Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima

"Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima" is a 1945 song by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. The song was Bob Wills' second number one on the Juke Box Folk charts, spending a single week at number one and a total of eleven weeks on the chart.[1] The B-side of "Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima", a song entitled, "You Don't Care What Happens To Me" peaked at number five on the same chart.

Cover versions

  • Later in 1945, Sons of the Pioneers, peaked at number four on the Juke Box Folk Record chart with their version.[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 392.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 325.
Preceded by
"At Mail Call Today" by Gene Autry
Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
number one single by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

July 7, 1945
Succeeded by
"At Mail Call Today" by Gene Autry


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