"Space Oddity" is of course brilliant, and does not need me to defend it. ;-P

I have to agree about Red Sovine, though. Hoo-wee! I listened to Giddy-Up and Go and here I am awash in tears...

Here's a beaut from Dell Reeves, 1965:

Girl On The Billboard

WHO IS THAT GIRL
WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE

AND A TOWEL IN THE PICTURE

ON THE BILLBOARD IN THE FIELD

NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY?


ROLLING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN MY JIMMY,

HAULING FRIEGHT FROM CHICAGO TO ST. LOUIE;

LAWD, I SEE HER EVERY DAY.


A DOUBLE CLUTCHING WEASEL LIKE ME

HARDLY GETS A GIRL ANYWHERE

WHO`LL LOOK AT ME THAT WAY,

LIKE THE GIRL

WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE AND A TOWEL

IN THE PICTURE ON THE BILLBOARD

IN THE FIELD NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.


WOW!, WHAT A GIRL

WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE AND A TOWEL

IN THE PICTURE ON THE BILLBOARD

IN THE FIELD NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.

I BET IT WOULDN`T TAKE HER VERY LONG TO GET GONE

IF SOMEONE WOULD PULL A DIRTY LITTLE TRICK

AND TAKE HER TOWEL AWAY.


I SLOW MY JIMMY DOWN TO TWENTY,

THAT`S HOW MANY WRECKS I SEE THERE EVERY DAY,

CAUSED BY THE GIRL WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE

AND A TOWEL IN THE PICTURE

ON THE BILLBOARD IN THE FIELD

NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.


I LOVE THE GIRL WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE

AND A TOWEL IN THE PICTURE

ON THE BILLBOARD IN THE FIELD

NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.

I GUESS I`M GETTING BOLDER

`CAUSE I`D RATHER KISS AND HOLD HER

THAN JUST KEEP A-LOOKING AT HER EVERY DAY.


AT FOUR FORTY FIVE COFFEE DRINKING - EATING TIME,

JIMMIE SHIMMIED WHILE I WOKE UP THE ARTIST

THAT PAINTED THAT DISPLAY OF THE GIRL

WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE AND A TOWEL.

DOG-GONE THAT GIRL

WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE AND A TOWEL

IN THE PICTURE ON THE BILLBOARD

IN THE FIELD NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.


THE SLEEPY-HEADED PAINTER SAID THE GIRL WASN`T REAL,

AND I`D BETTER GET THE ( COO- COO) ON MY WAY.

ON ROUTE 66 FROM THE BILLBOARD TO CHICAGO,

YOU WILL FIND TINY PIECES OF MY HEART

SCATTERED EVERY WHICH-A-WAY,

SHATTERED BY THE GIRL

WEARING NOTHING BUT A SMILE AND A TOWEL

IN THE PICTURE ON THE BILLBOARD IN THE FIELD

NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.


IN THE PICTURE ON THE BILLBOARD IN THE FIELD

NEAR THE BIG OLE HIGHWAY.