Rocky Top - Citizendia

“Rocky Top”

Single by Osborne Brothers
Released	1967
Genre	Bluegrass
Length	02:35
Label	Decca/MCA

“Rocky Top”

Single by Lynn Anderson
Released	1970
Genre	Country-Bluegrass
Length	02:39
Label	Chart

"Rocky Top" is one of seven official state songs of the state of Tennessee, as well as the unofficial fight song for the University of Tennessee Volunteers. The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne, born October 29 1937 and Bobby Osborne, born December 9 1931 were an influential and popular bluegrass act from Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Chart Records was a small but successful Country music Record label of the 1960s best known for turning Lynn Anderson into a major country star Introduction Forty-nine states of the United States (all except New Jersey) have one or more state songs, selected by the state Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term referring to a Song associated with a team The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship The two best-known versions of the song are by the Osborne Brothers and Lynn Anderson. The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne, born October 29 1937 and Bobby Osborne, born December 9 1931 were an influential and popular bluegrass act from The Osborne Brothers first had a regional hit with the song in 1967, however, it was Lynn Anderson's version that was the mainstream country hit in 1970. The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne, born October 29 1937 and Bobby Osborne, born December 9 1931 were an influential and popular bluegrass act from Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

Background

The song was written by a married couple, songwriters Felice and Boudleaux Bryant. Felice Bryant ( August 7, 1925 – April 22, 2003) and Boudleaux Bryant ( February 13, They wrote "Rocky Top" in only ten minutes in 1967. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Bryants were working in Gatlinburg on a collection of slow-tempo songs for a project for Archie Campbell and Chet Atkins. Gatlinburg is a City in Sevier County, Tennessee, United States. Archie Campbell was a writer and star of Hee Haw, a popular long-running country -flavored television variety show Chester Burton "Chet" Atkins ( June 20, 1924 &ndash June 30, 2001) was an influential Guitarist and Record producer Writing the fast-paced "Rocky Top" served as a temporary diversion for them. Recorded by the Osborne Brothers in 1967, the song was a top 40 hit on the country music charts in early 1968. The Osborne Brothers, Sonny Osborne, born October 29 1937 and Bobby Osborne, born December 9 1931 were an influential and popular bluegrass act from The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains.

Although a staple of their concerts, the song did not achieve mass popularity until Lynn Anderson had a hit with it in 1970, and when the "Pride of the Southland" University of Tennessee marching band used it for one of their drills in 1972. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Pride of the Southland Band is the official name of the University of Tennessee 's Marching band. A marching band is in the broadest terms a group of performers that consist of instrumental Musicians and sometimes dance teams / color guard who generally perform Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The song was very popular and was officially adopted as a state song in 1982. In the 1970s, the song achieved such popularity among bar crowds that the Chapel Hill, North Carolina, old-time band the Red Clay Ramblers [1] national tours included a crowd-pleasing satire informally titled "Play 'Rocky Top' (or I'll Punch Your Lights Out. Chapel Hill is a town in Durham and Orange counties in North Carolina and the home of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC The Red Clay Ramblers are a North Carolina -based string band founded in Durham North Carolina in 1972 )"[2]

The original "Rocky Top" song describes a place called Rocky Top, Tennessee, which is one of the three peaks of Thunderhead Mountain in Tennessee (located in the Smoky Mountains) in the eastern part of the state. Thunderhead Mountain is a mountain in the west-central part of the Great Smoky Mountains, located in the Southeastern United States. Great Smoky Mountains National Park is a United States National Park that straddles the ridgeline of the Great Smoky Mountains, part of the Blue Ridge Mountains East Tennessee is a name given to approximately the eastern third of the state of Tennessee, one of The peak is actually located along the border between Tennessee and North Carolina. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States [3][4]

Despite its fast and upbeat tempo, the song's first verse is actually a lament over a failed love affair and a vanishing way of life. The song's second verse is an ode to two apparent revenuers and the illegal production of alcoholic beverages by moonshining, with a reference to "looking for a moonshine still. Production Uses Usually large scale distillation is practiced for the purpose of making ethanol for drinking, yet it may also practiced for creating Biofuel " These are all common country music themes. With its good-natured regional references to a carefree lifestyle, the singing of "Rocky Top" by Tennessee college students and alumni at sports venues such as Neyland Stadium is well established. Neyland Stadium is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. It serves primarily as the home of the Tennessee Volunteers football team but is also used The University of Tennessee has been granted a perpetual license to play the song as much and as often as success on the field dictates by the copyright holders, House of Bryant.

Contrary to popular belief, "Rocky Top" is not UT's official fight song, although it is so closely identified with the university that many believe this to be the case. A fight song is primarily an American and Canadian sports term referring to a Song associated with a team UT's official fight song is a radically different tune called "Down the Field", adapted from the Yale University fight song "Down the Field".

"Operation Rocky Top" was the FBI's code name for a public corruption investigation into the Tennessee state government in the late 1980s which resulted in the eventual suicide of the Tennessee Secretary of State, Gentry Crowell, and the incarceration of several other individuals, most notably state House Majority Leader Tommy Burnette. Operation Rocky Top was the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's (FBI's Code name for a public corruption investigation into the Tennessee state The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Secretary of State is a commonly used title for a Government Official. In US politics, the majority leader is a partisan position in a legislative body The focus of the investigation was the illegal sale of bingo licenses. Bingo is a Game of chance in which randomly selected numbers are drawn and players match those numbers to those appearing on 5x5 matrices which are printed or electronically

The jam band Phish played "Rocky Top" regularly from 1987 to 2003. Phish is an American Jam band noted for their Musical improvisation, extended Jam sessions and cult following There have been additional cover versions of the song by The Schwag and such country music artists as Dolly Parton, Conway Twitty, and Billie Jo Spears. Country music is a blend of popular musical forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American Country music Singer / Songwriter, Author, actress Conway Twitty (born Harold Lloyd Jenkins, September 1 1933; died June 5 1993) was one of the United States ' most successful Billie Jo Spears (born Billie Jean Spears January 14 1937) is an American Country music singer The country rock group the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band has also tackled the song. For the geological term see Country rock (geology. Country rock is a Musical Genre formed from the fusion of rock The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is an American country - folk - rock band that has existed in various forms since its founding in Long Beach California

In 2005, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ranked "Rocky Top" number seven on its list of 100 Songs of the South. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution is the only major daily Newspaper in Atlanta Georgia, USA and its suburbs.

The Disneyland, Paris 2007-2008 winter season show, "Mickey's Winter Wonderland" includes the song, performed by a group of bears.

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