Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), k… Read Full Bio ↴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.

Dixie
Del Wood Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Dixie' by these artists:

A.L. Camp What's going on LV Beats on the track Dixie you a baddie Im…
Ashley Monroe If I ever get out of Dixie Gonna buy me some…
Baby Genius Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old…
Bing Crosby and Chorus Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
Black Oak Arkansas Black Oak Arkansas Miscellaneous Revolutionary All America…
Bob Dylan Virgil Caine is the name And I served on the Danville…
Bobby Horton Cher Miscellaneous Rock-A-Bye Your Baby With A Dixie Melod…
Bonfire I wish I was in the land of cotton Old times…
Boxcar Willie Adam Sandler They′re All Gonna Laugh At You Toll Booth Willi…

Cher When I was a little girl in Dixie I used to…
CK Woooooh Häpp, häpp, häpp, häpp häpp (x8) Superkalifragilist…
Craig Duncan Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old…
Dildo Dildo - Dixie Y vuela libre a donde tu mente…
DLD Y vuelas libre a donde tu mente lo pide no más…
Eddie Fisher and The Golden Strings Rock-a-bye your baby with a Dixie melody When you croon, cro…
Eric Skelton I feel good, I feel bad, I shot a man…
Every Move a Picture You are faith and conviction You are the national in a…
Harmonium Dis-moé c'est quoi ta toune Qui m'revient dans les oreilles …
Hill Bowen & His Orchestra Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
Huckleberry Flint Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old…
Jerry Lee Lewis It started in fun, I needed someone And now the hurt…
Johnny & the roccos Now I'm just lopin' round my cabin Too dog gone…
Larry Groce & Disneyland Children's Sing-Along Chorus Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old…
Lee Greenwood I would pick and we would sing to the rhythm…
Lexie Lee Verse 1 Dis a nuh di south, we nuh whistling Dixie People…
Lynyrd Skynyrd New york city is a thousand miles away And if you…
Manic Street Preachers Wish I was in the land of cotton There's a man…
Monroe Ashley If I ever get out of Dixie Gonna buy me some…
Mormon Tabernacle Choir Oh, I wish I was in the land of cotton, Old…
Palehound Rural wild Homes with pastel doors And I want to go inside…
Philip Lewis & His Orchestra Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
Stephen C. Foster Traditional Theodore A. Metz cll sorts of songs start with "I don't know I've…
Surprises You, you can tell death, she can go fuck herself Boy,…
Swing and Sway with Sammy Kaye Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
The Choristers [Chorus] Swing low, sweet chariot, Comin' for to carry me …
The Confederates I'm so glad you finally called It's been way too long How's…
The Eric Rogers Chorale and Orchestra Is it true what they say about Dixie? Does the…
The Million Dollar Quartet It started in fun, I needed someone And now the hurt…
The View Can't help feeling I'm old Must be something I'm smoking But…
Various Artists I wish i was in the land of cotton Old times…
Wet Wet Wet I was feelin' tired and troubled I was feelin' down and…
Zak Van Niekerk Jy praat van n berg met n blou sekel maan Jy…
[unknown] I wish I was in the Land of cotton Old times…