ZFriday July 13th, 2012 Q & A

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                  Q  &  A

 

Friday July 13th,  2012

 

QUESTION:   Do you know any details about a "Johnny Cash Festival?" My dad heard something mentioned on one of the radio programs.

 

 

ANSWER:      The Johnny Cash Music Festival is planned for October 5^th at Arkansas State University's Convocation Center in Jonesboro, Arkansas. Proceeds from the event will fund the restoration of the Johnny Cash Boyhood Home in Dyess, Arkansas, as well as support a scholarship fund established in his name.

 

 

 

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A T  T  E  N T I O N:     R A D I O     S T A T I O N S:

Our short form daily radio feature,  "Story Behind The Song" is now available to radio stations  at  no charge.  (NOT AVAILABLE TO INTERNET STATIONS)

  For information, email me at classics@countrymusicclassics.com

 

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THIS WEEK IN 1959: Johnny Cash had his 21^st charted song. "Katy Too" came on the country charts July 20^th, 1959 and peaked at # 11. It was on the charts for eleven weeks.

 

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