Slowly


"Slowly" is a 1954 song by Webb Pierce, written by Pierce and Nashville songwriter Tommy Hill.

Background

Beyond its success as a song, "Slowly" was hugely influential in the history of country music, in that it was among the first songs to feature a pedal steel guitar. The song's iconic intro, played by Bud Isaacs, was said to have sent legions of lap steel guitar players scurrying to their closets for wire coat hangers, with which they attempted to modify their existing instruments to get the pitch shifting effect achieved by Isaacs.

Chart Performance

The song was one of Pierce's more successful singles, spending seventeen weeks at the top of the Country and Western Best Sellers lists and a total of thirty-six weeks in the chart.

Cover versions