"Sioux City Sue" is a 1945 song and a 1946 movie. Lyricist Ray Freedman and composer Dick Thomas wrote the song. Thomas recorded the song in February 1945 for National Records[1] and it was a number one Country charts hit for him.[2] The song was Thomas' first chart entry on the Juke Box Folk Records chart and was also his most successful release: "Sioux City Sue" spent four weeks at number one on the Country charts during a stay of twenty-three weeks.[3] The Dick Thomas version also reached Billboard's Best-selling Record charts attaining the No. 16 position.[4]
Gene Autry sang this title song in the movie with the Cass County Boys, the first film he made after leaving military service at the end of World War II.[5]
The most successful recording was by Bing Crosby who recorded the song on December 27, 1945[6] and this reached the No. 3 position in Billboard's Best-selling Record charts during a 16-week stay.[7][8] His version also topped the Australian charts. The song was included in the album Bing: A Musical Autobiography in 1954.
Tony Pastor also had a chart version in 1946 with his recording on the Cosmo label[9] which briefly reached the No. 10 spot.[10]
