The song describes a woman through the use of advertising slogans. The slogan "So round, so firm, so fully packed, so free and easy on the draw" was used in the Lucky Strike brand cigarette advertising of the time, first heard in 1944 on the Jack Benny and Your Hit Parade radio programs.[citation needed] "I'd walk a mile" is a slogan for Camel cigarettes. "Just ask the man who owns one" refers to Packard automobiles.[4] "She's got the pause that's so refreshing" is a reference to the Coca-Cola slogan "The Pause that Refreshes".
Chart performanceedit
The song was Travis' second number one on the Folk Juke Box charts, where it stayed at number one for 14 weeks and a total of 21 weeks on the chart.[5]
^Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1947). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 5A. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
^Patrick Milligan; Richard Weize; Michel Ruppli; Praguefrank; Mario Manciotti; Murray Kirch (May 23, 2022). "Merle Travis". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
round, firm, fully, packed, 1947, song, merle, travis, written, travis, eddie, kirk, cliffie, stone, single, merle, travisb, side, sweet, temptaton, publishedjanuary, 1947, 1947, american, music, hollywood, releasedjanuary, 1947, 1947, recordedoctober, 1946, 1. So Round So Firm So Fully Packed is a 1947 song by Merle Travis written by Travis Eddie Kirk and Cliffie Stone So Round So Firm So Fully Packed Single by Merle TravisB side Sweet Temptaton PublishedJanuary 8 1947 1947 01 08 by American Music Inc Hollywood 1 ReleasedJanuary 1947 1947 01 2 RecordedOctober 19 1946 1946 10 19 3 StudioRadio Recorders Los AngelesGenreHillbillyLength2 59LabelCapitol 349Songwriter s Merle Travis Cliffie Stone Eddie KirkProducer s Lee GilletteMerle Travis singles chronology Divorce Me C O D 1946 So Round So Firm So Fully Packed 1947 Steel Guitar Rag 1947 Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance 3 Cover versions 4 ReferencesBackground editThe song describes a woman through the use of advertising slogans The slogan So round so firm so fully packed so free and easy on the draw was used in the Lucky Strike brand cigarette advertising of the time first heard in 1944 on the Jack Benny and Your Hit Parade radio programs citation needed I d walk a mile is a slogan for Camel cigarettes Just ask the man who owns one refers to Packard automobiles 4 She s got the pause that s so refreshing is a reference to the Coca Cola slogan The Pause that Refreshes Chart performance editThe song was Travis second number one on the Folk Juke Box charts where it stayed at number one for 14 weeks and a total of 21 weeks on the chart 5 Cover versions editIn 1947 it was also a 3 hit for Johnny Bond and a 5 hit for Ernest Tubb Eddy Arnold covered the song on his 1954 album Eddy Arnold An American Institution and his 1956 album A Dozen Hits Ricky Skaggs covered the song on his 1981 album Waitin for the Sun to Shine References edit Library of Congress Copyright Office 1947 Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Published Music Jan Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 5A United States Copyright Office U S Govt Print Off Patrick Milligan Richard Weize Michel Ruppli Praguefrank Mario Manciotti Murray Kirch May 23 2022 Merle Travis Praguefrank s Country Music Discographies Retrieved 2022 05 23 Capitol 100 499 78rpm numerical listing discography www 78discography com Retrieved 2022 05 23 Einstein Arthur 2010 Ask the Man Who Owns One An Illustrated History of Packard Advertising Whitburn Joel 2004 The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits 1944 2006 Second edition Record Research p 351 Preceded by Rainbow at Midnight by Ernest Tubb Most Played Juke Box Folk Recordsnumber one single by Merle TravisFebruary 8 1947 Succeeded by New Jolie Blonde New Pretty Blonde by Red Foley nbsp This 1940s country song related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title So Round So Firm So Fully Packed amp oldid 1180922827, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
