Wheeling Back To Wheeling, W.Va. / Three Wishes
Doc Williams Border Riders
- Artist
- Doc Williams Border Riders
- Label
- Wheeling Records
- Catalog number
- DW1014
- Format
- 10" · 78 RPM
- Country
- US
- Released
- 1955
- Genre
- Folk, World, & Country
What’s on it
Wheeling Back To Wheeling, W.Va. / Three Wishes has 2 tracks, about 5:50 of music. Open a track to see who wrote, played on and produced it.
AWheeling Back To Wheeling, W.Va.
- Written-By
- Earl McCarron, Kidd Baker
AAThree Wishes
- Written-By
- Doc Williams
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Where it came from
Released in 1955 on the artist-owned Wheeling Records label, this 78 RPM single captures the quintessential sound of Doc Williams and his Border Riders. The group was a central pillar of the WWVA Jamboree, one of the longest-running country music broadcasts in American history, which established Wheeling, West Virginia, as a major hub for traditional country and mountain music during the mid-twentieth century.
The tracks reflect the sentimental and regional themes favored by the ensemble, blending country, folk, and western influences that resonated with the working-class radio audiences of the Appalachian region. Doc Williams, a prolific songwriter and performer, maintained a consistent, approachable aesthetic that prioritized authenticity and regional pride over the polished pop sensibilities then emerging in Nashville, solidifying his status as a regional icon whose work documented the cultural landscape of the Ohio Valley.
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