COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Wednesday January 30th, 2013
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to Conway Twitty, his 1976 number one, "After All The Good Is Gone" was originally much longer than the recorded version.
Conway commented, "That song is a little bit of everything I grew up singing - a little country - rock and roll and blues - with a kind of gospel feel to it. But when we started recording - my producer - Owen Bradley - said the song was just too long so we cut a lot of it."
His MCA single "After All The Good Is Gone" came n the country music charts April 3rd, 1976 and was at the top of the charts on May 22nd.
It was his 36th charted song and his 21st number ones.
Conway placed 98 songs on the country music charts from 1966 thru 2004.
He was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1999.
He died in June 1993.
Top of Form
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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: Do you have any information on Willie Nelson performing in a Catskill Mountain festival? The radio DJ mentioned it.
A: Willie Nelson is set to perform during the first "Taste Of Country Music Festival" June 13 -15th series at the Hunter Mountain Resort in the Catskills Mountains.
Q: A few days ago I heard an old Johnny Cash record "Come In Stranger." I had never heard it before. When did it come out?
A: "Come In Stranger" was a number 6 hit for Cash in 1958 and was the flip-side of his number one, "Guess Things Happen That Way."
Q: Haven't heard anything about Randy Travis lately. Do you have an update?
A: After reaching a plea deal on his misdemeanor charges - Randy Travis has reportedly quit drinking and is focused on improving his health with a new diet and exercise.
Q: Have you heard of a song about "This Night Won't Last Forever?" My sister says it was on the radio years ago.
A: "This Night Won't Last Forever" was a number 49 hit for Moe Bandy in 1989 and a number 6 hit for Sawyer Brown in 1997.
Q: My daughter was talking about a new Willie Nelson album about "Face The Music." Do you have any information?
A: Willie's newest album project "Let's Face The Music And Dance" is set for April 15th release and reportedly features Willie's styling on pop, rock, jazz and country classics from the 30's, 40's and 50's.
Q: My favorite country-comedy record is "It's Me Again Margaret" by Ray Stevens. Did he write that song?
A: The Ray Steven's 1985 number 74 hit was written by Paul Craft.
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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
Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me - Eddy Arnold
1958
The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins
1966
Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
1974
I Love - Tom T. Hall
1982
The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known) - Juice Newton
1990
Nobody's Home - Clint Black
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BEFORE AND AFTER.
by: Jack Blanchard
Time flies when you're having life.
We've had a lot of good times,
but I seem to remember the bad ones more clearly.
It seems to go more slowly when we're younger.
Now I get up, watch a couple of reruns, and the day is over.
Misty remembers every detail of every experience we've ever had.
How does she do that? It's weird.
When she tells me about some of our adventures,
it's like a bedtime story... fictional..
Luckily, a lot of our life is recorded in photographs and in our music.
It still kinda seems like somebody else.
Here's a Before & After picture: http://tinyurl.com/b7uo24t
I can't help staring at the young me in pictures with some kind of morbid curiosity,
I'm comparing him to the the present me.
The older me wins a few games, but not the series.
I must admit I sort of envy that young guy.
I know he's in for a lot of hard knocks, bizarre adventures, and some tragedy,
but he has plenty of time on his side.
I've been inches from violent death more than once,
in desperate situations that seemed to have no way out,
and yet somehow I survived.
I met Misty only by the wildest string of coincidences,
and she has given me me hope and direction.
I'm beginning to think that I was meant to come this far
down this improbable path.
I was in the ER a couple of years ago,
and the nurse asked me if I wanted "heroic measures" to keep me alive.
I said "You betcha. NOBODY pulls the plug on me. I got things to do."
Anyway...
you spend a bunch of decades learning stuff,
and when you just about get it all right...time's up.
That's not good planning. I object to this system.
Who do you complain to?
Is there an 800 number?
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
1931 - Harold Ralph Morrison, bluegrass musician, comedian, born Highlonseome, Missouri.
1934 - Melvin Endsley 1934~2004, singer, songwriter, guitarist, and recording artist born Drasco, Arkansas.
1937 - Jeanne Pruett was born "Norma Jean Bowman," in Pell City, Alabama. Joined the Grand Ole Opry in 1973.
1938 - Norma Jean, born "Norma Jean Beasler," rural Wellston, Oklahoma.
1940 - Jerry Bradley, music executive, born Nashville, Tennessee.
1956 - Doug Kahan of "The Gibson Miller Band," was born in Detroit, Michigan.
1956 - Sun Records session pianist Jerry Lee Lewis played on Billy Lee Riley's single "Red Hot."
1958 - Merle Haggard was found guilty on a burglary charge in California.
1966 - Red Sovine's "Giddyup Go" topped the charts.
1970 - Tammy Cochran singer, songwriter, and Epic recording artist born in Austinburg, Ohio.
1981 - The American Music Awards were broadcast from Los Angeles. Winners in the Country music category included Barbara Mandrell, The Eagles, The Statler Brothers, The Gambler, Kenny Rogers took home four trophies.
1985 - Randy Travis recorded his first #1 record for Warner Records today. "On The Other Hand" hit the charts in August, climbed all the way to the top and remained on the chart for 35 weeks. Paul Overstreet and Don Schlitz, two of Music City's finest wrote the song.
1988 - Kathy Mattea's first #1 Mercury single "Goin' Gone" charted. Pat Alger, Bill Dale, and Fred Koller wrote the song, and it remained on the chart for 24 weeks.
1989 - Willie Nelson received the Award of Merit from the American Music Awards this evening.
1994 - Ott Devine 1910~1994, WSM executive, Grand Ole Opry manager, died at age 83.
1996 - BNA released John Anderson's album "Paradise." The album topped out at #6 on the chart.
1996 - RCA released "The Essential Jim Ed Brown & The Browns."
2000 - Travis Tritt performed at the Super Bowl pre-game show, and Faith Hill sang the National Anthem.
2002 - Freddy Fender was released from a San Antonio Hospital, after successful kidney transplant surgery.
2005 - Connie Sue Landers, recording artist with Mercury, and Roulette Records died at age 60.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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