Re: Looking for information on the song "Silver Wings"

Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2003 12:52:25 -0500
Newsgroups: alt.music.gospel.southern
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"Crystal Clear" <email-address-deleted> wrote in message
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> I'm not sure what category "Silver Wings" fits in so forgive me if
> this is the wrong group. Does anyone know who wrote this song or
originally performed it? All I
> can find is Merle Haggard and a few others. My grandmother insists
> that it was performed by someone else but can't remember who.
Silver Wings is a country song not a gospel song. There are various groups
which discuss country music such
as county.classic and country.western. I checked my resource material and
discovered Haggard wrote
the song and recorded it on an album but, if he released it as a single, it
never made the top 100 chart. A version
by the Hagers, two twins who sang on Hee-Haw, reached No. 56 in 1970. That
appears to be the only chart version although I recall hearing a version by
Rex Allen Jr.