COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday January 2nd, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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A lot of country music hits were recorded as album tracks - but wound up as
single releases.
Dolly Parton's 1979 number one, "You're The Only One," was one of those songs
and was a track in her "Great Balls Of Fire" album. *
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The song was written by pop songwriter Carole Bayer Sager.
The album became Dolly's fourth gold album on November 13th, 1979.
The single debuted on the country music charts June 9th, 1979 and became Dolly's
tenth number one single during its eight week on the charts and stuck at the top
for two weeks.
The RCA Victor single was Dolly's 52nd charted song and was on the charts for 14
weeks.
The single was produced by Dolly's keyboard player Gregg Perry.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: The radio guys were talking about a grant for a Kenny Rogers Children's
Center. Do you have any information?
A: The Kenny Rogers Children's Center in Sikeston, Missouri has received a
$500,000 grant from the Missouri Foundation For Health. The donation will help
the center serve over 350 special needs children with no charge to their
families.
Q: I heard on the TV news that Vince Gill and Amy Grant would be performing
together. Is that true?
A: Vince Gill and Amy Grant will perform as part of the "Alive At The
Bluebird" series at Nashville's Bluebird Cafe in January.
Q: Do you know anything about Kris Kristofferson about to receive a Grammy? I
heard someone on the radio mention it.
A: Kristofferson will receive the Recording Academy's Lifetime Achievement
Award during a Grammy Week ceremony on January 25th.
Q; My daughter says that Hank Williams sings a song in a new George Clooney
movie. Do you have any information?
A: Hank Jr.'s "Angels Are Hard To Find" is featured in the George Clooney -
Sandra Bullock "Gravity" movie. The song was part of Hank's 1974 "Living Proof"
album and his 1991 "Pure Hank" album.
Q: Do you know anything about a new Johnny Cash album? I heard the radio
folks talking about it.
A: "Out Among The Stars" is set for March 25th release and contains twelve
unreleased tracks from a 1981 and a 1984 recording session.
Q: Have you ever heard a song about "Loving Starts Where Friendship Ends? My
sister says it was on the radio several Years ago.
A: The song was a number 27 hit for Mel McDaniel in 1979.
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BlueHighways TV On DISH NETWORK
A sampling of BlueHighways TV most popular shows will be shown in 14 million
homes on DISH Networks Blockbuster Studio Channel #102 for two months from
November 17th through Sunday January 5th. The programming will run on Sundays
from 1:30-2:30 pm ET. *
Each week selected BlueHighways TV programming will be available during this
time on Blockbuster Studio Channel on DISH Network and it is hoped that, after
this successful run, DISH will carry BlueHighways TV full time.*
We encourage DISH subscribers to watch the BlueHighways TV shows live or record
them to view later at their convenience. Pass the word on to your friends the
more people, who watch, the better chance that BlueHighways TV will be carried
full-time on DISH! *
For more information contact: BlueHighways TV: Denise T. Hitchcock (615)
264-3292, dhitchcock@bluehighwaystv.com*
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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:*
*1946*
/Silver Dew on the Blue Grass Tonight/* - Bob Wills *
*1954*
/Let Me Be the One/ - Hank Locklin *
*1962*
/Walk on By/ - Leroy Van Dyke *
*1970*
/(Im So) Afraid of Losing You Again/ - Charley Pride *
*1978*
/Here You Come Again/ - Dolly Parton *
*1986*
/Have Mercy/ - The Judds *
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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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NOTHING IS OVER LIKE CHRISTMAS.*
By: Jack Blanchard
Nothing is over like Christmas.
Months of anticipation, and then it's gone.
Try to hold on to it and it slides away like a morning dream.
It's Christmas Day and there are no holiday programs on TV.
Not even football in the snow.
It's hard to work up the spirit here in Florida,
but we give it a shot every year.
Misty decorates a tree, and puts Christmas stuff all over the place.
We listen to Christmas music with the air conditioning on
and with palm trees lurking in the front yard.
I get very sentimental about Christmas,
probably because I had real Christmasy holidays years ago,
with folks who are no longer with us,
and my immature subconscious thinks it will happen again.
I toss up futile prayers for snow here in the subtropics,
but this is the time of year
when we just get a cheap imitation of autumn.
A couple of trees around here have a touch of red,
and I go look at them.
Television doesn't help with reports of all night sales,
talking heads urging us to be good consumers,
stranded travelers sleeping in airports,
and carolers singing "Happy Honda Days".
The people who tell us that it's a pagan holiday,
just because it's near the winter solstice,
may not realize what an intrusion that is upon our enjoyment.
I think we can each bring our own spirituality and memories
to the season,
and make it our personal non-pagan celebration.
It's in the spirit of the beholder.
Misty is saving the day
by making an old fashioned Christmas dinner.
I'm setting our bathroom scales back ten pounds.
I think I'll write a letter to Santa,
and ask him for one more snowy Christmas in Buffalo,
where the night is silent,
the homes are warm,
and the feeling is strong in the air.
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Jack Blanchard*
*http:// - http:///www.jackandmisty.net - http://www.jackandmisty.net
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY*
compiled by Bill Morrison*
*1904 - *Country Music fan dancer Sally Rand, was born /Harriet
Helen Gould Beck/, in Elkton, Missouri. *
*1926 - *Harold Bradley, session-guitarist, was born today in
Nashville. Harold was a session guitar player in Nashville for over fifty years,
and is believed to be the most recorded guitar player in history. Harold and
Owen Bradley were brothers. Harold is currently the President of the Nashville
Musicians Union.*
*1936 - *Roger Dean Miller 1936~1992, singer, songwriter, guitarist
and TV host was born today in Fort Worth, Texas. Roger worked in Faron Young's
band in 1962 as songwriter, and drummer. His /first /chart hit was his
self-penned RCA Victor single /"You Don't Want My Love" /in 1960.
Roger was inducted into the NSHF in 1973 and the CMHF in 1995. *
*1943 - *Dick Feller singer, songwriter and guitarist born in
Bronaugh, Missouri.*
*1954 - *John Barlow Jarvis, songwriter, pianist, session player, and
recording artist born Pasadena, California. *
*1961 - *Buck Owens released Foolin Around" b/w "High As The Mountains
in 1961. This was Bucks first #1 record according to Cashbox magazine.*
*1962 - *Buck Owens released Nobodys Fool But Yours, the single
charted the following month and topped out at #11 on Billboards country
chart.*
*1965 - *Merle Haggards Tally Records single My Friends Are Gonna Be
Strangers, written by Liz Anderson, charted today and climbed to #10, remaining
on the charts for 22 weeks. This was Merle's 4th chart hit, and was the song
that inspired the name of Hags band, The Strangers.*
*1968 - *Capitol Records released Buck Owens album It Takes People
Like You To Make People Like Me." The album charted two weeks later and went to
#1. Three singles were released from this album; /The title track
/went to #2 on the Singles chart. /"Where Does The Good Times Go"
/went to #1, and /"Let The World Keep On A Turnin'" w/Buddy Alan
/topped out at #7.*
*1970 - *Marty Robbins recorded My Woman, My Woman, My Wife in
Nashville. Marty wrote the song and Bob Johnston produced the session. The
session players included: Marty Robbins~vocals; Ray Edenton~guitar; Jack
Pruett~guitar; Charlie Daniels~guitar; Jerry Shook~guitar; Pete Wade~guitar;
Bill Pursell~piano; Norbert Putnum~bass; Richard Morris~vibes, mirambas, and
bells. The Columbia single went to #1 on Billboard and became Martys 53rd chart
single, and his 14th #1 hit. This record won a Grammy for Best Country Song of
1970.*
*1972 - *Arthur Lee Red Smiley 1925~1972, age 46, guitarist of Reno &
Smiley (formed 1951) died from diabetes in 1972.*
*1974 - *Woodward Maurice Tex Ritter 1905~1974, age 68, died in
Nashville, today. Member of the Grand Ole Opry (1965), Tex was inducted into
the CMHF in1964, NSHF in 1971, and the Texas CMHF in 1998. Tex has also been
inducted into the /Cowboy Hall of Fame/. My friend's dream of
Hillbilly Heaven, is now reality.*
*1979 - *Wayne Walker 1925~1979, age 53, Hall of Fame songwriter, died
in Nashville. A few examples of a Wayne Walker penned tune: /"Are You
Sincere,""All The Time" w/Mel Tillis, "Cut Across Shorty"
w/Marijohn Wilkin, "Leaving On Your Mind," "Burning Memories" and many more.
/A few artists who recorded Wayne's songs: Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, Patsy
Cline, Kitty Wells, Webb Pierce, Carl Smith, Ernest Tubb, George Strait, Janie
Fricke, Ann Murray, Jack Greene, Andy Williams, Mel Tillis, Elvis, and many
more. Wayne's "All The Time" was named Billboards Song of the Year in 1967, and
he was inducted into the NSHF in 1975.*
*1994 - *Faith Hills debut Warner single Wild One went to #1 on the
country charts. Pat Bunch, Jamie Kyle, and Will Rambeaux wrote the song, it
remained on the chart for 20 weeks, 4 weeks at #1. Faith's follow-up release
/"Piece Of My Heart" /also climbed the chart to #1. Bert Bems and
Jerry Ragovoy wrote the song. Faith was honored by the CMA as their /Female
Vocalist of the Year /in 2000.*
*2003 - *Macey Marie Wills was born to Mark and Kelly Wills.*
*2004 - *Josh Turners debut MCA Nashville album Long Black Train was
certified Gold by the RIAA.*
*2006 - *Louise Scruggs 1927~2006, age 78, wife and business manager
of Earl Scruggs died at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. Louise was the recipient
of the 25th Annual "IFCO Tex Ritter Award" in 1999. This prestigious award
recognizes the recipients for their contributions to country music, the music
community, and fans everywhere.*
Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html>
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View From The Front Porch*-*
Stan Hitchcock*
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I have enjoyed so many adventures, in my years of traveling. All those nights,
from six years old to 18 years old, lying in my upstairs attic bedroom at the
farm house where I grew up, listening to the steam locomotives pulling the
passenger cars across America, and traveling through a part of the Ozarks where
I could hear the lonesome whistle blow in the night. I knew, lying there
listening and dreaming of the people in the passenger cars traveling through the
nights, that someday, I too would search and find adventure in the world.
Like my travels in the Navy, when I finally reached 18, exploring the mysterious
Orient, on board ship, taking a steam locomotive and passenger cars from Chicago
to San Diego, California, taking another steam train from Long Beach, California
back home to the Ozarks, for a 30 day leave....and it was everything I had
dreamed it would be. The memory of sitting on the Fantail of my ship in Hong
Kong Harbor, and tuning my Zenith Transoceanic Radio to 650AM, on a Saturday
night, and finding the Grand Ole Opry, and Roy Acuff singing "Wabash
Cannonball"...oh, the thrill to a homesick Ozark boy, making a memory that will
never fade.
Like the time, in the 1970s, while on tour in Hawaii, meeting a Hawaiian cowboy
who raised champion quarter horses, putting me on one of his horses, he on the
other, and riding to the top of one of the volcanoes, to the very brim, and
looking out over the Island and the Ocean around it, was just breath taking, and
scary as heck, on the narrow trail that was no more than three feet across, with
a sheer cliff drop of hundreds of feet.
Hiking, in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, with Denise and our son Scott,
finding a lake, way up on the high side, fly-fishing in that lake, just Scott
and I, seeing the native trout rise, was a memory maker.
A motorcycle ride, with a buddy, in 1982, traversing the Blue Ridge Parkway and
on into the Smokies, for three days in the Spring.awesome.
1992, flying in to a remote lodge in the NorthWest Territories, and spending a
week with my Father In Law, Duane Thornburg, fishing Lake Kasba, and catching my
22 pound Lake Trout. At night, listening in awe as Duane told me stories of
World War Two, and his landing in Japan, after the big bombs had been dropped.
A trip to Honduras, in 1993, to do some Bone Fishing, and meeting an
Archeologist who was doing a Mayan dig on an Island off the coast of Honduras,
going with him and digging up some pottery pieces, and later, he giving me a
Mayan Clay Pot that he had found. Yeah, special times.
But, the most memorable drive, was in 1997. Denise and I had been living in
Branson for awhile and were looking to move back to Tennessee. We had looked at
houses until we were tired of it, and then one day, we came upon this old farm
house, driving up the long drive, past the creek and to the house.we both looked
at each other and said, We are home.
With all the adventures and travels you can enjoy, the most important one is the
drive to home. It is symbolic of our life journey, paths we take, adventures
shared, but when we make that final climb, when we awake in our Heavenly Home,
and the Father says, Come on In, son, youre Home, you will have reached the
Peak, the glad Reunion Day, and you will know that Forever, begins today. *
Stan Hitchcock
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Beyond all question, the mystery from which true godliness springs is great: He
appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was
preached among the nations, was believed on in the world, was taken up in glory.
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* 1 Timothy 3:16 (NIV)*
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