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So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed

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"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
Single by Merle Travis
B-side"Sweet Temptaton"
PublishedJanuary 8, 1947 (1947-01-08) by American Music, Inc., Hollywood[1]
ReleasedJanuary 1947 (1947-01)[2]
RecordedOctober 19, 1946 (1946-10-19)[3]
StudioRadio Recorders, Los Angeles
GenreHillbilly
Length2:59
LabelCapitol 349
Songwriter(s)Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone, Eddie Kirk
Producer(s)Lee Gillette
Merle Travis singles chronology
"Divorce Me C.O.D."
(1946)
"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed"
(1947)
"Steel Guitar Rag"
(1947)

"So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed" is a 1947 song by Merle Travis, written by Travis, Eddie Kirk, and Cliffie Stone.

Background

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The song describes a woman through the use of advertising slogans. The slogan "So round, so firm, so fully packed, so free and easy on the draw" was used in the Lucky Strike brand cigarette advertising of the time, first heard in 1944 on the Jack Benny and Your Hit Parade radio programs.[citation needed] "I'd walk a mile" is a slogan for Camel cigarettes. "Just ask the man who owns one" refers to Packard automobiles.[4] "She's got the pause that's so refreshing" is a reference to the Coca-Cola slogan "The Pause that Refreshes".

Chart performance

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The song was Travis' second number one on the Folk Juke Box charts, where it stayed at number one for 14 weeks and a total of 21 weeks on the chart.[5]

Cover versions

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References

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  1. ^ Library of Congress. Copyright Office. (1947). Catalog of Copyright Entries 1947 Published Music Jan-Dec 3D Ser Vol 1 Pt 5A. United States Copyright Office. U.S. Govt. Print. Off.
  2. ^ Patrick Milligan; Richard Weize; Michel Ruppli; Praguefrank; Mario Manciotti; Murray Kirch (May 23, 2022). "Merle Travis". Praguefrank's Country Music Discographies. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  3. ^ "Capitol 100 - 499, 78rpm numerical listing discography". www.78discography.com. Retrieved 2022-05-23.
  4. ^ Einstein, Arthur (2010). Ask the Man Who Owns One: An Illustrated History of Packard Advertising.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 351.
Preceded by Most Played Juke Box Folk Records
number one single by Merle Travis

February 8, 1947
Succeeded by