C O U N T R Y M U S I C C L A S S I C S
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Wednesday December 22nd, 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PLEASE REMEMBER THE TRUE REASON FOR THE SEASON
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Very few artists ever recorded two versions of the same song - but such was the case of Tammy Wynette’s 1974 hit, “Another Lonely Song.”
It seems that one line in the song, “and though I shouldn’t give a damn” bothered Tammy to the point of her complaining to producer Billy Sherrill, who allowed her to record a second version of the tune, which changed the questionable line to “and though I shouldn’t feel this down.”
Wynette reportedly relented and agreed to the original recording.
“Another Lonely Song” was written by Tammy Wynette, Norro Wilson and Billy Sherrill and was produced by Sherrill.
The Epic Records single entered the country music charts December 29th, 1973 and was in the number one slot the week of February 23rd, 1974 where it stayed for two weeks.
It was her 27th charted song and her 16th number one.
Tammy Wynette placed 73 songs on the country music charts between 1966 and 1998, including twenty number ones.
She died in 1998.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Do you know anything about Glen Campbell playing a rock & roll concert? The radio folks mentioned it.
ANSWER: Glen Campbell performed at Alice Cooper's recent annual Christmas Pudding concert in
QUESTION: The TV News had a bit on Merle Haggard being put into the hall of fame. I thought he was already in there?
ANSWER: Merle Haggard was inducted into The
QUESTION: I thought the Judds had done their final tour together but my mom says it was on TV that they were performing together after the holidays on their own TV show. Is that true?
ANSWER: The Judds will perform at Fallsview Casino Resort in Niagara Falls, Ontario on February 25th and the Florida Strawberry Festival in Plant City, Florida on March 6th. They’re booked for the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in
they’re launching a reality series on Oprah's OWN network early next year.
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QUESTION: The old Webb Pierce record, “Sweet Lips” is my dad’s all-time favorite and he’s always wondered who wrote the song. Do you know?
ANSWER: Webb’s 1961 # 3 hit was co-written by Webb along with Doug Tubb and Lester Vanadore.
QUESTION: I used to listen to a guy named Jimmy Skinner on the radio. I know he made records but don’t know if he had any hits. And whatever happened to him?
ANSWER: Jimmy Skinner placed ten songs on the country music charts between 1949 and 1960. He died in 1979 at the age of 70.
QUESTION: Do you remember a Jim Reeves song about “What’s In It For Me?” My mom says it was on the radio many years ago.
ANSWER: “What’s In it For Me” was the flipside of Reeves’ 1974 # 19 hit “I’d Fight The World.”
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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:
1951
Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way - Carl Smith
1959
1967
It’s the Little Things - Sonny James
1975
Convoy - C.W. McCall
1983
Black Sheep - John Anderson
1991
My Next Broken Heart - Brooks & Dunn
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RANDOM SILLY THOUGHTS.
By: Jack Blanchard
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and your new recordings sound better.
Contact Jack Blanchard's
Email: musichospital@jackandmisty.com
Telephone: 407 330 1611.
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It's the holiday season
and every time I try to think about writing a serious column I doze off.
So today I'm just doing random silly thoughts...
some true, and some almost true.
I hear that Misty and I are up for a CMA award... "Oldest Duet of the Year".
(Rim shot, please.)
There's a picture of some great-grandchildren, allegedly ours, on Facebook.
People have commented that we don't look old enough.
Well, that's partly right. Misty isn't.
The great-grandkids are mostly a result of my own youthful enthusiasm.
We look younger and feel younger than we are,
maybe due to preservatives in the food.
I think I stay young by clenching.
An email just came in saying this:
"Did you see that Willie got busted again for pot?
That's like saying, "Jack and Misty's songs start with a major seventh".
It happened once and it will probably happen again."
We've been outed!
I thought the opening Major 7th in our songs was our little secret.
I'm not old inside, except maybe for my liver,
which is not from age but more from a couple of blurry decades.
I'm not old, but I remember watching President Roosevelt,
Jack Benny, and Regis Philbin on the radio.
A wise man once told me "You are only as old as you feel."
There were two other wise men named Moe and Curly.
I'm not old just because today I yelled "You kids get off my lawn!".
It was the neighbors across the street,
they are in their forties, and they were on their own lawn.
They gave me the finger and I thought they were saluting the flag,
so I stood up.
I had an idea for a blues song.
It starts out "Woke up this morning..."
That's as far as I got when the phone rang, so I had to go answer the door.
I emailed a photo of Misty to a friend.
She was playing the piano in the picture and there were some papers on the bench.
My friend wrote back "Why does Misty like to sit on sheet music?"
I replied "That's the way she reads."
A customer once asked Misty if she could play "Autumn Leaves".
She said: "I can play it with my brain tied behind my back."
I also used to play that song,
using a lot of flowery downward runs to illustrate dead stuff falling off trees.
I find that not only coincidental, but dental in every way.
Yesterday I suggested that we take a nice drive, and maybe stop and get a hot dog.
Misty said "A hot dog? Where would we get a hot dog?
And how old would it be if we got one?"
She then reported to me that hot dog stands went out forty or fifty years ago,
along with intelligence and prosperity.
I remember a drive-in in
where the carhops in mini-skirts and boots came right out to your car to get abused.
There was a biker named Bunky who rode in every night on an old Indian.
He couldn't afford a motorcycle.
We almost always do a ragtime piano duet in our shows.
The audiences seem to like them even better than the actual music.
You should see the tangled web of wires under my computer desk.
I went down there once to plug something in and I'm never going back.
I think there's something living in it.
Tonight we had a healthy supper...
a can each of Foster's beer, two Nathan's hot dogs with relish and honey mustard,
and apple pie with a scoop of ice cream.
Nothing gets me in the Christmas spirit like kosher food.
This is the dumbest column I've ever written.
Warning: I am armed and extremely jolly.
Jack Blanchard
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan...
Grammy Nominees. Billboard's Country Duet of the Year.ASCAP and BMI Awards. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
Aunt Molly Jackson, singer/songwriter, born Mary Magdalene Garland,
Hawkshaw Hawkins born "Harold Franklin Hawkins,"
Red Stegall born Gainesville, TX 1937.
Hank Williams recorded "Lovesick Blues," 1948.
Johnny Cash released "Train of Love,"/"There You Go," 1956.
Charles Lynn Mead, "BR5-49," born
Paul Martin of "Exile," born
Delaney Katharine McBride, daughter of John and Martina, born 1994.
Johnny Wakley, singer/songwriter, age 57, died from liver disease 2001. He was the son of Jimmy Wakley.
Dave Dudley, age 75, died of a heart attack 2003.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
THE MELODY OF CHRISTMAS
The melody of Christmas whispers softly through the air,
And before the grand crescendo, it will echo everywhere.
For the lullaby of Christmas is the story of a Child
Born in a humble stable where fluffed hay was freshly piled.
He brought a Christmas message for His Father’s home above,
For every human ever born – He brought the gift of love.
And so it is a Christmas that our hearts proclaim anew,
The warmth of love and friendship to our dear ones, old and new.
Let the message of the Christ Child, “Peace and love to men on earth,”
Be a daily thought and blessing in the honor of His birth.
Helen Pelosi
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