Del Wood

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Down Yonder 02:44 Tools
Bye Bye Blackbird 01:47 Tools
Elmer's Tune 02:38 Tools
Ragtime Annie 02:01 Tools
Ragtime Melody 01:52 Tools
When I Lost You 02:19 Tools
Hello Ma Baby 01:57 Tools
Camp Meetin' Time 01:59 Tools
Dixie Look Away 02:20 Tools
12th Street Rag 01:57 Tools
Give My Regards To Broadway 01:57 Tools
There Is a Tavern in the Town 01:55 Tools
Are You From Dixie? 01:59 Tools
Beer Barrel Polka 02:01 Tools
You're A Grand Old Flag 02:01 Tools
The Old Piano Roll Blues 02:20 Tools
Alexander's Ragtime Band 02:01 Tools
Waiting For The Robert E Lee 01:10 Tools
Alabama Jubilee 02:25 Tools
The Eyes Of Texas Are Upon You 02:20 Tools
Honeysuckle Rose 01:49 Tools
Waiting For The Robert E. Lee 02:37 Tools
Moonlight Cocktail 02:04 Tools
Twelfth Street Rag 02:54 Tools
Jersey Bounce 02:37 Tools
Shine Little Glow Worm 01:51 Tools
Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone 02:47 Tools
Wabash Blues 02:25 Tools
Columbus Stockade Blues 02:37 Tools
Charmaine 02:21 Tools
In A Shanty In Old Shanty Town 02:37 Tools
Pickin' and Grinnin' 02:09 Tools
Washington and Lee Swing 01:51 Tools
Peter Cottontail 01:51 Tools
I'm Looking Over For A Four Leaf Clover 01:55 Tools
Are You from Dixie 02:21 Tools
Nagasaki 02:07 Tools
Listen To The Mocking Bird 02:16 Tools
Jealous Heart 02:27 Tools
Back Room Polka 02:27 Tools
Ida! Sweet as Apple Cider 02:10 Tools
Muskrat Ramble 02:12 Tools
Yes Sir, That's My Baby 01:10 Tools
Red Wing 02:12 Tools
The New Red Wing 02:07 Tools
You Can't Be True Dear 02:07 Tools
My Gal Sal 02:43 Tools
Just Because 01:59 Tools
Music Music Music 02:00 Tools
Has Anybody Seen My Gal 00:30 Tools
Ballin' The Jack 00:30 Tools
Heart of My Heart 01:10 Tools
Queenie Of The Town 02:21 Tools
Muskat Ramlble 02:11 Tools
Cruising Down The River 02:03 Tools
New Maple Leaf Rag 02:03 Tools
Raggin' The Keys 01:10 Tools
Speakeasy 01:10 Tools
Dreamy Eyes (feat. Jack Irvin) 01:10 Tools
Down Yonder Tennessee 01:10 Tools
Aloha Oe 02:17 Tools
Mine All Mine 02:23 Tools
Snowbird 02:00 Tools
Sweethearts or Strangers 02:00 Tools
Home Sweet Home 02:00 Tools
The Bells Of St Mary's 02:00 Tools
Down Yonder - Del Wood 02:27 Tools
Smoky Mountain Polka 02:19 Tools
Margie 02:21 Tools
Run Around 02:12 Tools
It's A Long, Long Way To Tipperary 02:21 Tools
Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland 02:03 Tools
Norman 02:03 Tools
(Down at) Papa Joe's 02:03 Tools
Melinda 02:03 Tools
Ivory Corn 02:23 Tools
Down South 02:23 Tools
Easter Parade 02:23 Tools
It's a Sin 02:23 Tools
Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again 02:17 Tools
That Naughty Waltz 02:17 Tools
Side By Side 02:17 Tools
Whirl Away 02:17 Tools
Listen To That Band 02:17 Tools
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Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), known professionally as Del Wood, was an American pianist. Hendricks was born in Nashville, Tennessee. A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by the influences of early country music and the remaining vestiges of ragtime, particularly through the guitar pickers. She took up piano at age five, and played ragtime, gospel, and country music. Despite her parent's best efforts to encourage a direction towards classical music, the environment in Nashville, plus the early local programming on radio, convinced her that she wanted to play piano in the honky-tonk style. Her dream goal was the Grand Ole Opry, something she would realize in her early 30s. Shortening her married name (Adelaide Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Wood began playing in bands and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After a decade of building repertoire and reputation, she spent some time as a staff pianist at WLBJ in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was there that she was heard playing "Down Yonder" among other pieces, which led to a gig with a recording group called Hugh `Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners. This led to the first of many recording sessions for the Tennessee Records label starting in 1951. "Down Yonder" soon became a national hit in both the country and pop categories in Billboard record charts, sold over one million copies, and was awarded a gold disc. She is probably the first female country solo instrumentalist to sell a million copies of a record. This success was turned into appearances on the Grand Ole Opry starting in 1952, which led to an eventual full-time gig there in 1953, fulfilling her long-time dream. Two years later her fame culminated with a contract from RCA Victor Records, where she would make some of the first country/honky-tonk stereo recordings in the late 1950s. While nothing else that she put out had the same success as "Down Yonder", her offerings over the next decade were frequent and consistent. Wood gained the title, Queen of the Ragtime Pianists, sometimes shared with junior fellow plunker Jo Ann Castle. She was also divorced from her stage-namesake, Carson Hazelwood, during this period, but not before adopting a son they named Wesley. During the Vietnam War, Wood was part of one of the Grand Ole Opry package tours that entertained troops overseas in 1968. Her recordings after the late 1960s were infrequent at best, but her appearances on the Opry continued until just before her death from a stroke on October 3, 1989 at the age of 69. She was interred in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.