Career
The song based on his text subsequently entered the Billboard Hot 100 as well as other international charts. The couple married in 1940 and later had three daughters. A few months later he wrote the song Oh Sweet Lorraine and entered a singer-songwriter competition hosted by Green Shoe Studio.
The video of their recording sessions attracted more than seven million hits on YouTube and Vimeo.
In September 2013 the song entered the Billboard Hot 100 at Number. 42, making him the oldest artist to appear on the Hot 100.
lieutenant also entered the Swiss Hitparade and the Ö3 Austria Top 40. In August 2014 on his 97th birthday, Stobaugh released a second song, Took Her Home.
The next week, Green Shoe Studio posted several follow-up documentary videos on Fred"s story and the public"s response.