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- Category: Recording
- Star rank: 1829
- Address:
6225 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
- GPS location:
34.101755, -118.325343
Red Foley
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Previous star: Tod Browning
Biography
Clyde Julian Foley (June 17, 1910 – September 19, 1968), better known as Red Foley, was an American singer, musician, and radio and TV personality who made a major contribution to the growth of country music after World War II.
Fact file
- Birth name: Clyde Julian Foley
- Also known as: Mr. Country Music
- Born: June 17, 1910
- Origin: Blue Lick, Kentucky, U.S.
- Died: September 19, 1968 (aged 58) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S.
- Genres: country, gospel, rockabilly, boogie, rhythm and blues
- Occupations: singer-songwriter, musician, radio and TV host, actor
- Instruments: guitar, banjo
- Years active: 1930–1968
- Labels: Conqueror, Melotone, Decca
- Associated acts: The Cumberland Valley Boys The Sunshine Boys Ernest Tubb Kitty Wells
- Website: Red Foley’s official website
Read more about Red Foley at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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6302 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Ivar and Vine
Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Argyle and Vine
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Nearby you will also find Tod Browning, Irene Rich, Eddy Arnold, and many others.