Cliff Grimsley
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Cliff Grimsley was the lead-singing brother behind the western-swing duo Tex Grimsley and His Texas Showboys. With brother Tex, he co-wrote “Walking the Dog” (1950), the bouncy honky-tonk song Webb Pierce took into the country Top 10 in 1953 and that Buck Owens, Patsy Cline, and David Ball have all since recorded.
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- Sang lead in his brother’s western-swing band, Tex Grimsley and His Texas Showboys.
- Co-wrote “Walking the Dog” with brother Tex Grimsley; the Showboys cut the original on the Texas-based Pacemaker label in 1950, with Cliff on lead vocal.
- Webb Pierce’s 1953 cover, retitled “I’m Walking the Dog,” reached the country Top 10; the song has since been recorded by Buck Owens, Patsy Cline, and David Ball.
