who wrote the tennessee waltz
For other uses, see Tennessee Waltz (disambiguation). Tennessee Waltz is a popular country music song with lyrics by Redd Stewart and music by Pee Wee King written in 1946 and first released in January 1948. The song became a multimillion seller via a 1950 recording â as The Tennessee Waltz â by Patti Page. As of 1974, it was the biggest selling song ever in Japan.