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COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday November 28th, 2013
CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE AT www.countrymusicclassics.com
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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"Shadows In The Moonlight" was not only a number one single for Anne Murray -
but was the first effort from the songwriting team of Rory Bourke and Charlie
Black.
According to Black, "Rory was already an established songwriter - when our
publisher Henry Hurt decided he wanted the two of us to write together. I wanted
to bring something to the table that first time we got together but about all I
had was bits and pieces of what turned out to be the chorus of "Shadows In The
Moonlight."
Rory Bourke commented," Charlie came to my house and played me part of the
chorus. So we started working on it and finished the song that afternoon."
Anne Murray's Capitol Record single "Shadows In The Moonlight" was produced by
Jim Ed Norman and entered the country music charts May 19th, 1979 and was at the
top of the list on July 21st.
It was her 23rd charted song, her 3rd number one, and was on the charts for 15
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard something about a tour bus show. What is that?
A: "The Tour Bus Show" is set for December 16th in Nashville and allows fans
to tour some of artists' home away from home. Proceeds are used to give children
from 29 schools a day long shopping spree and lunch.
Q: The radio folks mentioned Alan Jackson doing something with an old
building in Nashville. Do you have ay information?
A: Alan Jackson and several other prominent music people are working to rehab
the Acme Building on lower Broadway in Nashville. They plan to convert the
building into three floors and a rooftop patio featuring music, food, drinks
and shopping.
Q: I heard on the radio that Willie Nelson was seriously injured in a bus
wreck. Do you have any info?
A: Three of his band members were injured in an accident in Teas involving
Willie's tour bus. Willie was not on the bus at the time of the accident. Wet
roads and high winds contributed to the accident and none of the injuries were
life-threatening.
Q: Do you know anything an on-line auction giving away a Willie Nelson
guitar? The radio d.j.'s were talking abut it.
A: Go to www.whyhunger.org - http://www.whyhunger.org for details about their online
auction to fight hunger in America - which includes a guitar autographed by
Willie Nelson.
Q: My grandmother talks about a girl she lived next door to in Florida
named Sims who made it to Hollywood - made movies and hit records. Do you have
any information on such a person?
A; Dorothy Sims from Jacksonville, Florida appeared in the 1940's movie
"Comin' Round The Mountain" and had one chart record - in 1947 - titled "Feudin"
And Fightin" - all under the name "Dorothy Shay." She died in 1978.
Q: I love the Holly Dunn record of "No Love Have I." My mom says that song
was on the radio by another singer years before that. Is that true?
A: "No Love Have I" was a number 4 hit in 1960 for Webb Pierce, a number 26
hit for Gail Davies in 1978, before scoring a number 67 in 1992 for Holly Dunn.
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BlueHighways TV On DISH NETWORK
A sampling of BlueHighways TV most popular shows will be shown in 14 million
homes on DISH Networks Blockbuster Studio Channel #102 for two months from
November 17th through Sunday January 5th. The programming will run on Sundays
from 1:30-2:30 pm ET. *
The shows featured will include an episode of Heart to Heart Classics that will
air December 15th at 1:30 PM ET. Host Stan Hitchcock goes into his archives and
brings his favorite Christmas moments from over 30 years in television. Music
from Connie Smith, The Jerry Sullivan Family, Sammi Smith, Skip Ewing and so
many more.*
Each week selected BlueHighways TV programming will be available during this
time on Blockbuster Studio Channel on DISH Network and it is hoped that, after
this successful run, DISH will carry BlueHighways TV full time.*
We encourage DISH subscribers to watch the BlueHighways TV shows live or record
them to view later at their convenience. Pass the word on to your friends the
more people, who watch, the better chance that BlueHighways TV will be carried
full-time on DISH! *
BlueHighways TV is a network that celebrates America with original shows the
entire family can sit down and enjoy. Tune-in to watch shows about this nations
great music, including bluegrass, folk, traditional country and western. And
then watch as we travel the back roads exploring Americana crafts, culture and
history. *
Check out the BlueHighways TV web site, Facebook and Twitter pages for the full
Blockbuster Studio schedule. Plus, visitors can enter the weekly viewer contests
on episode details and be eligible for a grand prize drawing after January
5th.Also we encourage everyone to let us know what you like about Heart to Heart
Classics and all BlueHighways TV shows. *
For more information contact: BlueHighways TV: Denise T. Hitchcock (615)
264-3292, dhitchcock@bluehighwaystv.com*
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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:*
*1951*
/Slow Poke/ - Pee Wee King *
*1959*
/Country Girl/ - Faron Young *
*1967*
/Its the Little Things/ - Sonny James *
*1975*
/Rocky/ - Dickey Lee *
*1983*
/Holding Her and Loving You/ - Earl Thomas Conley *
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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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A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY.*
By: Jack Blanchard
To the ruling corporations and their governments, we are livestock.
Our job is to generate money, do the work, eat junk, keep our mouths shut,
and die before before we get our money out of Social Security.
Moo.
As lifetime CMA members
we get emails urging us to vote on the awards.
We don't vote because we don't know who the hell any of them are.
That's OK because they don't know who the hell we are.
Our science has produced artificial intelligence.
Why no artificial stupidity?
Oh, yeah. I forgot. Today's popular music.
Comforting news for anyone over the age of 35,
scientists have worked out
that modern pop music really is louder and does all sound the same.
Researchers in Spain used a huge archive known as the Million Song Dataset,
which breaks down audio and lyrical content into data that can be crunched,
to study pop songs from 1955 to 2010.
A team led by artificial intelligence specialist Joan Serra
at the Spanish National Research Council ran music from the last 50 years
through some complex algorithms
and found that pop songs have become intrinsically louder
and more bland in terms of the chords, melodies and types of sound used.
(Forwarded to me by our friend Ron Oates.)
In the 1970s we did "The Three Couples Tour":
with Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely,
George Jones and Tammy Wynette, and Misty Morgan and me.
Good times.
Russian newspaper Pravda actually accused the United States
of deliberately ruining Iraqi crops
by dropping mice in parachutes.
A lady pointed at my leather vest and said,
"You know a cow was murdered for that jacket?"
I said, "I didn't know there were any witnesses.
Now I'll have to kill you."
I got up today and did about a 40 minute workout before breakfast.
I feel physically and mentally better today.
My voice is not fully back to normal,
but sounds a little more like me than it has lately.
My songs are not me, or a record of my life.
They are just footprints in the sand.
First space alien: "Well, there's no intelligent life on Earth."
Second space alien, "No, but I did hear some banjo picking."
I write a lot of original humor.
I also steal some of it.
In many cases I can't remember which is which.
The phone is ringing. I'd better answer the door.
I don't drink as much as I used to.
I'm spilling more now.
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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Robert Lunn, Grand Ole Opry comedian, born 1912.
November 28, _1925_ George D. Hay presented the debut broadcast of
"The WSM Barn Dance," later to be re-named "The Grand Ole Opry." The broadcast
originated from the WSM studio. Fiddler, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, was the first
artist to perform.
Doodle Owens, songwriter, born Waco, TX 1930.
Bob Wills recorded "San Antonio Rose," 1938.
Eddy Arnold married Sally Gayhart 1941.
Hal Horton, age 55, Dallas DJ and show promoter, died 1948.
Hank Locklin debuted on the Opry 1953.
Grandpa Jones released "Hip Cat's Weddin'," 1960.
Carrie Rodgers, widow of Jimmie Rodgers died 1961.
Ilya Toshinsky, of Bering Strait, vocals/guitar/banjo born in Russia
1977.
Paul Davis' single "Cool Night" charted 1981.
Marty Stuart joined the Grand Ole Opry 1992.
Gary Allan and Danetta Day were married in Aiken, SC in 1998.
"CMA 40TH" a TV special aired on CBS-TV celebrating the 40th anniversary of the
Country Music Association, in _1998_. More than 200 Country Artists
were in attendance.
EMI released "The Capitol Years: Ode to Bobbie Gentry" 2000.
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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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19 degrees, and it is colder than a well digger's behind in the Yukon...colder
than it used to be in those woebegone days when we all had to walk to school,
snow up to our yingyangs, wearing our little hats with the ear flaps pulled down
tight to keep our little ears from freezing...uphill all the way....both
ways...10 miles going, 15 miles back...fighting off the wolves in the
woods....yes, even colder than that. ("But, Grandpa, how big were the wolves?"
Your big eyed grandchildren ask, as you fill them in on a little Ozark history
of when your were just a tot..., "Huge ones!" you answer) I'll tell you, if you
want to compete with these dang video games, you got to have a good story.
Course, the truth of the matter is, they were just ordinary sized wolves...and
the uphills weren't all that high, I guess...and, sure, it was 10 miles one way
and 15 back..but, miles weren't as long a distance in the olden times, 'bout
half as long, I reckon...uh, just down to the road to catch the school
bus....but, by golly, I did have that little hat with the ear flaps...and I
could have froze going down the driveway...and the snow was up to my little boot
tops...'cause we had to be tough in them days...yessir....tough...uh huh. And by
doggies I am still tough...why I went outside in my pajamas in this arctic
circle cold, just to snap this sunrise picture...ain't that tough?
Stan Hitchcock*
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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As we talk of thanksgiving, dont miss the greatest gift that you already havethe
victory from sin and death. As the apostle Paul writes of the resurrection, he
bursts forth into praise, and so should we. We have been delivered from the
power of death. The resurrection stands as the ultimate statement of God to
mankind; God is leading His people forward into victory through faith in Jesus
Christ.
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