C O U N T R Y M U S I C C L A S S I C S
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Wednesday December 15th, 2010
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND PLEASE REMEMBER THE TRUE REASON FOR THE SEASON
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
A lot of artists have recorded songs they heard recorded by other artists and for whatever reason, decided to record the tune themselves.
According to Bill Anderson, his 1974 number one, “World Of Make Believe” was one of those songs!
Bill says he first heard the song on a record by Johnny Bragg in the 1950’s. And at the time, he didn’t think it was a song he would ever record but years later, when country music began leaning more toward a “middle of the road” sound, he did get interested in recording it.
The song was recorded as an album cut but disc jockeys found the tune and began playing it off the LP, so it was released as a single.
His “World of Make Believe” single entered the country music charts December 15th, 1973 and was at the top of the charts the week of February 9th, 1974.
It was his 37th charted song as a recording artist and his 5th number one.
The MCA single was on the charts for 14 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Do you know anything about Loretta Lynn having a rose named after her?
ANSWER: A Canadian nursery in Langly,
QUESTION: The radio boys were talking about Willie Nelson helping a sheriff raise money after being arrested for marijuana possession. Do you have any information?
ANSWER: Two weeks after being arrested in
Willie Nelson is using his website to appeal for donations to the county sheriff’s annual toy drive.
QUESTION: Do you have any information about a Hank Williams song going into the Hall of Fame? I thought only singers went into the hall of fame?
ANSWER: Songs from Willie Nelson, Hank Williams, and Bob Wills are entering the GRAMMY Hall of Fame, including Nelson's 1980 signature hit, "On the Road Again," Hank Williams With His Drifting Cowboys' 1949 track "Lovesick Blues," and Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys Featuring Leon McAuliffe's 1936 single "Steel Guitar Rag" are among the 30 recordings earning recognition from The Recording Academy.
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QUESTION: I heard on the radio that Tanya Tucker won some kind of award with her horses. Do you have details?
ANSWER: Tanya Tucker took second place at the 2010 Celebrity Cutting event with partner Hal Brown. The organization supports various cancer programs.
QUESTION: There was a song on the radio many years ago about “”Loving You Was Worth The Broken heart.” Do you know who had that record?
ANSWER: It was a # 7 hit for Bob Gallion in 1960. Gallion died in 1999 at the age of 75.
QUESTION: Waylon Jennings’ “Amanda” is my favorite country record. My mom says someone else had a hit on that song before Waylon. Is that true?
ANSWER: Don Williams scored a # 33 hit on “Amanda” in 1973 before Waylon took it to number one in 1979.
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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:
1944
Smoke on the Water - Red Foley
Back Street
1960
Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
1968
Born to Be with You - Sonny James
1976
Thinkin’ of a Rendezvous - Johnny Duncan
1984
Nobody Loves Me Like You Do - Anne Murray (with Dave Loggins)
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YULE REVISITED. A Christmas column.
By: Jack Blanchard
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Jack Blanchard's
and your new recordings sound better.
Contact Jack Blanchard's
Email: musichospital@jackandmisty.com
Telephone: 407 330 1611.
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A long time ago Misty and I took a holiday season job
in a
She was the photographer who snapped and sold the pictures of the children on Santa's lap.
I was Santa.
The Santa suit and the whiskers were hot, but it was an unforgettable experience.
Little poor kids would tell their dreams,
dreams which I knew could not come true for them, at least this year.
They had faith in Santa and even a "maybe" from me made their eyes sparkle,
but somehow, I felt guilty.
One little boy asked me "How come Santa Claus is white?".
I told him I hoped he wouldn't hold that against me, and he assured me he wouldn't.
There were always a few raggedy strays wandering around the toy department,
giggling and touching all the magical things that would soon belong to someone else.
Some of them laughed and pointed at me, but never came too close.
Others showed off to their pals by climbing right up on my lap,
like they weren't scared at all.
One little girl, dressed in filthy rags, was too small to climb up on my knee,
so I lifted her up. She weighed nothing.
I wondered if she was old enough to talk, as she just smiled at me, wide-eyed.
Obviously, she was alone and uncared for.
I asked her where her mommy and daddy were and she said, "Drunk".
Then she confessed her true love for me.
I asked her what she really wanted most for Christmas, and she lisped, "New shoes".
She wasn't wearing any this winter.
"Merry Christmas! Ho -Ho -Ho", I choked,
as she climbed down to be replaced by the next in line.
When business tapered off a little later, I searched the whole store for the little girl,
to buy her a pair of new shoes.
I was too late. she had disappeared, and I never saw her again,
except in my mind every Christmas.
Christmas is a time of sad happiness.
We can purify ourselves by condemning those who commercialize it,
but if the stores were closed it would take away much of the fun.
Bar rooms are lined with the lonely, clinging to each other.
Bartenders are Parent Images.
Displaced Yankees dream of gently falling snow that never turns to slush,
and wandering Romeos often return temporarily to the family fold.
Telephone wires hum with long distance calls
between people who care about each other in December,
which is better than not caring at all.
After shave lotion is unwrapped with oohs and ahs,
toys are getting ready to be broken, and puppies inhabit stockings.
Trees are always the most beautiful ever if you just turn the bare side to the wall,
and eggs flow like nog.
Roaring hearths and good fellowship are for the extremely fortunate,
but some will settle for a bag of groceries.
For certain people this will be the first Christmas;
for others, the last.
"Merry Christmas" will be said in shacks, castles, prisons, airplanes,
battlefronts, and churches.
No matter what we say is wrong with it,
Christmas is a time when many people are a little nicer...
and that's something.
Jack Blanchard
Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan...
Grammy Nominees. Billboard's Country Duet of the Year.ASCAP and BMI Awards. ^^^^^^^^^^^^
TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
A. P. Carter born Maces Springs, VA 1891.
Nudie the Tailor, born Kiev,
Kenneth Pitts, fiddler, born in
Lynn Davis, singer, guitarist, born Johnson County, KY 1914. Lynn Davis and Molly O'Day were married in 1941.
Red River Dave, singer/songwriter/ born Dave McEnery in
Mitchell Burt Lilly, of "The Lilly Brothers" born
Ernie Ashworth, a.k.a. "Billy Worth," singer/songwriter, born
Jerry Wallace born Guilford, MO 1928.
Hank Williams, age 19, and Audrey Sheppard Guy, were married in a gas station in
Randy Parton born Sevierville, TN 1955.
The Everly Brothers recorded "Let It Be Me" 1959.
Skeeter
Joey Castle, a.k.a. Cliff Rivers, Rockabilly vocals, died of cancer 1978.
Alan Jackson married wife Denise in Newnan, GA 1979. After a brief separation and reconciliation in 1998, they renewed their vows on their nineteenth anniversary, on December 15th.
Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton released a holiday duet album, "Once Upon a Christmas," 1984.
Tiny
Shell Point released Larry Cordle's album "Murder on Music Row" 1999.
Garth Brooks on the Crook & Chase show on TNN, announced he would retire the following year in 2000.
David Ball's "Riding With Private Malone" debuted on Billboard's Top 40 Chart 2001.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
LET’S KEEP THE CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS
Let’s keep the Christ in Christmas, may Christ reign in our hearts;
It’s all about the Son of God, this Gift, God did impart.
When lowly shepherds heard the news, they went to see the One –
The promised One of glory, God’s precious Son.
The Wise Men, too, saw the star and knew a King was born that day.
They went to pay Him homage, that Babe upon the hay.
Let’s sing a song of Christmas full of joy and cheer.
The hope the earth has longed for has come in Christ, most dear.
Mary Ann Jameson
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