| Tennessee Wig Walk | |
| Cover: | Music, sheet (AM 1999.155.96-5).jpg |
| Album: | Bonnie Lou: Doin' the Tennessee Wig Walk |
| Caption: | Cover of sheet music, published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Bonnie Lou |
| B-Side: | Scrap of Paper |
| Recorded: | 1953 |
| Genre: | Country music |
| Length: | 2:05 |
| Label: | Parlophone |
| Composer: | Larry Coleman |
| Lyricist: | Norman Gimbel |
| Prev Title: | Seven Lonely Days |
| Prev Year: | 1953 |
| Next Title: | Daddy-O |
| Next Year: | 1955 |
"Tennessee Wig Walk" (also "The Tennessee Wig-Walk") is a popular song by the American composer Larry Coleman, with lyrics by Norman Gimbel.
The sheet cover was published by Francis, Day & Hunter Ltd. in 1953.[1] The lyrics include the refrain "Doin' the Tennessee wig walk" and the song was used as dance music.[2]
The song was recorded by Bonnie Lou in 1953 under the Parlaphone record label.[3] The recording was in The Billboard Top Country & Western Records US National Best Sellers top ten list during 1953, reaching number 6.[4] In the same year, it was released as a single on the Decca label by the American big band Russ Morgan And His Orchestra "Music In The Morgan Manner"* as "The Tennessee Wig-Walk".[5]
Later, Lena Zavaroni included the song on her second album (If My Friends Could See Me Now, 1974) and third album (Lena Zavaroni in South Africa, 1975). The song was re-released on a CD compilation album of Bonnie Lou songs entitled "Doin' The Tennessee Wig Walk: The Best Of The King Years" in 2000 on the Westside label.[6]