"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" is a 1967 country song written by Neil Levenson and performed by Irish showband singer Joe Dolan and his band, the Drifters.[1][2]
| "The House With the Whitewashed Gable" | ||||
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| Single by Joe Dolan | ||||
| B-side | "Work Day Blues" | |||
| Released | 10 February 1967 | |||
| Genre | country | |||
| Length | 2:15 | |||
| Label | Pye | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Neil Levenson | |||
| Joe Dolan singles chronology | ||||
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Song history
editThe song is based on the Ron Dante song "221 East Maple," with the typically American street address changed to the rural Irish setting of a farmhouse with a gable covered in whitewash.[3]
"The House With the Whitewashed Gable" was released on 10 February 1967, reaching number one in the Irish Singles Chart on 20 February 1967.[4]
References
edit- ^ "The House with the Whitewashed Gable / Work Day Blues by Joe Dolan - RYM/Sonemic" – via rateyourmusic.com.
- ^ https://joedolan.com/the-joe-dolan-story/
- ^ Curran, Aidan (December 6, 2023). "Joe Dolan and The Drifters – 'The House With The Whitewashed Gable'".
- ^ "Irish Number Ones (@irishnumberones@mastodon.ie)". mastodon.ie.
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