COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Wednesday July 31st, 2013
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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The idea for a lot of hit songs have come from family memories and according to
music publisher / record producer Tom Collins - Barbara Mandrell's first number
one - "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed" was one of those tunes!
According to Collins - he remembered that his wife's grandparents slept together
in a small bed and it just seemed to him that they were "sleeping double in a
single bed."
He mentioned the idea to songwriters Kye Fleming and Dennis Morgan and the pair
turned the idea around and wrote "Sleeping Single In A Double Bed."
Collins pitched the song all around Nashville but nobody wanted to record it- so
he decided to record it with Barbara Mandrell.
The ABC Records single entered the country music charts September 9th, 1978 and
was at the top of the charts on November 4th - where it stayed for three weeks.
It was Mandrell's 26th charted song and her first number one. *
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: Are the Bellamy Brothers still in the music business? I haven't heard
anything about them in a long time.
A: Their new album "Bellamy Brothers & Friends: Across The Sea" is a big hit
in Europe. The project includes tracks with Kris Kristofferson, Crystal Gayle
and Carlene Carter and is available in the U.S. through iTunes.
Q: Michael Martin Murphey is my favorite artist. My mom says the radio
folks were talking about his new album. Do you have any information?
A: His new "Red River Drifter" album is currently in the top ten in
Billboard's Bluegrass Chart. The project was written and produced by Murphey
along with his son Ryan and guitarist Pat Flynn.
Q: TV News mentioned Willie Nelson performing atThe Hollywood Bowl. Do you
have any details?
A: Willie will perform his 1978 "Stardust" album at the Hollywood Bowl on
August 9th and 10th.
Q: Do you know any details about a new tour of The Grand Ole Opry? The
radio folks mentioned it.
A: A new backstage tour includes the Opry's themed dressing rooms, the Opry
House Family Room with photos from major events in the show's history, and Opry
House Studio A.
Q: My brother says he heard that Alan Jackson is now recording bluegrass.
Is that true?
A: Jackson's first ever bluegrass project "The Bluegrass Album," is set for
September 24th release on Alan's ACR label. The album was recorded at The
Castle Studios outside o Nashvillle.
Q: On an old TV show - Sammi Smith sang the Merle Haggard tune "Today I
Started Loving You Again." Did she record that song?
A: Sammi's version of that song peaked at number 9 in 1975.
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welcome. Email *to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
* 1948*
/ Bouquet of Roses/ - Eddy Arnold *
* 1956*
/ I Walk the Line/ - Johnny Cash *
* 1964*
/ Dang Me/ - Roger Miller *
* 1972*
/ Its Gonna Take a Little Bit Longer/ - Charley Pride *
* 1980*
/ Bar Room Buddies/ - Merle Haggard & Clint Eastwood *
* 1988*
/ Dont We All Have the Right/ - Ricky Van Shelton *
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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 feature, *Story Behind The Song* is
*now available to radio stations.
NOT
AVAILABLE TO INTERNET STATIONS)
The feature is available at *no charge*.*
For information, email me at
*classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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*/"Misty Voices: Letter From An Old Friend"/*
*By: Jack Blanchard
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I get large amounts of mail from amateur -
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/
songwriters, many of them
past acquaintances
who feel something is due them for associating with me before I was of any
practical use.
The following is a typical example: /(Notes in parentheses are mine)/
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"Hi, Jack! Sorry about taking so long to answer your letter /(Note -- Eight
Years)/, but
we've had company from out of town. We were just talking about you the other day
after we
noticed your record albums in the stores up here. You look great, even with the
long hair
and strange clothes. Have you put on weight? /(Note -- the correspondent
unwittingly killed
any chance of a favor from me at this point.)/
"Do you remember the cold winter night I gave you a lift down to the gas station
to get
kerosene for your heater -
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/
after the gas and electric
companies -
http://us-mg6.mail.yahoo.com/neo/
had shut you off! And I'd
have run you all the way back home through the blizzard too except for the smell
of the
kerosene. You know I would have.
"Well, you finally made it, didn't you? Everybody up here always knew you would.
We were
just kidding when we used to call you a no-good bum. HA -- HA. We were just
trying to put
some spunk into you, and you'll have to admit -- IT WORKED!
"Since you are an old friend I am giving you first crack at the enclosed
original song.
If you don't record it I'll have to send it to Johnny Cash, so let me know right
away, and
don't worry -- it's copyrighted.
Your old kerosene buddy,
Robert."
The following is the hit he enclosed:
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/*/ WHEN I'M GONE (or THE GOODBYE
SONG)
When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore
When I go - I'll say goodbye and walk out thru the door
Then you'll see it won't be me that's with you as before
When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore.
(SECOND VERSE)
When I'm gone - if you're alone you'll know that I'm not here
When I go - if I am far away you'll know I won't be near
Then you'll see it won't be me that's with you as before
When I'm gone - you'll find that I won't be here anymore.
(CHORUS)
Goodbye - Goodbye - I think you ought to know
It doesn't mean I'm going to stay
It means I'm going to go
Goodbye - Goodbye - The sun comes up at dawn
You'll find I won't be here no more,
Honey, when I'm gone."
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*My answer:
"Dear Robert,
In unbiased critical appraisal I must admit that your lyric has a certain
steadfastness,
not leaving tbe slightest worry in the listener's mind as to the protagonist's
departure.
It drives home the point and makes its title known with a repetitiveness highly
valued in
the commercial field. Its simplicity is to be complimented as well as its
portrayal of a
situation in which each of us has found himself at one time or another.
The first-person style and identifiability of the characters only strengthen the
argument
that you have invested the total of your talent in this one grand effort.
In consideration of the above and in sincere gratitude for the kerosene you took
me to get,
I cannot, in good conscience stand in the way of you and Johnny Cash. Please
send it to him
and take all the credit for yourself. Don't mention me at all. Heaven knows you
deserve it.
Your old friend,
Mr. Blanchard"
Jack Blanchard
*http:// - http:///www.jackandmisty.net - http://www.jackandmisty.net
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY*
compiled by Bill Morrison*
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Bonnie Brown, "The Browns," born Sparkman, AR 1937.
Steve Gibson, session guitarist/producer, born Peoria, IL 1952.
Chad Brock professional wrestler/singer, born Ocala, Fl 1963.
Jim Reeves, age 39, killed in plane crash near Nashville, TN
_1964_/. Jim was flying the plane. Also killed in the crash was
his pianist Dean Manuel. Inducted CMHF 1967.
WSM personality Haril Hensley, took over the all night radio show "Opry Star
Spotlight," from Ralph Emery _1972_. Emery took over the show in 1957,
and under his guidance, it became one of the all-time favorite radio shows in
country music history.
Thomas "Thumbs" Carlisle, age 56, died 1987.
Alan Jackson's "Chattahoochee" topped the charts 1993.
Ramblin Jimmie Dolan, age 77, died 1994.
Joe Diffie's single "A Night To Remember" charted 1999.
Chad Brock's single "Ordinary Life" debuted on Billboard's Top 40 Chart
1999.
Leona Williams underwent cancer surgery in Branson, MO 2001.
Curb Records released Junior Brown's "Mixed Bag" 2001.
Delta Disc released the Bellamy Brothers album "The 25 Year Collection, Vol. 2"
2001.
Ryan Tyler debuted on the Grand Ole Opry 2004.
Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html*>
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