“Green, Green Grass of Home”

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“Green, Green Grass of Home” is a classic country song, widely popularized in the 1960s and later covered by numerous artists across genres.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single
song
associatedAct Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Johnny Cash
Porter Wagoner
Tom Jones
chartSuccess Australian Singles Chart number one
Irish Singles Chart number one
UK Singles Chart number one
composer Curly Putman
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstReleaseYear 1965
genre country
country pop
hasNotableCoverVersion Elvis Presley version
Jerry Lee Lewis version
Johnny Cash version
Porter Wagoner version
Tom Jones version
isConsidered country music standard
pop standard
labelOfTomJonesSingle Decca Records
language English
madeFamousInDecade 1960s
narrativePerspective first person
originallyRecordedBy Johnny Darrell
popularizedBy Tom Jones
producerOfTomJonesVersion Peter Sullivan
recordedBy Bobby Bare
Charley Pride
Conway Twitty
Dean Martin
Elvis Presley
Jerry Lee Lewis
Joan Baez
Johnny Cash
Johnny Darrell
Kenny Rogers
Merle Haggard
Porter Wagoner
Tom Jones
Tom Jones
surface form: Tom Jones and Engelbert Humperdinck
releaseYearOfTomJonesVersion 1966
subjectMatter a condemned prisoner dreaming of home
theme death row
homecoming
nostalgia
writer Curly Putman

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Porter Wagoner notableWork “Green, Green Grass of Home”
Johnny Darrell recorded “Green, Green Grass of Home”
this entity surface form: “The Green, Green Grass of Home”
Tom Jones notableWork “Green, Green Grass of Home”
this entity surface form: Green, Green Grass of Home