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Waterloo (Stonewall Jackson song)

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Wikipedia article




"'Waterloo'" was a number-one hit for country singer Stonewall Jackson in 1959. It was written by John D. Loudermilk and Marijohn Wilkin.[http://repertoire.bmi.com/startpage.asp\ BMI Repertoire] Note: need to type song title or author's name into search line of website

Background



The song tells of three famous people who, because of their actions, "met their Waterloo" – Adam (who ate the "apple"), Napoleon (at the namesake battle), and Tom Dooley (who was hanged for murder).

Chart performance



The single was the most successful of Jackson's career, spending five weeks at number one on the U.S. country music chart. The B-side of "Waterloo", "Smoke Along the Track", reached number 24 on the country chart. "Waterloo" was also Jackson's only top 40 hit, where it stayed on the chart for 16 weeks, peaking at number four on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 pop chart.[http://www.billboard.com/charts/1959-07-18/hot-100 Billboard Top 100 online]

References



Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:1959 singles

Category:Stonewall Jackson (musician) songs

Category:Songs written by John D. Loudermilk

Category:Songs written by Marijohn Wilkin

Category:1959 songs

Category:Songs about Napoleon

Category:Songs about soldiers

Category:Songs about criminals

Category:Cultural depictions of Adam and Eve

Category:Song recordings produced by Don Law


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