COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday January 5th, 2017
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Country music has been referred to as "slices of life" and according to Loretta
Lynn - her hit song "The Pill" was just that.
Loretta commented, "Back in those days - I'd come off the stage after a show and
talk to the people and all the women I talked to were on the pill. So what was
the big deal? I just wrote what those women were thinking! But the song was
banned down South in the Bible Belt. Preachers even preached against the song.
And that just made the record even bigger!"
Loretta's MCA Records single "The Pill" came on the country music charts
February 15th, 1975 and peaked at number five.
It was Loretta's 41st charted song and was on the charts for 12 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: The George Jones song "She Thinks I Still Care" is my favorite. My
mom says that Faron Young sang that song on the radio years ago. Did he
record it?
A: Faron Young's version of "She Thinks I Still Care" is in his 1964 "Country
Dance Favorites" album
Q: The Eddie Rabbitt song "I just Want To Love You" is my favorite.
Who wrote it?
A: The 1978 Eddie Rabbitt number one was written by Rabbitt, Even Stevens and
David Malloy
Q: Have you heard of a song titled "A Pity What Money Can Do?" My dad talked
about it years ago.
A: "It's A Pity What Money Can Do" was the flipside of Marty Robbins 1955
number 14 hit "Time Goes By."
Q: I have a piece of a song recorded from the radio. I think it's Buck Owens
singing about "If You Want A Love." Have you ever heard of that song?
A: "If You Want A Love" was a number 24 hit for Buck Owens &The Buckeroos in
1965. It was the flipside of "Buckeroo."
Q: I remember hearing a song on the radio back in the 70's about an angel
wearing an apron. Do you know who had that record?
A: "Angel In An Apron" was a number 67 hit for Durwood Haddock in 1974
Q: Was David Houston a member of The Grand Ole Opry?
A: David Houston joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1972
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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
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For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1949
A Heart Full of Love (For a Handfull of Kisses) - Eddy Arnold
1957
Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
1965
Once a Day - Connie Smith
1973
She's Got to Be a Saint - Ray Price
1981
One in a Million - Johnny Lee
1989
When You Say Nothing at All - Keith Whitley
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison
1923 - Sam Phillips 1923~2003, founder of Sun Records born in Florence, Alabama.
Inducted R&RHF 1986. RHOF and the CMHF 2001.
1923 - Big Bill Lister, 6' 7" tall, singer, songwriter born Karnes County,
Texas. Hank Williams Sr. wrote a song, and put it on a demo for Bill, called
"There's A Tear In My Beer." Bill gave that demo record to Hank Williams Jr. in
1988. With the assistance of modern technology, Jr. turned it into a duet with
his father, and an award winning video, of Sr. and Jr. singing the song
together.
1940 - The FCC tested FM radio for the first time today. The static-free system
would not be marketed to the public until the following year.
1952 - Johnnie and Jack made their final appearance on the Louisiana Hayride.
They were cast members of the show from 1948~1952.
1952 - Webb Pierce debuted on the Louisiana Hayride. His first #1 single
"Wondering" charted that same
1956 - Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel." The RCA single charted in
March, and went to #1 on the Billboard country chart. Elvis' debut RCA single
stayed at #1 for 17 weeks, and is now a Grammy Hall of Fame recording. Mae Boren
Axton and Thomas Durden wrote the song. Col Tom Parker insisted that Elvis
received 50% of the songwriting royalties on every song he recorded so Elvis
Presley is listed as one of the writers, but that's not the case. Elvis Presley
never wrote a song, or a piece of a song, in his entire life.
1956 - Patsy Cline recorded four songs in Nashville for her first record label
Four Star Records. The Pasadena, California based company was owned by Bill
McCall, who Patsy claimed was cheating her out of royalties, and forced Patsy to
record only songs belonging to his publishing company. The songs Patsy recorded
today: "I Love You Honey" written by Eddie Miller; "Come on in (and Make
Yourself at Home)" written by V.F. Stewart; "I Cried All the Way to the Altar"
by Bobby Flournoy; and "I Don't Wanna" by Eddie Miller, W.S. Stevenson, and
Durwood Haddock.
1957 - Marty Robbins released "Knee Deep In The Blues."
1958 - The Everly Brothers appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show.
1959 - Future Country Music Hall of Famer Mel Tillis' Columbia single "Finally"
hit the country charts today. Mel and Wayne Walker wrote the song, it topped out
at #28. This was Mel's 2nd chart single.
1959 - Coral Records released Buddy Holly's last single "It Doesn't Matter
Anymore" b/w "Raining In My Heart." Buddy was killed four weeks later in Iowa
.
1965 - Connie Smith's single "Once A Day" was still the #1 song. The Bill
Anderson penned tune charted in late September last year, and went to the top of
the chart November 28, 1964. This was Connie's first record, her first chart
hit, and her first #1. This RCA recording is the song that brought Connie to the
Opry. She was welcomed into the Opry family on June 13, 1965, and for the past
42 years she has been an Opry favorite.
1971 - Charley Pride, Amanda Blake, and Mickey Mantle were featured guests on
"Hee Haw."
1973 - Tanya Tucker recorded "What's Your Mama's Name." Dallas Frazier and Earl
Montgomery wrote the song. The Columbia single charted in March 1973, and became
Tanya's 4th chart country hit, and her first #1.
1974 - Roy Acuff, Jim Ed Brown, Marcie Cates, and Margie Cates were featured
guests on "Hee Haw."
1980 - Waylon Jennings' "Ain't Livin' Long Like This" charted. The Rodney
Crowell penned tune went to #1. The RCA single was Waylon's 58th chart single on
Billboard, and his 11th #1.
1981 - Marty Robbins was hospitalized in Nashville, with chest pains.
1990 - William Lee Golden and Brenda Hall were married.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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THE NEWS.
By: Jack Blanchard
Disease of the heart, Prices get higher,
Porno called art, and your Ford is on fire.
Sniffing of glue, And food that is bad for you,
Chickens with flu, And cows that are mad for you.
Heating oil, Global warming,
Depleted soil, And tropical storming.
Acid rain, Crashing planes,
Crack cocaine, And shooting pains
New commies and predators Tsunamis and senators
Bombs that are nuclear, How high the gas is,
Bombs that are nucular, Destruction of masses.
Air pollution, prostitution, And how to interpret the Constitution
Kids grades, Terrorist raids, and AIDS
The hopeless and the hopers. The homeless and the dopers
Take some pills, Learn new skills,
Pay your bills, And write your wills.
No wonder we've got the blues.
It's THE NEWS!
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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A View From The Road-Stan Hitchcock
At the start of this New Year, my brother Sam and I have come down with the
Eppozootis (a self-diagnosed disease) and have spent most of this first day on
the couch watching football and eating home-made chicken soup that Our Women
made for us. (The Eppozootis involves Sinus, coughs, sneezes, sore scratchy
throat, achty joints and sleepy eyes). So, naturally, your thoughts turn to ways
you can shape up your old achy body…..
Well, it's about the time of year when I go on my special shape up the old body
diet. After all the Holiday cookin' that I been samplin', a man has to reach
inside his own self and pull out some istrong resolve. When it gets too cold, or
too wet and snowy to go out and fish, here is what you do...You gotta start the
diet early of a morning...by skipping the hot buscuits and sausage gravy that
you usually have...so let me go through the routine...
Well, at the crack of dawn I roll out of bed...and I mean roll...if I had hit
the floor I would bounce like a basketball from all the Christmas and New Years
foods that I have devoured over the Lost Week. But, each new morning brings new
ideas...and so I have decided to go on my Stan's Pretty Good Baloney Diet. This
is a sure fire way of trimming up the old body. You just have Baloney and Cheese
(with a dab of Duke's Mayo) on good fresh white bread...you go out in the barn
and sit in the Bass Boat that is parked there (it does not have to be in the
water) and you eat your Baloney and Cheese sandwich with great Gusto saying
things like, "Man, look at the size of that'n", "Cast over in the weed bed,
Chuck" and "Man, I just had another hit on this Power Bait crawdad"...Continue
that little routine every morning for about 15 minutes...reach into the cooler
and pull out a good cold bottle of water to chase it all down with...and break
out the dessert! Which is, of course, Vienna Sausage on a Soda Cracker. Oh Man,
I can't wait to start this new diet, and when the storms blow over and the rain
stops...I can even practice the same routine out on the water! Yessir, it is
very important to be strong and have a lot of resolve on this diet...ya gotta
stay away from double hamburgers with bacon, bananna cream pies, fried Okra and
stuff like that...just hang with the Thick Sliced 'loney and cheese and you will
shape up in no time. Course, climbing in and out of the boat, after walking to
the barn, is helpful in the exercise department also. Well, that's it. I have
now shared my secret for body toning, so let's get to it fella's...make our
women proud! stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Cast your cares on the Lord and he will sustain you; he will never let the
righteous be shaken.
– Psalm 55:22 (NIV)
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