , “Sugarfoot Rag” an essential listenas well

Red wasn’t the only member of his familly to have success in the music business. Red’s wife Betty charted a few singles, his son-in-law Pat Boone was a huge star during the 1950s, his grand- daughter Debby Boone had one monster pop hit and some success on the country charts as well. Red has a grandson, Clyde Foley Simmons, who is a singer – he’s had no chart success but he’s a fine singer who performs at Pigeon Forge and has cut at least one very good album