'From a Jack to a King' went from a flop to a hit
Very few recordings get a second chance to make the music charts-but this week in 1963, Ned Miller's recording of "From a Jack to a King," did just that.
Source: texarkanagazette.com
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Very few recordings get a second chance to make the music charts-but this week in 1963, Ned Miller's recording of "From a Jack to a King," did just that.
The music business is full of amazing stories – amazing but true. And one such story is about a tune composed in 1815 that was revived 140 years later by a schoolteacher who added lyrics and retitled the song, which becomes a No. 1 recording in both pop and country music.