It was Nashville song writer, Curly Putnum in 1964. This country song about a condemned prisoner who longs to escape to the green, green grass of home was inspired by a crime scene in the film The Asphalt Jungle. Nashville songwriter Curly Putnam wrote it in 1964 and it was initially recorded by country singer Johnny Darrell. Tom Jones decided to record this after hearing a version by Jerry Lee Lewis, a legendary Rocker who had started making Country records. A year after Johnny Darrell's original version, Lewis recorded this on his album Country Songs For City Folks
Johnny Darrell was the first to sing Green, Green Grass of Home, but it has since been covered by many other artists, including Tom Jones, Elvis Presley and Ted Hawkins.
John Denver recorded nearly 400 songs. The Green Green Grass of Home, is not in this list
Answer by Robert Hendrix: You may be thinking of the singer Tom Jones...
"Green, Green Grass of Home" was written by Claude Putman Jr.. Nicknamed "Curly", the song was released in 1965 and performed by Porter Wagoner and Tom Jones.
Johnny Darrell sang it, although his version was not as well-known as the one by the British singer Tom Jones.
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I't was actually Bruno Mars that wrote the song!! Cee-Lo Green found a sketch of the tune written by Bruno Mars and Phil Lawrence. The verses were written by Green and the refrain by Mars.
The Person Who Wrote The Song Take you Home Country Road Was John Denver!!
The song was not written by him,another person wrote it yet Cee Lo Green did sing it.
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The Green Grass of Home was created on 2007-06-11.
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John Darrell was the first to sing green green grass of home.
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The poem "I Wonder Why the Grass is Green" is written by Rachel Field. It is a children's poem exploring the wonders of nature and the world around us.
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Basically that if something is green and they say green as grass then Its the colour of grass. Obvs. :L
The Green Green Grass was created on 2005-09-09.
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Grass frogs are green or light brown.