Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 β October 3, 1989), k… Read Full Bio ↴Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 β 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.
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.
Easter Parade
Del Wood Lyrics
We have lyrics for 'Easter Parade' by these artists:
Al Jolson In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Ambrose and His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Andy Russell In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Billy Eckstine; Sarah Vaughan In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Bing Crosby In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Bing Crosby / Fred Astaire Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Bing Crosby Al Jolson In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Bing Crosby Feat. Victor Young's Orchestra In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Bing Crosby with John Scott Trotter & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Bing CrosbyοΌγγ³γ°γ»γ―γγΉγγΌοΌ In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Clifton Webb Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Don Ameche In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Don Rodney & guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Emmy the Great Is all that we've become Just nothing but hats and bags We'r…
Enric Madriguera & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Eydie Gorme Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Fats Domino In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it You'll…
Frank Sinatra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw…
Fred Astaire In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Fred Astaire & Judy Garland Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Guy Lombardo In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Guy Lombardo & His Royal Canadians & Carmen Lombardo In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Hank Snow Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Harry James & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Helen Merrill Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Henry Hall & The BBC Dance Orchestra In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it You'll…
Henry James & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Herb Ellis In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
I.Berlin In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Jack Hylton and His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Judy Garland & Fred Astaire / Easter Parade In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Judy Garland & M-G-M Studio Chorus Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Judy Garland (Et Al.) In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Judy Garland And Chorous Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Judy Garland Fred Astaire and the M-G-M Studio Chorus In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Judy Garland [feat. Fred Astaire] Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Judy Garland/Fred Astaire In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Jump Little Children Three seconds on the day of the Easter parade There…
Kate Smith Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Lee Wiley Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Leo Reisman Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Leo Reisman & Clifton Webb Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Leo Reisman & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Margaret Whiting Never saw you look quite so pretty before. Never saw you…
Marilyn Maxwell In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Mr. Acker Bilk feat. Louis Armstrong In your Easter bonnet With all the frills upon it, You'll …
Ozzie Nelson & His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Peggy Lee & Bing Crosby In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Perry Como In your Easter bonnet With all the frills upon it, You'll be…
Rickie Lee Jones The line of traffic comes to a stand still For the…
Rosemary Clooney In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Sarah Vaughan And Billy Eckstine In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Sarah Vaughan/Billy Eckstine In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
Steve Goodman In your Easter bonnet With all the frills upon it Oh, you'll…
The Blue Nile The line of traffic comes to a stand still For the…
The MGM Studio Orchestra & Chorus In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
The Real Tuesday Weld I wore my summer dress You wore your Sunday best At the…
Tony Evans And His Orchestra Never saw you look quite so pretty before Never saw you…
Vaughan/Eckstine In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, You'll…
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