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Duration: 3:09 
Release Date: 2/3/1961  (Tim P. Ryan) 
Lyrics By: Eddie Dean & Hal Sothern (Tim P. Ryan) 
Music By: Eddie Dean & Hal Sothern (Tim P. Ryan) 
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Released By: Capitol single 1623 (also on a 1961 LP) (Tim P. Ryan) 
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  • Target of parody and pastiche. (Tim P. Ryan)
  • Eddie Dean's own version of this song was released in 1955. (Tim P. Ryan)
  • Reached #5 on the Country & Western charts Reached #20 on the Pop charts (Tim P. Ryan)
  • Initial releases spelled Hillbilly with a hyphen, 'Hill-billy' or 'Hill-Billy'. (Tim P. Ryan)
  • With the passing of Eddy Arnold on May 8, 2008, Andy Griffith became of sole survivor of the list of those expected later. As of the 30th Anniversary of the song's release 6 of the 10 to be welcomed later were still with us. (Tim P. Ryan)
  • Song Lyrics:
    I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
    as initially recorded by Tex Ritter, 1961.

    I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven
    Oh, what a beautiful sight

    Last night I dreamed I went to hillbilly heaven. And you know who greeted me at the gate? The ole cowboy-philosopher himself, Will Rogers. He said to me, he said

    "Tex, the Big Boss of the riders up here has asked me to kinda show you around. Right over yonder is a couple of your 'ole compadres." My, was I glad to see them, Carson Robison and the Mississippi blue yodeler Jimmie Rodgers.

    I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven
    Oh, what a beautiful sight

    He introduced me to Wiley Post, and he showed me the Hall of Fame with all the gold guitars and fiddles hanging on the walls.

    Then he said, "Tex, step over this way, there are two more of your friends I know you'll want to see, they're waiting for you." There they were, standing side by side and smiling at me - Hank Williams and Johnny Horton.

    I met all the stars in hillbilly heaven
    Oh, what a star-studded night

    Then I asked him who else he expected within the next, uh, say a hundred years? He handed me a large book covered with star dust. Will called it the Big Tally Book. In it were many names and each name was branded in pure gold. I began to read some of them as I turned the pages: Red Foley, Ernest Tubb, Gene Autry, Roy Acuff, Eddy Arnold, Tennessee Ernie, Eddie Dean, Andy Griffith, Roy Rogers, Tex Ritter . . . . .

    . . . Tex Ritter?
    Oh, well, that's when I woke up, and I'm sorry I did, because . . .

    I dreamed I was there in hillbilly heaven
    Oh, what a beautiful sight.

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    I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
    -those named as having passed by 1961-

    Will Rogers
    1879-1935

    Carson Robison
    1890-1957
    Jimmie Rodgers
    1897-1933

    Wiley Post
    1898-1935

    Hank Williams
    1923-1953
    Johnny Horton
    1925-1960

    -those expected in the next 100 years-

    Red Foley
    1910-1968
    Ernest Tubb
    1914-1984
    Gene Autry
    1907-1998
    Roy Acuff
    1903-1992
    Eddy Arnold
    1918-2008
    Tennessee Ernie
    1919-1991
    Eddie Dean
    1908-1999
    Andy Griffith
    1926-2012
    Roy Rogers
    1911-1998
    Tex Ritter
    1905-1974

    Andy Griffith was the last of them to pass on, July 3, 2012.
    (Tim P. Ryan)
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    Played on 2 shows:
    07-14-12, #12-2807-07-12, #AOTA-120707
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    MP3 sample is a re-recording by Tex Ritter, not the original 1961 LP release.
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