- Le ngoma yelizwe malunga nebanjwa eligwetyiweyo elinqwenela ukubalekela kwindawo eluhlaza, ingca eluhlaza yekhaya yaphefumlelwa sisiganeko solwaphulo-mthetho kwifilimu. Ihlathi leAsphalt . Umbhali wengoma yaseNashville uCurly Putnam wayibhala ngo-1964 kwaye yaqale yarekhodwa yimvumi yelizwe uJohnny Darrell.
- UTom Jones wagqiba ekubeni abhale oku emva kokuva inguqulelo kaJerry Lee Lewis, i-rocker eyaziwayo eyayiqalise ukwenza iirekhodi zelizwe. Kunyaka emva kwenguqulo yokuqala kaJohnny Darrell, uLewis wabhala oku kwi-albhamu yakhe Iingoma zeLizwe kuBantu beSixeko .
UJones wakhumbula ukuba Imeyile ngeCawa NgoFebruwari 6, 2011: 'Ndandihlala ndiqokelela nantoni na uJerry Lee Lewis erekhodiweyo, kwaye ndisenza. NdandiseNew York ngowe-1965 xa ndathenga icwecwe lakhe lelizwe Iingoma zeLizwe kuBantu beSixeko . Ingca eGreen Green yaseKhaya ikhutshelwe ngaphandle.
Ndandivana noJerry Lee. Ndakhe ndanothuli naye ngobunye ubusuku eVegas, kodwa ixesha elininzi, siye sahamba kakuhle. Weza kukhenketha lwaseBritane ngo-1966 kwaye ndandisandula ukurekhoda ingoma. Wandixelela ukuba angathanda ukuyiva, ngoko ke ndamdlalela kwigumbi lakhe lasehotele. Wabethwa ngayo waza wathi: 'Nenze into eyahlukileyo apha, ilungiselelo likhulu. Ivakala ngathi nguNombolo-1 kum.' Ndathi: 'Ndiyathemba ukuba uchanile.' Ebe.' - UJones waxoxa ngentsingiselo yengoma kunye Imeyile ngeCawa : 'Ndicinga ukuba umxholo wengoma ubalulekile apha. Lo mfo engomeni ukwintolongo yentolongo, kodwa awazi kude kube sekupheleni. Yafika kum loo nto. Thixo olungileyo, izoba umfanekiso kwaye abantu abaninzi abathanda iGreen Green Grass yeKhaya abayiqondi kwaukuyiqonda loo nto. Oku kumalunga nendoda eza kuxhonywa kwaye imane ikhumbula iindawo ezixabisekileyo zobomi bayo.
Indenze ndacinga ngeWales xa ndiyirekhoda - 'idolophu yasekhaya yakudala ibonakala ifana'. Xa ndabuyela ePontypridd ngezo mini, ndisehla kuloliwe osuka eLondon, loo mazwi ayevakala eyinyani. Kubonakala ngathi abantu abaninzi bayayinxulumanisa indlela abavakalelwa ngayo namakhaya abo.' - UTom Jones ukhumbule ukuva inguqulelo kaJerry Lee Lewis yale nto 1000 UK #1 Hits nguJon Kutner kunye noSpencer Leigh, 'Ndithe kumphathi wam wokurekhoda, uPeter Sullivan, ndingathanda ukurekhoda oku. Wathi, 'Ingoma yelizwe?' Ndathi 'Ewe' kuba khange ndiyenze ingoma yeLizwe ukuza kuthi ga ngoku. U-Les Reed wenza ilungiselelo kwaye wadlala ipiyano kwingoma kwaye wenza ukuba ibe yingoma yePop ngaphezu kwengoma yeLizwe, kuba xa uJerry Lee Lewis wayenza, yayililizwe elingqongqo. Ukubuyela kwam eNgilani, ndarekhoda ingoma kumabonakude sayenza ngathi sisentolongweni. Kodwa awazi ukuba yintolongo de ikhamera ibuyela umva kwaye ubone imivalo, kwaye ndilapho kule ntolongo ndicula iGreen Green Grass Of Home.'
- Le yayiyeyona nto iphambili kaTom Jones e-UK, ethengisa iikopi eziyi-1,205,000. Yayiyi-Decca yokuqala engatshatanga yigcisa lase-UK ukuthengisa iikopi ezingaphezu kwesigidi e-UK.
- Abaculi bokugubungela le ngoma baquka u-Elvis Presley, uJohnny Cash, uJoan Baez kunye noKenny Rogers.
- Le yayiyi #1 eJamani kwiiveki ezisithoba, emva koko isigqubuthelo sikaPeter Alexander sasiyi-#1 apho ezinye iiveki ezimbini.
- Kudliwano-ndlebe kunye nomculi okhokelayo we-Bauhaus uPeter Murphy kwi-Songfacts, wathi le ngoma yeyona nto yayinempembelelo kuye.
