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
Thursday November 10th, 2011
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
A lot of the ideas for a lot of hit songs came from unusual people, places or things and according to Norro Wilson, Charlie Rich's 1974 number one, "I Love My Friend," was one of those tunes!
Wilson commented," The idea for "I Love My Friend" actually came from two people who were going thru lots of problems in their personal lives. We wondered if "I Love My Friend" might seem to convey some sort of strange message to some people but it was not mean't to. That song turned out to be a sort of "left field thing" …and I think it was kind of delicate and it also had some clever things to say."
Charlie Rich's Epic Records single, "I Love My Friend" came on the country music charts August 10th, 1974 and was at the top of the charts the week of October 5th.
It was his 17th charted song and his 6th number one.
Charlie Rich placed 45 songs on the country charts between 1968 and 1981.
He died in 1995.
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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 features, "Classic Country First" and "Story Behind The Song" are now available to radio stations.
Both features are available at no charge.
For information, email me at classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: The radio guy was talking about Emmylou Harris and Alison Krauss doing some project together. Are they recording?
ANSWER: Emmylou and Alison will perform on "ACL Presents: Americana Music Festival" on PBS stations nationwide November 19th. The hour long special was taped at Ryman Auditorium last month.
QUESTION: My dad has some old records by Pee Wee King, but dad says that was not his real name. Is that true?
ANSWER: Pee Wee King was born Julius Kuczynski in 1914 and placed 11 songs on the country charts between 1948 and 1954.
QUESTION: I heard on the radio that Don Williams had two number ones on this date years ago. How is that possible?
ANSWER: I think the radio guy mean't that Don Williams scored a number one on this date in 1975: "Turn Out The Lights And Love Me Tonight" and also in 1977: "I'm Just A Country Boy."
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Anybody out there have a copy of Pat Daisy's "Everybody's Reaching Out For Someone?" It was a top 20 on RCA Victor in 1972.
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QUESTION: I found an old record at a garage sale and the label is torn off but a guy is singing about "The Volunteer." Do you know who had that record?
ANSWER: "The Volunteer" was a 1963 #22 hit for Autry Inman. Inman wrote the 1956 # one for The Louvin Brothers : "I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby." He died in 1988.
QUESTION: TV News mentioned that Alan Jackson recently got some kind of award in Nashville
on a "walk of fame." What was that?
ANSWER: Alan Jackson recently received a star on the Music City Walk Of Fame" in Nashville.
QUESTION: Please settle an argument. I know the guy singing on "Yes Mr. Peters" was Roy Drusky. I say the girl singer was Dottie West but my mom says it was Dolly Parton. Who is right?
ANSWER: You're both wrong. The girl singer on the 1965 # one was Priscilla (Mrs. Jerry Reed) Mitchell
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I have a few copies of the old Thurston Moore "Hillbilly Scrapbooks" from the 1950's…PLUS some 1950 and 60's "Country Song Roundup" and some 1970's "Country Music Magazine."
Need to raise a few buck to keep this newsletter in the black. If interested, email me at:
classics@countrymusicclassics.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:
1949
Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely
1957
Wake Up Little Susie - The Everly Brothers
1965
Hello Vietnam - Johnny Wright
1973
Paper Roses - Marie Osmond
1981
Fancy Free - The Oak Ridge Boys
1989
Ace in the Hole - George Strait
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LIFE IS GETTING TOO EXCITING.
By: Jack Blanchard
Hello? Is anybody there? Tap tap tap. Is this mike on?
ABOUT AWARDS: Awards make one artist a winner and all the rest losers.
"Sorry, pal. You were a winner a minute ago as a finalist, but now you're a loser."
And nobody asks to be put in that position.
Artists are all different, so it's apples against oranges.
Once you're in it it becomes very important not to be a public loser.
Emotions are high. Mistakes are made. That's how I feel when we DON"T win.
When we DO win, none of that stuff bothers me.
MY THEORY: Time doesn't move.
Time is like a map, with everything that happens drawn on it.
We move across the map like little blinking dots on a screen,
moving from what did happen to what will happen.
If I could make a U-turn I could go back, but apparently it's a one-way street.
There's always a catch.
Two trucks loads of Roget's Thesaurus collided. Witnesses were stunned, startled,
aghast, taken aback, stupefied, amazed, astounded, and unsettled.
There's a local TV station here that can't get the sound with the picture.
Misty has repeatedly called and complained.
The words still come out way after the lips move.
If we blow up that station the sound will keep on going.
I'm getting ads from a company called falsehope.com. I send them money,
and they send me a daily email saying "Everything is going to be alright."
We just found some old letter envelopes I had made.
On the front they say "Please read before opening."
About 30 years ago the TV show cut off and a message said "Please Stand By",
and that's what I've been doing ever since.
We used to say to the audience:
"We'd like to round up all the talent here tonight... and ask them to leave."
A little humor between songs doesn't hurt the show.
To clear the smoke in the room, we'd ask the audience to inhale,
then walk outside and exhale.
Pete Drake explained his talking steel guitar this way:
"You play the notes on the guitar and it goes through the amplifier.
You disconnect the speakers and the sound goes through the driver into a plastic tube.
You put the tube in the side of your mouth,
then form the words with your mouth as you play them.
It's amplified by a microphone."
People are buying our music from Amazon and other places than from us.
If you go to buy on of our CDs, or even download our individual songs,
please email us at CD@jackandmisty.com.
We'll autograph albums, and it will help a needy couple.
Misty just said she was squirting the hose on the roof so the squirrels won't lie down.
I hate to see an uncomfortable squirrel.
She says the squirrels on our roof are playing Bowling for Nuts.
I wonder if I waxed our roof the squirrels would slide off?
In every class in our grammar school we averaged 33 kids.
In high school there were often 40. None were allergic to peanuts.
We learned a lot. Now it's a crime to have over about 20 brats,
and they have computers. We had pencils.
All our teachers were all Judge Judy clones.
And furthermore, YOU KIDS GET OFF MY LAWN!
All over the internet there are biographies of us that call me a saxophone player.
I never played the sax, although I wanted to.
I brought a rented one home one day and tried it for about an hour.
It sounded like unexpected gas, and I got my tongue caught in the reed.
Misty threatened to move out, so I took it back to the rental store.
That's my career as a sax player.
On our recent anniversary, we were eating fried chicken and watching an old movie.
Life is getting too exciting.
She said: "Do you remember I used to make the chicken with the curry on top?"
I said "No, but I remember the song."
I just asked her what we're having for dinner tomorrow. She said "Spaghetti and moth balls."
It's not the photographer's fault if we look blurry in the pictures.
Sometimes we actually are a little blurry.
We see each other older now, but we look past the signs of age.
We still see our long time companions as they were then.
It's a form of love.
Jack Blanchard
The Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan Home Page: http://jackandmisty.com
Restoration and mastering studio: 407 330 1611.
CD Baby: http://cdbaby.com/cd/jackmisty
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
Paul Cohen was born in 1908.
Onie Wheeler born Senath, MO 1921.
Announcer George D. Hay debuted on the Opry in 1925.
Donna Fargo, singer/songwriter born "Yvonne Vaughn," Mount Airy, NC 1940.
Dave Loggins born Mountain City, TN 1947.
Greg Trostal, "Pirates of the Mississippi," born Elmira, NY 1950.
Pat Severs, "Pirates of the Mississippi," born Camden, SC 1952.
Homer and Jethro released "Houn' Dawg," 1956.
Marty Robbins' single "Singing the Blues" went to #1 1956.
Teddy and Doyle, the Wilburn Brothers, and Stonewall Jackson, joined the Grand Ole Opry 1956.
Buck Owens released "I'll Take A Chance On Loving You/Walk The Floor" 1958.
Marty Robbins released "Ruby Ann," on Columbia, 1962.
Chris Cagle, born Christian Cagle in DeRidder, LA 1968.
Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-nosed Reindeer," certified gold, 1969.
David "Stringbean" Akeman and wife Estelle were murdered in a robbery at their rural home near Nashville, 1973. The two robbers were waiting for them, as they returned home from an appearance on the Grand Ole Opry.
The British press reported that Johnny Cash suffered a serious cut on his hand while in Nottingham, England 1983.
Curly Fox, age 85, died Graysville, TN 1995.
Chalee Tennison married guitarist Mark Gillespie in Pigeon Forge, TN in 2001.
Johnny Cash's Memorial Service was held at the Ryman Auditorium in 2003.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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In response to many requests, YES I am on Facebook and you are welcome to become a friend—UNLESS you are one of those that posts photos of your grandkids or your pet cat every other day. I don't have the time or interest for that. SO—if that's what you do on Facebook.. just forget me !
I'm the Doug Davis with the photos of the guitars.
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
SILENT PRAYERS
There's something that I do, each day, that no one hears or sees
For it is just a private thing – between my Lord and me.
I walk and pray – and play and pray – a lot of silent prayers
That tell my Lord I trust in Him to keep me in His care.
They're always short and simple prayers that only He can hear,
For only He can hear and see inside my heart of fears;
And every day, He blesses me with Graces of His care
That are as true and full of love as are my silent prayers.
Michael Dubina
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