Grady Martin

Aliases: Grady Martin, His Guitar, and The Slewfoot Five
Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five
Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five
Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five
The Slew Foot Five
Real name: Thomas Grady Martin
Born: January 17, 1929
Died: December 3, 2001
Country: United States
IPI: 00019797049 4 works
00019817762 1 work
Affiliation: BMI
Comments: Country and rockabilly guitarist who as a session musician played on many hits from the 1950s to the early 1970s
Member of: The Rhythm Rockers featuring Chet Atkins

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Originals

Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
Changeable	Don Cherry and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1953	(2 artists)
It's My Party REC	Helen Shapiro with Grady Martin and The Jordanaires	October 1963	(69 artists) Originally by Lesley Gore REL
I Walked Right In (With My Eyes Wide Open)	Helen Shapiro - With Accompaniment by Grady Martin	April 25, 1963	Laura Vanel accompagnée par Jean Claudric et son orchestre
No Trespassing	Helen Shapiro with Accompaniment by Grady Martin	June 28, 1963	Anki Lindqvist
Woe Is Me	Helen Shapiro - With Accompaniment by Grady Martin	April 25, 1963	(2 artists)

Covers by Grady Martin

	Title	Performer	Release date	Originally by
i	Alexander's Ragtime Band	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	July 1954	Emma Carus PRF, Collins and Harlan REC
i	All Alone Am I	Grady Martin	April 1965	Tzeni Karezi
i	Allegheny Moon	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1956	Patti Page
i	Alley Cat	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	January 1964	Bent Fabricius-Bjerre med rytme
i	All the Way	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	September 1957	Frank Sinatra with Orchestra conducted by Nelson Riddle
	A Lover's Quarrel	Don Cherry and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1953	George Morgan REC, Sarah Vaughan with Percy Faith and His Orchestra REL
i	Anytime	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Emmett Miller
i	A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1954	John Steel REC,PRF
i	Around the World	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	January 1964	Eddie Fisher with Hugo Winterhalter's Orchestra and Chorus
i	At Sundown (When Love Is Calling Me Home)	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Bert Kaplan and His Collegians REC, George Olsen and His Music - Vocal Refrain by Bob Borger, Fran Frey, Bob Rice REL
i	Battle of New Orleans	Grady Martin	June 1967	Arkansas Barefoot Boys
i	Beautiful Brown Eyes	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Arthur Smith Trio
i	Beautiful Ohio	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Prince's Orchestra
i	Beer Barrel Polka	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1951	Benešova dechová hudba
	Bimbo	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1954	Jim Reeves [US]
i	Bully of the Town	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	1951	May Irwin PRF,REC, Mr. J. W. Myers REL
i	Cattle Call	Grady Martin	June 1967	Tex Owens
i	Chicago	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	September 1957	The Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Ben Selvin)
i	City Lights	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Bill Anderson [US1]
i	Colonel Bogey March	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	(unknown)
i	Cool Water	Grady Martin	1977	Bob and Randall Atcher and Bonnie Blue Eyes
	Coquette	Carmen Lombardo and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	June 1953	Broadway Bell-Hops
i	Crazy Arms	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Kenny Brown and Marilyn Kaye and The Arkansas Ramblers
	Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves	Burl Ives and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	May 1952	Doye O'Dell
i	Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes	Grady Martin	June 1967	Slim Willet - With The Brush Cutters
i	Don't Take Your Love from Me	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	October 1955	Mildred Bailey
i	Down the River of Golden Dreams	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Hilo Hawaiian Orchestra - Vocal Refrain by Johnny Marvin
i	Dragnet	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1953	Ray Anthony and His Orchestra
i	Drifting and Dreaming	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Ted Lewis and His Band
i	Dusty Skies	Grady Martin	1977	Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
i	El Paso	Grady Martin	April 1965	Marty Robbins
i	Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	January 1964	Felicia Sanders PRF, Kaye Ballard REC,REL
i	Frankie and Johnny	Grady Martin	June 1967	The Leighton Brothers REC, Paul Biese Trio REL
i	Fraulein	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Bobby Helms
i	Half as Much	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Ken Marvin REC, Curley Williams and The Georgia Peach Pickers REL
i	Heartaches by the Number	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Ray Price
i	He'll Have to Go	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Billy Brown
i	High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)	Grady Martin	1977	Tex Ritter BRD,REC,REL
i	Hot Lips	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	July 18, 1955	Synco Jazz Band (Joseph Samuels)
i	I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye	Grady Martin	June 1967	Willie Nelson
	Isle of Capri	The Slew Foot Five	May 1954	Lew Stone and His Band - Vocal Chorus by Nat Gonella
i	I Wanna Be Around	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	January 1964	Wynona Carr
	I Went to Your Wedding	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five - Vocal Chorus by Cecil Bailey	September 1952	Steve Gibson and The Original Red Caps featuring Damita Jo
i	Ka-Lu-A	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen)
i	Kaw-Liga	Grady Martin	June 1967	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i	Lazy River	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Hoagy Carmichael and His Orchestra
i	Let Me Call You Sweetheart	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Arthur C. Clough
i	Mary Lou	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Abe Lyman's California Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Charles Kaley
i	May the Bird of Paradise Fly up Your Nose	Grady Martin	June 1967	"Little" Jimmy Dickens
i	Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Elizabeth Wheeler and Harry Anthony
	Mexicali Rose	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1954	International Novelty Orchestra (Nathaniel Shilkret) REC, Jack Tenney and the Majestic Orchestra PRF
i	Missouri Waltz	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Victor Military Band
i	Moonlight and Roses	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Mark Andrews [US1]
i	Moon River	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Audrey Hepburn BRD, Henry Mancini and His Orchestra and Chorus REC,REL
i	My Blue Heaven	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REL, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i	Nagasaki	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Ipana Troubadours (Sam Lanin)
i	Near You	Grady Martin	April 1965	Francis Craig and His Orchestra - Vocal by Bob Lamm
	(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	February 1953	Hank Snow, The Singing Ranger and The Rainbow Ranch Boys
i	Ol' Man River	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Jules Bledsoe PRF, "Kenn" Sisson and His Orchestra REC
i	On the Rebound	Grady Martin	April 1965	Floyd Cramer
i	Poor Butterfly	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	May 1953	Elizabeth Spencer
i	Ramblin' Rose	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	1963	Jerry Lee Lewis and His Pumping Piano
i	Ramona	Grady Martin	April 1965	Dolores Del Rio BRD, Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra REC,REL
i	Red River Valley	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Bascom Lamar Lunsford - Blackwell Lunsford REL, Carl T. Sprague REC
	Ribbon of Darkness	Grady Martin	June 1967	Marty Robbins REL, Gordon Lightfoot REC
	Riders in the Sky	Grady Martin (Narration by Rex Allen)	September 1976	Bob Geddins Cavaliers
i	Ring of Fire	Grady Martin	April 1965	Anita Carter
i	River, Stay 'Way from My Door	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Jimmie Noone and His Orchestra
i	Ruby	Grady Martin	April 1965	Richard Hayman and His Orchestra REL, Richard Hayman Orchestra PRF
i	San Antonio Rose	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	1951	Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
	Settin' the Woods on Fire	Melvin Shiner and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	October 1952	Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
i	Shenandoah	Grady Martin	1977	John Goss and the Cathedral Male Voice Quartet
	Side by Side	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	February 1953	Sam Lanin's Orchestra
i	Singing the Blues	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Marty Robbins
i	Singin' the Blues Till My Daddy Comes Home	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	July 18, 1955	Nora Bayes
i	Somebody Stole My Gal	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1957	Ted Weems and His Orchestra
i	Star Dust	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1951	Hoagy Carmichael & His Pals
i	St. Louis Blues	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Prince's Band
i	Swanee River	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Len Spencer
	Sweethearts on Parade	Carmen Lombardo and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	June 1953	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians REL, Abe Lyman's California Orchestra REC
	Sweethearts or Strangers	Dick Todd and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1954	Jimmie Davis with Charles Mitchell's Orchestra
i	Sweet Jennie Lee	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	August 1952	Isham Jones' Orchestra
i	Swingin' down the Lane	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Ben Bernie and His Orchestra
	Tell Me Why	Roberta Lee and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	January 1952	The Swallows REC, Four Aces featuring Al Alberts REL
i	Tennessee Waltz	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Pee Wee King and His Golden West Cowboys - Vocal Refrain by Redd Stewart REL, Cowboy Copas REC
i	The Girl from Ipanema	Grady Martin	April 1965	Os Cariocas REL, João Gilberto, Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius de Moraes PRF
i	The Last Letter	Grady Martin	June 1967	Rex Griffin
	The Little Green Valley	Burl Ives and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	May 1952	Vernon Dalhart—Carson Robison
i	The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Dick McIntire's Harmony Hawaiians featuring Lani McIntire REL, Jimmie Rodgers with Lani McIntire's Hawaiians REC
i	The Prisoner's Song	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Vernon Dalhart
i	The Velvet Glove	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1953	Henri René and Hugo Winterhalter
i	Three O'Clock in the Morning	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Richard Bold and Rosalind Fuller
	Too Old to Cut the Mustard	Dick Todd and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	July 1952	The Carlisles
	Trying	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five – Vocal Duet by Dotty Dillard and Jack Shook	August 1952	The Hilltoppers featuring Jimmy Sacca
i	Tumbling Tumbleweeds	Grady Martin	1977	Sons of the Pioneers REC, The Ranch Boys REL
i	Twelfth Street Rag	The Slew Foot Five	May 1954	W. Arlington
i	Wabash Blues	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Isham Jones Orchestra
	Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart	Dick Todd and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	July 1952	Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys
i	Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang of Mine)	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	(unknown)
i	What'll I Do	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Grace Moore & John Steel PRF, Carl Fenton's Orchestra (Walter Haenschen) REC
i	What's the Use	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1954	Isham Jones' Orchestra
i	(When It's) Darkness on the Delta	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Chick Bullock and His Levee Loungers REL, Ted Fio Rito and His Orchestra - Vocal Chorus by Muzzy Marcellino REC, Mildred Bailey PRF
i	When My Dream Boat Comes Home	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1956	Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians - Vocal refrain by Lebert Lombardo
i	Where Have All the Flowers Gone	Grady Martin	April 1965	Pete Seeger
	Wild Side of Life	Burl Ives and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	April 1952	Vernon Dalhart, Jimmy Heap and The Melody Masters - Vocal by Perk Williams
i	You Are My Sunshine	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	The Pine Ridge Boys
	You Belong to Me	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five - Vocal Chorus by Cecil Bailey	September 1952	Joni James - Lew Douglas Orchestra

Songs written by Grady Martin

Original songs

Title	Written by	Originally by	Original date	Covered by
Don't Play That Song Again	Grady Martin, Todd Cerney	Brush Arbor	September 1977	Covered by Gene Rockwell
I'm Learning about Love	Grady Martin, Louie Innis	Brenda Lee	January 2, 1961	Covered by (3 artists)
Snap Your Fingers	Grady Martin, Alex Zanetis	Joe Henderson [US2]	April 1962	Covered by (28 artists)

Releases

Albums

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
A Touch of Country	Grady Martin	June 1967	Decca
Big City Lights	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	December 1960	Decca
Cowboy Classics	Grady Martin	1977	Monument
Helen in Nashville	Helen Shapiro with Grady Martin and The Jordanaires	October 1963	Columbia [EMI]
Hot Time Tonight	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1959	Decca
Instrumentally Yours	Grady Martin	April 1965	Decca
Songs Everybody Knows	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	January 1964	Decca
Swingin' Down the River	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	August 7, 1962	Decca
That Good Grady	Grady Martin, His Guitar, and The Slewfoot Five	1963	Festival Records [AU]
The Roaring 20's	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1957	Decca

Singles

Title	Performer	Release date	Label
Allegheny Moon	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	October 1956	Festival Records [AU]
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1954	Decca
Bandera	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	May 1953	Decca
Beer Barrel Polka	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	December 1951	Decca
Bimbo	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1954	Decca
Changeable	Don Cherry and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1953	Decca
Chicago	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	September 1957	Decca
Columbus Stockade Blues	Dick Todd and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	November 1954	Decca
Coquette	Carmen Lombardo and Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	June 1953	Decca
Dragnet	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1953	Decca
Hot Lips	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	July 18, 1955	Decca
Isle of Capri	The Slew Foot Five	May 1954	Decca
Jalousie	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	July 1954	Decca
Keep It Movin'	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	January 1957	Decca
Nashville	Grady Martin and The Slewfoot Five	October 1955	Decca
(Now and Then, There's) A Fool Such as I	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	February 1953	Decca
Riders in the Sky	Grady Martin (Narration by Rex Allen)	September 1976	Monument
San Antonio Rose	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	1951	Decca
Settin' the Woods on Fire	Melvin Shiner and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	October 1952	Decca
Slew Foot Rag	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	January 1952	Decca
The Little Green Valley	Burl Ives and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	May 1952	Decca
Too Old to Cut the Mustard	Dick Todd and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	July 1952	Decca
Trying	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	August 1952	Decca
When My Dream Boat Comes Home	Grady Martin and The Slew Foot Five	August 1956	Decca
Wild Side of Life	Burl Ives and Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five	April 1952	Decca
You Belong to Me	Grady Martin and His Slew Foot Five - Vocal Chorus by Cecil Bailey	September 1952	Decca