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SIOUX CITY SUE - 1945 Music by Dick Thomas & Lyrics by Ray Freedman (aka Max) Click here to listen: Sioux City Sue mp3 Click here for Sioux Lyrics |
We're compiling a list of all the artists who have recorded Sioux City Sue. Email us with any additions or corrections. Several of the artists had hit recordings of Sioux including Dick Thomas, Gene Autry, Bing Crosby, Zeke Manners, and Willie Nelson & Leon Russell. Dick has Billboard charts from 1945 where four different versions of Sioux City Sue were in the top 5 at once: Dick Thomas, Zeke Manners, Hoosier Hotshots, and Tiny Hill & His Orchestra.
Special Thanks to Fujio Akagi and Ray Kilcoyne for adding to our list of Sioux recording artists!
Sioux City Sue recording artists:
Dick Thomas -1945
George Town -1945
Zeke Manners - 1945
Tiny Hill -1945 (Mercury)
Jimmy Walker - 1945 (B-side Detour on Coast Records)
Hoosier Hotshots - 1945
Gene Autry - 1946 (two versions)
Bing Crosby & the Jesters - March 1946
Kate Smith - 1946
Tony Pastor & His Orchestra - 1946 (B-side, Loop De Lu)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Slim Whitman (album)
Spade Cooley & Tex Williams (Spade Cooley & His Dance Band)
Duane Eddie (instrumental guitar version)
Ray Norris & His Quintet
The Brothers, aka The Youngsters - Dean & Mark Mathis 1959
Merle Travis - 1946 (Capitol 48004), 45 rpm Capitol 40143 (1950)
Kid Ory (1920-60's trombonist from New Orleans)
The Willis Brothers with Johnny Bond
George Barry Orchestra (1950)
Elton Britt - 1950's (Lp. 'I Heard A Forest Playing')
Kenny Roberts (1950's) Bing Crosby
Art Lowry 1953 (78 rpm Columbia 39904)
Grady Martin 1953 (45 rpm Decca 28497)
Jeff & Eddie Skeets (45 rpm Skeets SR4045)
Johnny Maddox & The Rhythmasters 1955 (45 rpm Dot 1502)
Moms & Dads (1956)
The Frank Petty Trio - 1958 (Lp. 'Sweethearts on Parade' & 45 rpm MGM 1038)
Frankie Yankovic - (Lp. 'America's Polka King')
Riders in the Sky
The Original Memphis Five
Jimmie Tokita - 1961 (Lp. 'Western Holiday' on King Records, LKF 1199 Japan)
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell - 1980 (Lp. & single - Sioux City Sue/Heartbreak Hotel)
J. Garber
Eddie Howard
Ka'au Crater Boys (Hawaiian)
Tom Morrell & Time Warp Tophands
Steve Owens (Dick's grandson)
Old West (acoustic trio - Steve Ide, Leslie Ide, and Carl Finnegan)
Artists who featured/performed Sioux:
Al Trace
Guy Lombardo
Lawrence Welk
Lou Leaman (arrangement)
Recordings with new lyrics set to the tune of Sioux City Sue:
Buffalo Bill - DeHenk Wijngaard Show (German)
Pusan U by Homer & Jethro
Here's a bit of trivia:
Max C. Freedman co-wrote Bill Haley & The Comets, Rock Around The Clock.
There's a scene in the film, Last Days of Patton, with Sioux City Sue playing in a German club.
Sioux City Sue appears on:
Gene Autry, The Western Collection - 25 Cowboy Classics - 2001 (Universal/Varese Sarabande)
Gene Autry, 20 Greatest Movie Hits - 1999 (Universal/Varese Sarabande)
Gene Autry, The Singing Cowboy - 1997 (Universal/Varese Sarabande)
Gene Autry, Sing Cowboy Sing - Gene Autry Collection (Box Set) - 1997 (Wea/Rhino)
Transcriptions from Gene Autry's Melody Ranch radio show (aired 1940-56)
Spade Cooley & Tex Williams, A Western Swing Dance Date with Spade & Tex - 2000 (Jasmine -UK)
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys (Tiffany Sessions) 1946-47
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, The Tiffany Transcriptions - More of the Best Vol. 8 - 1988 (WEA/Rhino)
Bing Crosby, V-Disc Recordings - 1999 (Collector's Choice Music)
Bing Crosby, La Selection Vol. 20 (1928-45) - 1997 (L'Art Vocal)
Bing Crosby & His Hollywood Guests - 1997
Slim Whitman, Yodeling (1963)
Slim Whitman, Country Songs/City Hits (1964)
Slim Whitman, Yodeling Country Songs/City Hits - (two CD set of 1960s Lps) 2001 import (Bgo - UK)
Moms & Dads, In The Good Old Summertime - 1956 (GNP/Crescendo)
The Brothers (aka The Youngsters) Dean & Mark Mathis - 1959 (Argo 5329)
Willie Nelson & Leon Russell, One For The Road - 1980 (Sony/Columbia)
Kid Ory, At The Greenroom - 1994
Rider's In the Sky, Public Cowboy #1 - The Music of Gene Autry - 1996 tribute CD (Universal/Rounder)
Kate Smith, The Voice of America Columbia Years - 2001 (Collectibles Records)
Duane Eddy, Twangin' From Phoenix To L.A. (Box Set) -1994 import (Bear Family - Germany)
Duane Eddy, Especially For You - Girls! Girls! Girls! - 1994 import (Bear Family - Germany)
Merle Travis, Guitar Rags & A Too Far Past (5 CD) set - 1994 import (Bear Family - Germany)
The Willis Brothers with Johnny Bond, The Singing Cowboy Rides Again - 1992 (CMH)
Ka'au Crater Boys, On Fire! - 1997 (Roy Sukama)
Tom Morrell & Time Warp Tophands, How The West Was Swung - Smoke A Little Of This (Vol. 6) - 1995 (Wr)
The Original Memphis Five, Great White Way Blues - 2000 import (Epm/Musique - France)
Kevin McNiven, Horseman, Roughstock & Rawhide - 2000 (Honky Tonkin Music)
Old West, Carry Me Back - 2001
Various Artists, Country Music Hall of Fame - 1970 (Sony/Columbia) performed by Gene Autry
Various Artists, Songs of the West (Box Set) - 1993 (WEA/Atlantic/Rhino) performed by Gene Autry
Various Artists, 26 All-Time Country Classics - 1998 (Pearl Flapper)
Performed by Zeke Manners & His Band
Various Artists, Songs of the West Vol. 2 - 1994 (Wea/Rhino) Performed by Gene Autry
Various Artists, Vintage Country Legends Vol. 2 - 2001 import (Maste - Australian) performed by Gene Autry
ASCAP 1945
Lyrics by Ray Freedman (aka Max)
Music by Dick Thomas
I drove a herd of cattle down from old Nebraska way
That's how I come to be in the state of Iowa
I met a gal in Iowa, her eyes were big and blue
I asked her what her name was, she said Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue, Sioux City Sue
Your hair is red, your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
Sioux City Sue, Sioux City Sue
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue
I asked her if she had a beau
She said, "Yes quite a few"
But still I started courtin' my sweet Sioux City Sue
The first time that I stole a kiss, I caught her stealing two
I asked her did she love me, She said "Indeed I do"
Sioux City Sue
Your hair is red, your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
Sioux City Sue
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue
Now I'm admitting Iowa, I owe a lot to you
Cause I come from Nebraska to find Sioux City Sue
I'm gonna rope and tie her up, I'll use my old laso
I'm gonna put my brand on, my sweet Sioux City Sue
Sioux City Sue
Your hair is red, your eyes are blue
I'd swap my horse and dog for you
Sioux City Sue
There ain't no gal as true as my sweet Sioux City Sue
Copyright 1945 (Renewed) Edwin H. Morris & Company, A Division of MPL Communications, Inc.