Sioux City Sue

{{Infobox song

|name=Sioux City Sue

|type=Single

|artist=Dick Thomas

|A-side=Tumbling Tumbleweeds

|released=1945

|genre=Popular, western, folk

|label=National

|composer=Dick Thomas

|lyricist=Ray Freedman}}

"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{{cite web|title=THE ONLINE DISCOGRAPHICAL PROJECT|url=http://www.78discography.com/NationalLate.htm|website=78discography.com|accessdate=June 20, 2017}} and it was a number one Country charts hit for him.[http://www.siouxcitysue.com/siouxcitysue/Sioux%20City%20Sue%20page.htm "Sioux City Sue"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090430053354/http://www.siouxcitysue.com/siouxcitysue/Sioux%20City%20Sue%20page.htm |date=2009-04-30 }} covers, filmography, and lyrics. 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.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=343}} The Dick Thomas version also reached Billboard's Best-selling Record charts attaining the No. 16 position.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/418 418]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/418}}

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.{{cite web|title=Internet Movie Database|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038946/|website=imdb.com|accessdate=September 21, 2016}}

The most successful recording was by Bing Crosby who recorded the song on December 27, 1945{{cite web|title=A Bing Crosby Discography|url=http://www.bingmagazine.co.uk/bingmagazine/crosby1bDecca.html|website=BING magazine|publisher=International Club Crosby|accessdate=September 21, 2016}} and this reached the No. 3 position in Billboard's Best-selling Record charts during a 16-week stay.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/110 110]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/110}}{{Pop Chronicles 40s|3|B}} 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{{cite web|title=THE ONLINE DISCOGRAPHICAL PROJECT|url=http://www.78discography.com/Cosmo.htm|website=78discography.com|accessdate=June 20, 2017}} which briefly reached the No. 10 spot.{{cite book|last1=Whitburn|first1=Joel|title=Joel Whitburn's Pop Memories 1890-1954|date=1986|publisher=Record Research Inc|location=Wisconsin, USA|isbn=0-89820-083-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/348 348]|url=https://archive.org/details/joelwpopmemories00whit/page/348}}