Redd Stewart
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Redd Stewart born Henry Ellis Stewart (May 27, 1923 – August 2, 2003) was an American country music songwriter and recording artist born in Ashland City, Tennessee. While still a child his family moved to Louisville, Kentucky. At an early age he learned to play several musical instruments such as the banjo, piano, fiddle and guitar. His talent was not only as a musician but also as a songwriter beginning by writing a little jingle for a Louisvile car dealer's commercial. In 1937 he joined the Golden West Cowboys band headed by Pee Wee King with lead singer Eddie Arnold. Redd served in the South Pacific in World War II attaining the rank of Sargeant. He wrote A Soldiers Last Letter while in still in the South Pacific. It became a hit record in 1944 for Ernest Tubb. After he returned to the States he again hooked up with Pee Wee King's band this time as the lead singer since Eddie Arnold went solo. Redd teamed up with King in writing many Top Ten country hits starting with The Tennessee Waltz.
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- Shaun Mather (2003) Redd Stewart at http://www.rockabillyhall.com Accessed June 1, 2008
