COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday September 19th, 2013
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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Kenny Rogers and Dottie West's 1979 number one, "All I Ever Need Is You" is
another one of those tunes which had already made the rounds and had been on
record a couple of times before receiving the Rogers and West duo treatment.
According to co-writer Eddie Reeves, "I suppose that in the back of my mind - I
wrote that song for Rogers - because when I recorded the demo on the tune - I
was imitating Kenny. But he turned it down - then later recorded it with Dottie
West."
The song was previously recorded by Ray Charles and by Sonny and Cher.
"All I Ever Need Is You" was written by Jimmy Holiday and Eddie Reeves.
According to record producer Larry Butler, "We recorded the song for the
"Classics" album. We already had a load of ballads picked for the project but we
needed something different - a song with a sing-along feel so it was easy to
pick that one."
The single was produced by Larry Butler and entered the country music charts
February 17th, 1979 and was in the top slot on April 21st.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: The radio folks mentioned a TV show with Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell.
Do you have any information?
A: "Austin City Limits" will air a special - edited from the September 18th
Americana Music Association's Festival and Conference 12 Annual Honors and
Awards Show - featuring Emmylou and Rodney.
Q: I have heard that Loretta Lynn still does concerts but is she still
recording?
A: Loretta has completed several recording projects - including a Christmas
album, a gospel album and a CD of mountain songs, and is planning another album
project with producer Jack White - who produced her 2005 Grammy Award winning
album - "Van Lear Rose."
Q: I heard on the radio that Johnny Cash is going into the Hall Of Fame in
November. I thought he was already there!
A: Cash will be inducted into The Memphis Music Hall Of Fame on November
7th. He was indicted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1980.
Q: There was a comedy record on the radio years ago about 'It Tickles." I
don't remember the singer's name. But a friend of mine says that Buck Owens sang
that song on TV years ago. Did he record that song?
A: "It Tickles" was a number 5 hit for Tommy Collins in 1955. The Buck Owens
version was in his 1964 "Buck Owens Sings Tommy Collins" album.
Q: I think Chet Atkins was the greatest guitar player ever. Can you tell
me why he isn't in the hall of fame?
A Chet Atkins was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1973.
Q: There was a song on the radio years ago about "Goody Goody Gumdrops." Do
you know who had that record?
A: "Goody Goody Gumdrops" was a number 24 hit for The Wilburn Brothers in
1967.
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welcome. Email *to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
* 1945*
/ You Two-Timed Me One Time Too Often/ - Tex Ritter *
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* 1953*
/ A Dear John Letter/ - Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky*
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* 1961*
/ Walk on By/ - Leroy Van Dyke *
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* 1969*
/ A Boy Named Sue/ - Johnny Cash*
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* 1977*
/ Dont It Make My Brown Eyes Blue/ - Crystal Gayle*
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* 1985*
/ Modern Day Romance/ - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band *
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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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STRIP TEASE.*
By: Jack Blanchard
There are professions that have just disappeared, for instance...
Milkman, iceman, typist, switchboard operator, and strip tease dancer.
Todays strippers are not the same.
Strip Tease artists did not come out naked and give it all away at once.
They came on stage wearing fancy outfits with sequins, feathers, veils,
and bangles, whatever they are.
They started by wearing stuff, and took at least fifteen minutes to get it all
off.
Thats why they called it tease.
They could have made it last longer by adding a parka and galoshes.
They were usually accompanied by a motley collection of itinerant musicians
called a house band, another vanished line of work,
and they left their G-string on at the end to avoid getting arrested.
House bands have become extinct.
The bad part about that is that I made extra money
writing house band arrangements for strippers.
Usually something like sixteen choruses of "Hindustan".
I played piano in one of those joints in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
I had a music light on top of the piano, and the girls, with their backs to the
crowd,
would come to my piano light and face me when taking their tops off.
I hit a lot of bad notes.
One night the star of the show, a dancer called "Jett",
pulled down the back of her G-string and mooned the audience on her way out.
Even the sax player woke up.
Other than that it was a lousy job.*
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*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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Clyde Moody, bluegrass singer, born Cherokee, NC 1915.
Danny Dill born Carroll County, TN 1924.
Carlton L. Haney, promoter/booking agent, born Rockingham County, NC
1928.
Billy Deaton born Slaughter, MS 1935.
Dewayne Smith "The Geezinslaws," born Bertram, TX 1946.
The "WRVA Old Dominion Barn Dance," debuted Richmond, VA 1946.
Jack Herrick, of the "Red Clay Ramblers" born Teaneck, NJ 1947.
Carl Smith and Goldie Hill married 1957.
Elvis Presley transferred to Germany, by the U.S. Army 1958.
Marty Robbins released "Battle Of The Alamo/A Time And Place For Everything"
1960.
Trisha Yearwood born Monticello, GA 1964.
Red Foley died on tour in Fort Wayne, IN, shortly after singing "Peace In The
Valley," to close the show in _1968_. Inducted CMHF 1967.
Gram Parsons died in Joshua Tree, CA _1973_, from a drug overdose. A
few days later, Gram's manager "Phil Coffman," stole the body from the local
airport. The body was driven to Joshua Tree National Park by Coffman, soaked in
gasoline, and cremated on the ground. Coffman was arrested, and paid a $300.00
misdemeanor fine, for the theft of the casket.
Lee Greenwood debuted on the charts with "It Turns Me Inside Out"
1981.
John Denver testified before a Senate hearing committee in regard to pornography
in music 1985.
Tommy Collins, A. L. "Doodle" Owens, Wayne Kemp, and Glenn Sutton, inducted NSHF
1999.
The Nashville Network, TNN, owned and operated by the Gaylord group, announced
they were leaving country music, and changed their name to The National Network
in _2000_.
Mercury Nashville released Terri Clark's album "Fearless" 2000.
Slim Dusty, "David Gordon Kirkpatrick," age 76, died in Sydney Australia
2003.
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Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html*>
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View From The Front Porch*-*
Stan Hitchcock *
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*At the other end of my life...when I was growing up and just beginning
the journey, I was oblivious as to what I might become, what direction I would
follow, what plan did God have in store for Stan Hitchcock....*
I am a firm believer in the notion that God has a plan for every life, I don't
believe in luck or happenstance, I believe that there is a way that we are meant
to follow, and only our own bull-headedness sometimes causes us to get
sidetracked.*
Looking back, from this vantage point, it is easier to discern the Hand Of God
directing my path. It's also apparent the times when I was bull-headed and tried
to go in a different direction and God had to draw me back. Just like any Father
working with a headstrong child, teaching that child that submission to a
Father's Love is the proper course. Sometimes the child gives in to the Love,
other times they rebel and the result is hurt...it hurts the child and it hurts
the Father. So it is with our Heavenly Father, after all we are made in His
image. *
I am Thankful that God chose me for a life of Music. He put a song in my heart
and it has never left me. When Denise and I first met, 29 years ago, she noticed
that I seemed to always have my foot tapping to some beat that no one else could
hear. She decided that I was tapping to the rhythm of the Universe...but, I knew
I was merely keeping time to the song that was going through my mind at the
time, and would continue to be softly playing, at all hours of the day or night.
I finally realized that this was my God's gift of music, the music energy that
would drive me for all of my life. And when the music stops....so will I. The
song will have been sung. *
A life that has a purpose, is a life without boredom. There is always a
challenge to meet, another adventure to share....another song to sing. *
Thank you Lord, for creating me with the purpose of Music. *
Stan Hitchcock*
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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A heart at peace gives life to the body, but envy rots the bones. *
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Proverbs 14:30 (NIV)*
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