COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/

Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

Tuesday October 2^nd, 2012

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STORY BEHIND THE SONG

According to songwriters, some songs takes weeks or months - sometimes even years to write - - while others are written in a matter of minutes.

According to Jay Huguely, his 1976 number one, "The White Knight," was completed in about 15 minutes.

According to Huguely, who recorded the song under the name Cledus Maggard, he was completely unaware of the CB movement when he was told by his boss at Leslie Advertising Agency in South Carolina, that the current CB craze might have some advertising possibilities.

Huguely said his boss suggested that he borrow a CB radio and go out to the interstate and soak up some CB language - then gave him a CB dictionary to help him understand what he had heard.

He wrote the song, recorded it and the advertising agency pitched the recording to Sears & Roebuck for a commercial but the idea was turned down, so the agency had 2,000 copies of the record pressed , which sold out in a week after a local radio station began playing it.

This led to Mercury Records purchasing the master recording - but needed a name to go with the recording. "Cledus Maggard" was a name Huguely had used in previous radio skits and it seemed to be a perfect fit for "The White Knight."

"The White Knight" came on the country music charts December 20th, 1975 and was in the top slot on February 14th, 1976. The Mercury Records single was on the charts for 14 weeks.

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The feature is available at no charge.

For information, email me at classics@countrymusicclassics.com

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: I have seen some photos and stories of Porter Wagoner from early in his career in which he was billed as "The Porter Wagoner Trio." Who were the other two guys in those photos?
A: The other two guys were Red Gale and Don Warden. Warden became Porter's manager and steel guitar player.

Q: Johnny Paycheck's "Outlaw's Prayer" In one of my favorites. Did he write the song?
A: That 1979 Paycheck top 30 hit was written by Glenn Sutton and Billy Sherrill

Q: There was a guy named Bobby Lord on one of the old Grand Ole Opry Shows" on RFD-TV . Whatever happened to him?
A: Bobby Lord was a member of The Grand Ole Opry and was associated with several country music television shows. He left the country music business in 1969 to move home to Florida and the real estate business. He died in 2008 at age 74.

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Q: I have found the song "Lonesome 7-7203" on a dozen different albums. I know the song was a hit for Hawkshaw Hawkins. Did anyone else have a hit on that song?
A: In addition to being a # one for Hawkins in 1963, "Lonesome 7-7203" scored a # 72 in 1967 for Burl Ives, a # 16 in 1972 for Tony Booth, and a # 24 for Darrell Clanton in 1984.

Q: I found a 45 rpm recording of "Here I Go Again" by Bobby Wright. Have you ever heard of him?
A: Bobby Wright is the son of Johnny Wright and Kitty Wells. He placed 21 songs on the country charts between 1967 and 1979.

Q: Have you heard of a singer named Marion Worth? My mom lived next door to her in Nashville years ago and said she had some hit records and was a very nice lady.
A: Marion Worth was actually Mary Ann Ward from Birmingham, Alabama. She placed 12 songs on the country charts from 1959 thru 1968. She died in 1999 at age 69.

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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:

1950
Goodnight Irene - Red Foley-Ernest Tubb

1958
Bird Dog - The Everly Brothers

1966
Almost Persuaded - David Houston

1974
I'm a Ramblin' Man - Waylon Jennings

1982
Put Your Dreams Away - Mickey Gilley

1990
Jukebox in My Mind - Alabama

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

compiled by Bill Morrison

Chubby Wise, fiddler, born Lake City, Fl 1915.

Leon Rausch, western swing vocalist, born Springfield, MO 1927.

Jo-el Sonnier born Rayne, La 1946.

Chris Ledoux born Biloxi, Ms 1948.

Sheila Biddy born Scottsville, KY 1952. Sheila was the first woman in history to run a country music record label (Decca, in 1993.)

Elvis Presley debuted on the Grand Ole Opry 1954. Jim Denny, the Opry manager told Elvis after the show, that he should go back to Memphis and resume his truck-driving career. Jim Denny was fired from the Opry two years later.

Greg Jennings, "Restless Heart," born Nicoma Park, OK 1954.

Earl Scruggs injured in car wreck 1955.

Joy Lynn White, born Turrell, AR 1961.

Tammy Sullivan of "Jerry & Tammy Sullivan" born Wagarville, AL 1964.

Gillian Welch born New York City, 1967.

Bill Anderson married Becky Stegall Davis, 1971.

Kenny Rogers married Marianne Gordon (Hee Haw Cast,) in 1977.

An attempt was made to steal Elvis Presley's body, from its burial place in Memphis 1977. The family had the bodies of Elvis, and Gladys Presley moved to Graceland, where they are buried side by side.

Marty Robbins released "An Occasional Rose/Holding On To You" 1980.

The 1991 CMA Award Show was held in Nashville, Tennessee.

Garth Brooks won four CMA awards, including Entertainer of the Year 1991.

After giving birth to her second child, Beau Grayson Tucker, Tanya Tucker watched the CMA Award Show from her hospital bed in Nashville. That's how she learned that she was the CMA's Female Vocalist of the Year in 1991.

Earl Thompson, age 77, sideman for Hank Sr., and Ernest Tubb died 1993.

Gene Autry, age 91, died Studio City, CA in 1998. Member CMHF 1969 NSHF 1970 Texas

CMHF 1998.

MCA Records released Gary Alan's album "Alright Guy" 2001.

Sony released Bela Fleck's album "Perpetual Motion" 2001.

Austin City Limits taped the first show of their 30^th year on PBS in 2004.

Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html

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TRUE FACTS AND SOME LIES.

By: Jack Blanchard

TRUE FACT: "You can not sneeze with your eyes open."
One of nature's little miracles that keeps our eyeballs from flying out.

TRUE FACT: "If the population of China walked past you in single line,
the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction."
And that's not easy while you're walking.

TRUE FACT: "Every human spent about half an hour as a single cell."
I did mine this morning before coffee.

TRUE FACT: "There are more chickens than people in the world."
I hope they don't get the vote.

TRUE FACT: '"I am." is the shortest complete sentence in the English language.'
No.

TRUE FACT: "Leonardo da Vinci could write with one hand
and draw with the other at the same time."
Yeah, sure. And that's why Mona Lisa has no eyebrows.

A husband and wife, friends of ours, are voting for Romney.
Misty and I are voting for Obama to cancel theirs out.

My psychic tells me that nobody will win the election,
and, by an obscure constitutional loophole,
Peewee Herman will become President.

We have our Obama/Biden bumper sticker,
but we're not going to put it on the car.
It's like a "Kick me" sign around here.
I may wear it around the house.

What's all this talk about the Middle Class?
I'm still trying to work my way UP to the Middle Class!

Whenever I need a shower,
I go out in the yard and have Misty hose me down.

In China a woman has a baby every three seconds.
Our job is to stop her!

What if a hooker comes to your door and says "Trick or treat"?

We went to Steak & Shake yesterday.
They have inches on the side of the door to check your height.
I'm getting shorter as I'm getting older.
The penultimate insult.
I'm going to have to get my cowboy boots out.

I'm no longer as tall as my drivers license says.
Am I in trouble? Are they coming to get me?
I'm still as heavy as my drivers license.
We got flu shots last night.
The doctor said I look 45, only shorter.

I used to be nearly six feet tall in cowboy boots.
Now I'm going to be wearing those boots to bed.
Crap! I may even sleep in a cowboy hat with a high crown.
A twenty-gallon hat.

Misty has dinner on the table.
I'd better go wash my hands.
You never know where they've been.