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Fact #8020

When:

04031950

Short story:

Red Foley attends a promotional stunt for his current single, Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy, on Market Street, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA. Twenty thousand people gather to witness a competition between eighty shoe shiners. The winner, fifteen-year old 'Bo' McCann, wins a trip to New York City. Foley sings the song for the assembled throng.