Uploaded November 2020 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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50s Country - Hillbilly Bopper from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 10, 1955.
Michael Webb Pierce (August 8, 1921 - February 24, 1991)
It was an American Honky-Tonk vocalist, songwriter and guitarist of the 1950s, one of the most popular of the genre, charting more number one hits than any other country artist during the decade.
His biggest hit was "In the Jailhouse Now," which charted for 37 weeks in 1955, 21 of them at number one.
Pierce also charted number one for several weeks each with his recordings of "Slowly" (1954), "Love, Love, Love" (1955), "I Don't Care" (1955), "There Stands the Glass" (1953), "More and More" (1954), "I Ain't Never" (1959), and his first number one "Wondering," which stayed at the top spot for four of its 27 weeks' charting in 1952.
He had a Country Gospel song "I Love Him Dearly" also.
His iconic hit "Teenage Boogie" was covered by British band T. Rex as "I Love to Boogie" in 1974, but credited as being written by the group's lead singer Marc Bolan and not Pierce.

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