Wade Birchfield
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Songwriter
Wade Birchfield was the co-author, with Jimmy Martin, of “Hit Parade of Love” — one of Martin’s signature singles and a bluegrass standard that has since been recorded by the Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent, Ronnie Bowman, and Jonathan Edwards, among many others. Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys cut the song on May 9, 1956, and Decca released it the following November.
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- Co-wrote “Hit Parade of Love” with Jimmy Martin.
- Jimmy Martin and the Sunny Mountain Boys recorded the song on May 9, 1956; Decca released it on November 12, 1956, as the B-side of “You’ll Be a Lost Ball.”
- The song became one of Martin’s signature numbers and has since been recorded by the Seldom Scene, Rhonda Vincent, Ronnie Bowman, the Dixie Flyers, Jonathan Edwards, and many others.
