COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday December 13th , 2012
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
A lot of hit songs took strange turns before becoming hits and according Larry Gatlin, the Gatlin Brothers' 1983 number one, "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You)" was one of those songs.
Larry commented, "I originally started writing that song as a ballad while we were performing at The Cheyenne Frontier Days. I hadn't even finished it but I sang part of it every night. Then just a few days before were to open at The Houston Rodeo - my brothers suggested I write a song about the Houston Rodeo. So I re-wrote the song - using Houston instead of Cheyenne - sang it that first night and the crowd loved it. So we decided to record it and it was a number one!"
The Gatlin's Columbia single "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer To You)" came on the country charts September 24th, 1983 and was in the number one spot on December 24th.
The song was their 28th charted song and their 3rd number one.
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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. (NOT AVAILABLE TO INTERNET STATIONS)
The feature is available at no charge.
For information, email me at classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: Have you ever heard of a song about "The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Night Tonight?" My brother says it was on the radio years ago.
A: The song was a number 3 hit for Marty Robbins in 1966. The song was written by Buddy Mize.
Q: One of my mom's favorite records is "Things" by Anne Murray. My dad says that song was on the radio years before by someone else. Do you have any information?
A: "Things" scored a number 49 in 1972 for Buddy Alan and a number 25 in 1975 for Ronnie Dove before Murray's number 22 hit in 1976.
Q: I know the song "If You Aint Lovin'" was a George Strait hit. My uncle says it was on the radio by Buck Owens years before that. Could that be true?
A: Yes it could. "If You Ain't Lovin' - You Ain't Livin" (written by Tommy Collins) is a track in the 1964 album titled "Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins."
Q: I heard on the radio that Emmylou Harris is recording with some guy singer. Do you know who?
A: Emmylou Harris has recorded an album of duets with Rodney Crowell - to be titled "Old Yellow Moon," to be released in February.
Q: Are you familiar with a song titled "Here Comes The Reason I Live?" I have a tape of this song recorded from the radio years ago.
A: The song was written by Ben Peters and was a number 15 hit for Ronnie McDowell in 1978.
Q: Did Jim Reeves record the Eddy Arnold hit "Make The World Go Away?" My mom thinks she heard Reeves sing it on radio.
A" "Make The World Go Away" was a track in the 1965 Jim Reeves album titled "The Jim Reeves Way."
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RALPH IS BACK - - -
Country Music Hall of Famer and award winning television host Ralph Emery, is now back on television on the new Nashville Network (TNN). Ralph was the host of the "Nashville Now" variety show on TNN from 1983 to 1993, and will now be hosting the new TNN, *"Nashville Now." The show can be seen on Comcast Ch. 230, Monday through Friday from 4PM to 5:30PM-CST. The debut show was launched on Monday November 26, 2012.
Nashville Now is an encore of those great shows that made country music so predominant in the early 80's and 90's. Ralph says "the sound, picture, and production are as good today as when the show first originated in the beginning." During those years, Nashville Now made country music the most popular music genre in the world, as it gave country music a worldwide stage to introduce new superstars to country music. Ralph Emery was responsible for being the catalyst of bringing attention to artists such as Alan Jackson's, Randy Travis's, Reba McEntire, and a long list of artists who no doubt owe their successful careers to the media of television, especially The Nashville Network. Many of the world's greatest performers also made guest appearances on Ralph's show.
Country Music fans welcome back TNN and Ralph Emery. Ralph shakes the dust off of his hosting chair to introduce the Nashville Now reruns each day to an audience that has waited almost 20 years for the return of this most awarded show in cable television history.
*These shows (Nashville Now) are used by permission of the Country Music Hall of Fame who has ownership.
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Your comments, suggestions, gripes, etc. concerning this newsletter---are welcome. Email to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:
1950
I'm Moving On - Hank Snow
1958
City Lights - Ray Price
1966
Somebody Like Me - Eddy Arnold
1974
She Called Me Baby - Charlie Rich
1982
Redneck Girl - The Bellamy Brothers
1990
I've Come to Expect It from You - George Strait
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A MEDICAL MYSTERY.
By: Jack Blanchard
(I wrote this in 2008. It seems funnier now that it did when it was happening.)
I'm home from the hospital...at least for now,
thanks to some cool little pain pills.
I'm sitting at my computer,
trying to keep my legs moving to prevent blood clots.
This goes against my very nature.
It's been my lifelong practice to never move a muscle
without first thinking it over carefully.
I have no involuntary movements except maybe breathing.
Anyway,
here's a weird little episode from a couple of days ago at the hospital:
I was told not to eat or drink anything for twelve hours before checking in.
After checking in there was a six hour delay before my surgery,
and then more hours of no eating or drinking during surgery,
and after it was over.
I woke up starving and thirsty,
but there was a sign on my room door that said "NPO".
NPO is an abbreviation of the Latin "Non per os" or "Nothing by mouth".
This is like the Catholics calling the Bingo numbers in Latin
so the Protestants can't win.
I had a new nurse who was friendly enough,
but not the type who would sneak you stuff.
She said I would probably get food and drink soon,
but not to have anything until she found out for sure..
A few minutes later,
a tray of beautiful food was wheeled in and presented to me.
I thought that maybe the nurse had worked it out for me,
but I also thought that it might be a mistake.
I put that out of my mind and began eating.
Just then the nurse walked in and said "Who gave you that food?"
Between gulps I said "Didn't you order it?"
She raised her voice and said" And I gave you specific orders not to eat..."
I started eating faster.
She was getting louder
when I noticed a huge cherry cobbler on the far side of the tray,
and went for it.
She yelled and I ate at full speed ahead.
She threw up her hands and stormed out of the room.
Speaking of "threw up",
later that night I barfed up something that appeared to be extra-terrestrial,
and the whole hospital went into red alert.
They rushed samples of my output to the lab,
and somebody thought I was poisoned.
Someone else mentioned carbolic acid,
and others suspected internal bleeding.
I had a crowd around my bed and staff members running in and out of the room.
Then the news came back from the laboratory:
"No sign of poison, blood or anything harmful."
I guess the lab technicians weren't looking for cherry cobbler.
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
Wesley Tuttle, Capitol Records artist and bandleader, born 1917.
Gospel music pioneer Vestel Goodman was born 1929.
Wayne Walker, songwriter, born Quapaw, OK 1925.
Buck White, founder of The Whites, born in Oklahoma 1930.
Lulu Belle and Scotty Wiseman married 1934.
Ron Getman "The Tractors," born Bristow, OK 1948.
Randy Owen, Alabama lead singer, born Fort Payne, AL 1949.
Hank Williams had surgery on his spine in 1951. The surgery was the result of an injury he received while hunting in September with Jerry Rivers. The surgery was not successful, and Hank suffered a great deal of pain until his death.
John Anderson born Orlando, FL 1954.
Hank Snow recorded "These Hands" 1955.
Johnny Cash arrested in Starkeville, Mississippi, for picking flowers 1966.
John Denver's hit "Fly Away" charted 1975.
Debby Boone's "You Light Up My Life" album certified platinum 1977.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
If an atheist has to go to court, do they make him swear on the Bible?
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