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COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday February 20th, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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There have been times when some singers seem to just get on a roll - and
everything they record becomes a hit!
Such was the case of Anne Murray, as her Capitol Records single 'Broken Hearted
Me," became her third consecutive number one single.
Murray commented, "I was just on a roll back then. I felt like could record
anything and have a hit."
But according to record producer Jim Ed Norman - their run of success at that
time was due to being able to find those good solid songs that highlighted
Murray's voice.
Norman commented, "there was a common thread that ran thru those songs. They
all had a kind of nice romance about them - with a soft spoken quality."
Anne Murray's Capitol Records single "Broken Hearted Me" came on the country
music charts October 29th, 1979 and made the top of the list on December 1st.
It was her 24th charted song and was on the charts for 14 weeks.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard on the radio that Willie Nelson and Alison Kraus were working
together. Do you have any information?
A: Willie and family will team up with Alison and Union Station for a
co-headlining tour of 35 cities beginning May 1st in Kentucky and ending in
Toledo, Ohio on July 18th.
Q: Do you have any information on the Merle Haggard Merlefest? It was
mentioned on the radio.
A: Although Haggard will headline this year's MerleFest music festival in
North Carolina - April 24th thru 27th - it is not a Haggard project. MerleFest
was created by the late Doc Watson to honor the memory of his late son, Eddy
Merle Watson.
Q: Do you know anything about a new Grand Ole Opry book? The radio d.j. was
talking about it.
A: "Backstage At The Grand Ole Opry" is scheduled for release on March 15th
as part of the show's 40th anniversary celebration of the permanent home at The
Grand Ole Opry House, and will feature stories from the Opry's stars.
Q: My son says the TV news had a thing about a Charlie Daniels and Clint
black scholarship project. Do you have any details?
A: Clint Black will join Charlie for Daniel's 5th Annual Copperweld Charlie
Daniel's Scholarship for Heroes event in March. Proceeds will benefit the
Veterans Yellow Ribbon education program, as well as raising funds for veterans
to attend Nashville's Lipscomb University - where the event is being held.
Q: My all-time favorite song is Johnny Paycheck's "Someone To Give My Love
To." Did he write that song?
A: The Paycheck 1972 top five hit was written by Jerry Foster and Bill
Rice.
Q: There was a song on the radio years ago about "Lonely River Rhine." Do
you know who had that record and whatever happened to him
A: "Lonely River Rhine" was a number 16 hit for Bobby Helms in 1960. Helms
died in 1997.
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welcome. Email *to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
*1947*
/So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed/ - Merle Travis *
*1955*
/Let Me Go, Lover!/ - Hank Snow *
*1963*
/The Ballad of Jed Clampett/ - Flatt & Scruggs *
*1971*
/Help Me Make It Through the Night/ - Sammi Smith *
*1979*
/Every Which Way But Loose/ - Eddie Rabbitt *
*1987*
/How Do I Turn You On/ - Ronnie Milsap*
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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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*/"Musicians Keep Trying, Regardless"/*
*By: Jack Blanchard
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*A few musicians manage to make their way to the Middle, *
*and maybe one and a half out of 10,000 make it to the Big Time for 8
minutes, *
*and spend the rest of their lives waiting for Folk-Rock to come
back.*
*Is it talent? Is it luck? Is it lunchtime? Is anybody interested? Not in
the least.*
*"Poultry In Motion: The Ballet Experiment".*
*Business was off at the ballet. *
*The theater manager was sharp enough to realize *
*that not everybody liked the ballet. *
*Some people liked trombone playing.*
*He did an extensive talent search *
*and found a ballerina who could play the trombone. *
*He offered her big bucks if she could learn to do both at once.*
*The house was packed on opening night. *
*The ballerina danced "Swan Lake" brilliantly, *
*playing the trombone all the way. *
*Until the last act, which called for a pirouette *
*and a seventh position trombone lick at the same time.*
*She tripped over another swan, *
*blew her teeth to the audience, *
*and did an ad lib five minute pain dance.*
*The swans and the trombone had to be *
*surgically seperated by a team of proctologists.*
*I know this story is true because I was that ballerina.*
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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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1947 - Merle Travis had the #1 song on the charts "So Round, So Firm, So Fully
Packed."
1951 - Kathie Baillie, of "Baillie & the Boys," born in Morristown, New
Jersey.
1953 - Marty Robbins released "ICouldn't Keep from Crying" b/w "After You
Leave."
1954 - Claire Lynch, Rounder Records, born Albany, New York.
1954 - Webb Pierce's "Slowly," went to #1.
1960 - Tennessee Ernie Ford's Gospel album "Hymns," was certified gold by the
RIAA.
1961 - Johnny Burnette's single "Little Boy Sad" charted.
1965 - Leon Ashley and Margie Singleton were married.
1965 - Buck Owens' "I've Got a Tiger by the Tail," topped the Charts
1965.
1979 - Eddie Rabbitt topped the charts with "Every Which Way But
Loose."
1988 - The Grand Ole Opry celebrated Roy Acuff's 50th anniversary as a member of
the Grand Ole Opry. Porter Wagoner hosted two segments that evening, and Dolly
Parton was his guest on both shows. This was the first time they had performed
together on stage since the 1974 breakup of their show.
1991 - Johnny Cash was honored at the Grammy Awards when he was presented with
the "Living Legend" Award.
1996 - Razor & Tie released "Honky Tonk Amnesia: The Hard Country Sound of Moe
Bandy."
1999 - Sara Evans #1 country hit "No Place That Far" crossed over on Billboard's
Top 40. Vince Gill sang back up.
*2004 - *Jo Dee Messina entered a rehabilitation center in Sundance,
Utah, to deal with an ongoing problem with alcohol.
*2005 - *Larry Kingston, age 63, songwriter, died at Centennial
Medical Center in Nashville.
Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html>
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock*
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1966-Epic Records Office, Music Row, Nashville, Tennessee..
Billy Sherrill was my Record Producer at Epic Records, and on this early Spring
day we were going to go over some new songs for an album that I was recording.
About 9:30 that morning, I walked into the Epic Records Office there on Music
Row, said good morning to Nancy, Billys secretary, fixed myself a cup of coffee
from their coffee machineand went on into Billys inner office to start listening
to songs. Billy was leaned back in his swivel chair, behind his desk, looking at
some lyric sheets when I came inHey, Hitch he said without looking up, studying
some line of a song, and writing something on the lyric sheet. He looked up and
said, Lets go get some breakfast, Im starved. We left and went over to The
Pancake Pantry, a few blocks over from Music Row, had some breakfast and came
back to the Office. As we walked into the Epic Office, there was a girl sitting
over in the corner to the side of Nancys desk. She was sitting there, holding a
7 inch recording tape box in her lap. Billy walked by on the way to his office,
without giving any notice to the girl, and I, following right behind, just had a
fleeting impression of her. She was very thinmaybe you would say skinnywearing a
simple dressplain black high heelsbut, it was her long bleached blond hair that
caught your attention, framed around a strikingly attractive face, that was
maybe a little heavy on the makeupbut the bone structure was there, and it was a
face you would remember.
Billy and I worked on music for my album, going over demos of songs from the
Nashville writerschanging some arrangementstrying some different twists to
certain songsjust spending a couple of hours lost in music concentration. I got
up to go to the bathroom down the hall, and the girl was still sitting there,
scarcely moving, clutching the tape box in her lap. As I came back into Billys
office, I said, That girl is still out there waiting to see you. Billy answered,
"Yeah, yeah, I knowshes a girl singer from Alabama, wants me to listen to
somethingIll get to her in a little while, we got to work up another song.
Finally, after about an hour of working on another songBilly went to his office
door, opened it and said to the young lady..Ya wanna come on in? Billy went back
and sat behind his desk as she came into the room, she walked over, without
saying a word, handed Billy the tape, and sat down in the chair in front of his
desk. Billy threaded the tape on his Ampex tape machinepunched Playand out of
the speakers came a voice that made Sherrill sit up straight in his swivel chair
in absolute attentionJust Follow The Stairway, To This Lonely Room Of Mine,
Youll Find Me Waiting Here, In Apartment #9 Her voice had a quality I had never
heard in a girl singer beforea vulnerable, fragile, tender quality that drew you
in to a musical embrace that was stunning. The Demo tape of Apartment #9
finished.Sherrill sat stock still for a moment, still lost in the songthen he
reached down and picked up the tape box, read the name written in black marker
on the back, and said, Well, Tammy Wynette, we gotta talk
When I left Sherrill's office, about 45 minutes later, Billy and Tammy were
still talking. As I walked out to get in my car...I was still hearing that voice
in my mind...I wasn't sure what had just happened, but I knew it was a happening
I would never forget.
Sherrill's genius and Tammy's voice, changed Country Music forever...it was a
seminal piece of music history that opened up the future for other female
artists that would follow in decades to come. And all because a girl from
Alabama, continued to sit and wait...and not get up and leave...because she had
something special to share with the World.
Stan Hitchcock
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself.
Each day has enough trouble of its own. *
* Matthew 6:34 (NIV)*
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