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So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

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Wikipedia article




"'So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed'" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis, written by Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone.

Background



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. "I'd walk a mile" is a slogan for Camel cigarettes. "Just ask the man who owns one" refers to Packard automobiles. "She's got the pause that's so refreshing" is a reference to the Coca-Cola slogan "The Pause that Refreshes".

Chart performance



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.

Cover Versions



*In 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







Category:1946 songs

Category:1947 singles

Category:Merle Travis songs

Category:Johnny Bond songs

Category:Songs written by Merle Travis

Category:Songs written by Cliffie Stone


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