March 16th, 2012 "Country Music Classics" Q & A

                 COUNTRY   MUSIC   CLASSICS

                  Q  &  A

 

March 16th, 2012

 

QUESTION:   I'm a big Pee Wee King fan and my uncle (who used to work in a record store) says that Pee Wee had two hit recordings of  "Tennessee Waltz." Is that true?

 

 

ANSWER:     According to the record books, Pee Wee's first hit on "Tennessee Waltz" peaked at # 3 in 1948 and RCA Victor re-released the same record in 1951---which made it to # 6.

 

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This day in 1971 -- The 13^th Annual Grammy Awards were held  in California. Winners in the Country Music category include: Best Female Country Vocal Performance "Rose Garden" by Lynn Anderson; Best Male Contemporary Vocal Performance "Everything Is Beautiful" by Ray Stevens; Best Male Country Performance "For the Good Times" by Ray Price; Best Duo or Group "If I Were a Carpenter" by Johnny Cash & June Carter; Best Instrumental Performance "Me & Jerry" by Chet Atkins & Jerry Reed; Best Country Song "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" Marty Robbins songwriter; Best Gospel Performance "Talk About the Good Times" The Oak Ridge Boys. This was the first time the show was broadcast live on TV.

 

 

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