Thursday October 13th, 2016 COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

Thursday October 13th, 2016

Email: djdclassics@gmail.com


STORY BEHIND THE SONG

The idea for several hit songs came from someone hearing another record and
Sheb Wooley says he got the idea for "Son - Don't Go Near The Eskimos" from Rex
Allen's record of "Don't Go Near The Indians."

Sheb commented "My record producer had been holding "Son - Don't Go Near The
Indians" for me but I kept putting off recording because I couldn't get into
Nashville to record. So my producer gave up on me and gave the song to Rex
Allen. Rex recorded it and his record was breaking wide open. My producer
reminded me that I had missed a hit and I told him I'd write one called "Son -
Don't Go Near The Eskimo's." And he asked me to sing him part of it and I said
"Oook - shoook - moogie - mushy - doggy - oook - shoook - moogie - aye / Son go
near the eskimos / please do what I say." Everybody in the room laughed and I
thought that was the end of it. But the next day my producer told me he thought
my Eskimo song might be a good idea and if Rex Allen's record sold a million -
we should be able to sell a third of that with a parody. So I went back to
California and forgot about it. A few days later he called me and asked if I had
finished that song yet. When I asked him what song he replied "that oook -
shoook - mooogie Eskimo thing."

"I told him no - I had not and he told me to finish it and get back to Nashville
to record it. So I told him I'd finish the song on the plane to Nashville. And
that's what I did."

Sheb Wooley's MGM recording of "Son - Don't Go Near The Eskimos" came on the
charts December 29th, 1962. It peaked at number 18 and also scored in the top
70's on the pop charts.

Sheb Wooley placed 13 songs on the country music charts between 1962 and 1971.
He died in 2003 at age 82.

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"A NASHVILLE SONGWRITER'S JOURNEY WITH THE STARS"

A collection of Nashville songwriter John Riggs' stories and experiences with
country music's top recording artists – including George Jones , Hank Snow,
Marty Robbins, Conway Twitty and over 40 more!

John Riggs reveals the real personality of the biggest names in country music
– and a few surprises!

John was also Ralph Emery's assistant on Ralph's all night radio show on WSM –
Nashville for five years and offers an insight to the top stars in country
music that few people ever experience.

$20 for either the printed book or E-book on CD OR $35 for a copy of both.
Check – Money Order or PayPal – email: selectiverecords@comcast.net
for PayPal – or mail check or money order to: Selective Records – P.O. Box 90574
– Nashville, Tennessee 37209

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: There was a song on the radio years ago by a girl singer about "two mules
pulling a wagon." Do you know anything about that song?
A: "Two Mules Pull This Wagon" was in Loretta Lynn's 1966 "I Like'em Country"
album

Q: My friend told me about an album he saw at an estate sale by Bobby Bare
singing with two girl singers but he didn't remember their names. I'm a big fan
of Bobby Bare's music but haven't seen that album. Do you have any information?
A: The album was "The Game Of Triangles" and the girl singers were Norma Jean
and Liz Anderson. The LP was on RCA Victor in 1967.

Q: A couple of days ago the radio guys played the old Bobby Goldsboro record
of "Honey." I'd forgotten all about that record and always loved it. Who wrote
that song?
A: The 1968 number one for Goldsboro was written by Bobby Russell.

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"If it ain't traditional, it ain't country" is the catchphrase used throughout
broadcasts of 'Honky Tonks & Heartaches' Radio, a 4-hour show, hosted by Tom
Wardle. Weekly playlists feature exclusively solid traditional country and
honky-tonk, including independent artists, the legends, the 'not so' legends and
plenty of obscure music from the golden age of country. and has been acclaimed
as "one of the best country music shows on the air". More than half the show
features unknown, independent artists. It's country music the way it was meant
to sound, and is the flagship program on KTNK-AM www.radioktnk.com - http://www.radioktnk.com ,
out of Lompoc, CA, and is aired 52 hours per week, including archived shows. In
2014, Tom was voted the' Disc Jockey of the Year' by the Academy of Western
Artists. Broadcast days and times are posted on Tom's Facebook page during the
week. Steel guitars and fiddles still play on 'Honky Tonks & Heartaches'
Radio…..it's pure country at it's best.

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Q: Years ago there was a big hit record by a soldier singing about soldiers.
Can you tell me anything about the recording?
A: I think you're referring to "The Ballad Of The Green Berets," which was a
number two hit for Green Beret Staff Sergeant Barry Sadler in 1966.

Q: I just recently discovered the old country music and when I visited the
Country Music Hall Of Fame - there was a plaque for a guy named "Rose." I
haven't heard of him. Can you give me any information?
A: Fred Rose and Roy Acuff started Acuff Rose Music which became one of the
first music publishing companies in Nashville, Tennessee. Rose also wrote
several hit songs.

Q: My sister says that Buck Owens recorded with a girl singer. Is that true?
A: Buck Owens recorded duets with Rose Maddox in the early 1960's and with
Susan Raye in the 1970's.

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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.

For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com

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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE

1945
You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often - Tex Ritter

1953
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters

1961
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke

1969
Since I Met You, Baby - Sonny James

1977
Heaven's Just a Sin Away - The Kendalls

1985
Meet Me in Montana - Marie Osmond with Dan Seals

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison

Roy Rogers quit the Sons of the Pioneers 1937.

Roy Rogers signed his first Hollywood contract with Columbia Pictures 1938.

Acuff-Rose Publications was founded on this date in 1942. The formal partnership
agreement was between Fred Rose, and Roy Acuff's wife Mildred.

Tex Ritter's "You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often" topped the charts 1945.

Lacy J. Dalton born "Jill Lynne Byrem," Bloomsburg, PA 1946.

Lefty Frizzell released "Cigarettes and Coffee Blues," 1958.

Olive "Marie" Osmond, born Ogden, UT 1959.

Leroy Van Dyke's "Just Walk On By" topped the charts 1961.

John Wayne Wiggins of "John & Audrey Wiggins" born Nashville, TN 1962.

Rhett Akins singer/songwriter, born Valdosta, GA 1969.

Johnny Rodriguez' "Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico" topped the charts 1973.

The 1975 CMA Award Show was presented in Nashville. Loretta Lynn and Conway
Twitty won their fourth straight award for Duo of the Year. Waylon Jennings won
for Male Vocalist, and Minnie Pearl, age 63, was inducted into the CMHF.

The 1980 CMA Award Show was presented in Music City. Johnny Cash, Connie B. Gay,
and the Original Sons of the Pioneers, inducted CMHF. Emmylou Harris named
Female Vocalist of the Year, and George Jones named the Male Vocalist of the
Year 1980.

Ricky Skaggs' single "Uncle Pen" went to #1 1984.

Dan Seals & Marie Osmond's duet "Meet Me In Montana" topped the charts 1985.

Deborah Allen released her album "Anthology" 1998.

Horace "Hoss" Logan, the founder of the Louisiana Hayride, died in Victoria, TX
2002.

Tommy Vaden, age 79, fiddler for Hank Snow died 2004.

Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>

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LIVING IN THE PAST.
By: Jack Blanchard

I spend a lot of time in the past.
Some say you shouldn't do that, but I disagree.
I draw my songs and stories from the past.

In the 60's we put a lot of stuff on our own little label, Zodiac,
and shopped the them around to radio stations and labels.
In 1967, a country DJ named Hoss Moss
heard our "Bethlehem Steel" recording, played it,
and called Wayside Records, a label with national distribution.
They signed us for the four songs
from our first Nashville indie session,
and that led to an album.
Wayside made a deal for distribution
and that's how we wound up on Mercury Records.

When I write a new song I sing it to Misty first.
If she says, "That's really nice" I know it isn't.
I have work on the song until she gives the right reaction.
It's sort of an excitement in her eyes...
sometimes even a tear.
She's my final editor.

We played a lot of Cavalcade of Stars country shows,
and were often asked to be the closing act,
because we did some other stuff the audience liked.
At The Garden State Art Center
there were ten big names on the show.
Every act went overtime
and they made us cut our show to 10 minutes.
That's what the union demanded.
We were mad and so was the audience.
I'd do it all again.

Our life is so strange!
I wonder who is going to play me in the movie.
We're either way up or way down,
and nothing ever happens the way we plan.
Everything seems to happen by random accident,
or by prank.
I seem to be unrealistically happy, though,
and only contemplate suicide on Wednesdays.

My grammar school was pretty strict,
but they gave us education on par with today's colleges.
In seventh and eighth grades all us boys had to wear ties.
The result was grotesque but funny.
The most popular style was this:
A blue flannel checkered lumberjack shirt
and a bright red rayon clip-on tie,
with a picture of Popeye on it.

I said, "I always wanted to be a brownie hunter."
Misty said,
"If you say things like that how will I know when you get senile?"

I just said, "A song title: My Pants are Falling Down Over You".
Misty said, "That's an old joke."
I said, "Not to me. I don't remember anything."

I said, "Sometimes I find myself counting my steps when I walk."
Misty said, "So do I."
I said, "Why do we do that?"
She said, "Entertainment."

Misty made cinnamon streusel bread this evening.
There goes my diet.

Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net

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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock

August 18, 1954….Frisco Station, Springfield, Missouri.

It was a hot August beginning, that morning standing on the old wooden platform
that made up the Frisco Train Station boarding area. Gathered around me and my
buddy, Paul Covey, to see us off to the U.S.Navy…my Mom and Dad and two younger
brothers, Danny and Sammy, Danny just 5 years younger than I and Sammy just
barely walking and out of diapers.While Paul was huggin' on his long time Girl
Friend, (later wife) Barbara, over In my group of friends and family was my then
High School Girl Friend…clinging to my arm like she would never let go. Now when
I say High School Girl Friend…I mean when I was in high school in the country
school of Pleasant Hope High…while she was a town girl in High School in
Springfield. We had gone together about a year and a half and Puppy Love had
bloomed.We all said our goodbyes and got ready to board the Frisco train that
would take us to the Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, just outside of
Chicago. Little "High School Sweetie" hugged me bye and whispered in my ear,
"I'll wait Forever, 'til you come home." Yessir, she sent me off with a "Frisco
Station Promise". At 18 years old…I felt 10 foot tall and mighty proud…just like
Growed Folks is supposed to feel. Ten Months later, my Ship U.S.S. Bryce Canyon
(AD-36), was getting underway from Subic Bay, Philippines, heading for Yokosuka,
Japan…we had just spent a week in Subic to take on supplies and mail had finally
had a chance to reach us. That evening, as we cut through the royal blue waters
of the Pacific, we had Mail Call. I was handed a batch of letters from back
home…Mom wrote me almost every day..along with several from "High School
Sweetie". I sat back on a coil of rope on the Fantail of the Ship to read my
Mail…news from Hearth and Home always eagerly read and reread again and again. I
tore open one of the letters from "High School Sweetie" and it was full of the
usual lovey dovey mush…designed to charge up the Testosterone level of the
Sailor who received it. Ah, Life was good for a homesick Sailor far from
home…living the "Frisco Station Promise". Finally got to the last letter in the
stack…hmmmm…this one did not have the usual XXX's marked on the back and the
touch of Perfume that marked the rest of the Love Letters. "Dear Stan…Sorry, I
just couldn't wait any longer…found someone who I really care about…good luck
and goodbye…".Well, as I was tearing the letter into little pieces, along with
the picture I carried in my wallet, and dropping them into the wake of the Ship
as the turbulence grabbed them and carried the "Frisco Promise" away forever…I
realized that I could not conjur up a real good memory of this "High School
Sweetie", who had now been placed into the childhood memories section of my
Growed Up brain. I shook my head and headed on back to my quarters to get my
guitar and pick a little with my friends.
"Frisco Station Promises" are not really Forever, they come and go 'bout like
the Trains that move through, making a lot of noise and smoke, and then they
move on down the line and do the same thing for someone else at another Station.
Forever is really not so long a time after all. The Frisco Station is long gone
now, and all the Promises that all the girls made to the Soldiers, Airmen and
Sailors that left from that Platform were whisked away like water of the wake of
the Ship…or the sound of the mournful whistle as the Train pulls out of sight.It
would be years and miles and more broken Promises before I finally met Denise
and settled into the Real Forever of True Love. It took me awhile, but it sure
is worth the wait for the real thing. stan

www.hitchcockcountry.com -

http://www.hitchcockcountry.com



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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you.
Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your
labor in the Lord is not in vain.

– 1 Corinthians 15:58 (NIV)

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