COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday May 22nd, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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After scoring seven number one records - most of which were regarded by many
fans as Jerry Lee Lewis soundalikes - Mickey Gilley connected with a new record
producer - Jim Ed Norman - who was credited with pumping new life into the
career of Anne Murray.
For their first recording project - Norman chose a Buddy Holly song - "True Love
Ways - which Holly had written for his wife Maria.
Mickey Gilley's Epic Records single "True Love Ways" entered the country music
charts May 10th, 1980 and was in the number one slot on July 19th.
It was Gilley's 21st charted song and his 8th number one.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard on the radio that Charlie Daniels was going to be interviewed on
TV. Do you know when and where?
A: Charlie Daniels is scheduled for Memorial Day weekend on AXS TV on "The
Big Interview" with Dan Rather on Saturday May 24th.
Q: My brother in law tells me about a new record company that will market the
older country singers. Do you have any information?
A: The Big Machine Label Group will create the "Nash Icons" brand with the
intent of presenting active country artists from the past 25 years who want to
record new music.
Q: The TV news mentioned Rosanne Cash being nominated for some kind of award.
Do you have any details?
A: Rosanne has been nominated for three trophies in the 2014 Americana
Honors and Awards: Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year, and Artist Of The Year.
Q: Do you know where Narvel Felts is from? My sister in law used to live
next door to a family named Felts in Washington state.
A: Albert Narvel Felts was born near Keiser, Arkansas and raised near
Bernie, Missouri.
Q: Are you familiar with a Loretta Lynn song about "Stepping Out On Me?" My
mom says it was on the radio back in the 60's.
A: Loretta's "You've Just Stepped In - From Stepping Out On Me" scored a
number 2 in 1968
Q: My cousin says that the theme song from the old "Welcome Back Kotter" was
a country music hit. Is that true?
A: The song "Welcome Back" by John Sebastian - from the TV series "Welcome
Back Kotter" scored a number 93 on the country charts in 1976.
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welcome. Email *to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
*1950*
/Birmingham Bounce/ - Red Foley *
*1958*
/Just Married/ - Marty Robbins *
*1966*
/Distant Drums/ - Jim Reeves *
*1974*
/Country Bumpkin/ - Cal Smith *
*1982*
/Just to Satisfy You/ - Waylon & Willie *
*1990*
/Walkin Away/ - Clint Black*
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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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*/"How I Invented The Cheeseburger"/*
*By: Jack
Blanchard/
*Way back before I sang with Misty Morgan, before Misty recorded on
Starday*
*as Maryanne Mail, even before I was Jackie Blanchard and the Rockin'*
*Impalas, I was part of a teenage Pop vocal quartet called The
Dawnbreakers.*
*We had one single on Coral Records, a subsidiary of Decca: "Boy with
the*
*Bebop Glasses" b/w "The Things I Love".*
*As a result of the airplay, an agent out of Buffalo named Harry
Ricci*
*booked us on a Canadian tour, up around the Northern Ontario mining*
*country. I remember two of the towns were Sudbury and Timmons. They
were*
*the biggest places. It's probably completely modern now, but at that
time*
*it looked more like the nineteenth century than the twentieth. It was an
adventure. *
*It seemed like every town had a theater, and that's where we put on
our*
*show. One was a long- closed movie house, and for some reason the stage
was*
*unusable. We had to do our show from the orchestra pit. At rehearsal
the*
*first day I plugged in my guitar and amp and got semi-electrocuted.
The*
*orchestra pit was the lowest point in the building and all the
dampness*
*gathered in that part of the cement floor. Plugging in my guitar was
like*
*using a toaster in the bathtub. *
*Somebody brought a flattened cardboard box for me to stand on to break
the*
*ground. It worked, and we went ahead with the rehearsal. After the
first*
*song the theater manager walked up to me and said, "Sounds great,
Jack",*
*and put his hand on my arm. We both got zapped. *
*At another theater, for the price of admission you got our show and a
Jerry*
*Lewis movie. There were no dressing rooms, so they hung a light bulb
behind*
*the movie screen and we changed there. We could see the movie in reverse
on*
*the back of the screen. We could hear the crowd laugh at Jerry Lewis,
but*
*whenever the screen dimmed down the laughter took on a different tone.
With*
*the light bulb shining on us, they could see us running around in the
buff*
*right through the screen. *
*After the first matinee, we went out to get something to eat at a
little*
*diner around the corner. I'd been on a cheeseburger kick for several*
*months, and that's all I wanted. The waitress said, "I don't think we
have*
*that". *
*I asked if they had hamburgers. She nodded, and I said, "Just melt
some*
*cheese on top of it." She looked nervous and said she'd have to go ask
the*
*owner. *
*She came back and said, "He's afraid you won't like it." *
*I said, "I'll love it! Please! Just give it a try."*
*And I did love it, even though it was on toast. *
*The owner, a Chinese gentleman, came out from the kitchen to ask me if
it*
*was okay. I told him it was the best I ever had. *
*After the evening show we headed for the same diner.*
*As we approached it we saw a large sign in the window.*
*This is what the sign said: *
*"CHEESEBURGERS". *
*
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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*1889 - *Willie Narmour 1889~1961, of Namour & Smith, fiddler, and
recording artist, was born inCarroll County, Mississippi. This
instrumental duo was one of the most successful of the 1920's.
*1892 - *Ralph Peer 1892~1960, the first country music talent scout,
publisher, and music industry pioneer, was born in Kansas City, Missouri. He
recorded Jimmie Rodgers, the Carter Family and many more early
artists.
*1926 - *Omega Miggie Lewis, of The Lewis Family was born in Richmond
County, Georgia.
*1926 - *Henry Bandy, Petroleum, Kentucky's favorite fiddle player,
appeared on the WSM Barn Dance.
*1948 - *Doug Gray lead, background vocalist, and percussionist for
the /Marshall Tucker Band /was born on this date.
1953 - Rich Alves member of the Pirates of the Mississippi, was born in
Pleasanton, California.
*1954 - *Jimmy C. Newmans Dot Records single, /Cry, Cry,
Darling,/ hit the charts. This was Newman's /first /chart
record.
1954 - Bob Dylan a.k.a. /Robert Allen Zimmerman/ had his bar
mitzvah.
*1956 - *Lefty Frizzells recorded /Waltz of the Angels/ at
his /first/ Nashville session.
*1958 - *Jerry Lee Lewis opened a tour in England. Against the advice
of Sam Phillips at Sun Records, Jerry took his new bride along. When the English
press discovered that Jerry had married his 13 year-old cousin, before divorcing
his second wife, the tour was cancelled, and his career was almost brought to a
close. The Killers concert fee went from $10,000 per show, down to a low of
$250, before he decided to be a country music singer.
*1961 - *Dana Williams, bass player with Diamond Rio, was born today.
*1971 - *A&M released The Flying Burrito Brothers album.
*1973 - *Susan Morrison Hill, songwriter, guitarist, was born at
Baptist Hospital in Nashville.
*1974 - *Asylum released the Eagles third album /On the
Border."/
*1975 - *Freddy Fender's Dot single /"Before the Next Teardrop
Falls" /was certified Gold. This was Freddy's /fist /#1 country
hit, and was the CMA /Single of the Year./
*1976 - *Jimmy Deans single /I.O.U./ debuted on the
charts.
*1977 - *The Grand Ole Opry held a Sunday Matinee to honor the
Canadian fans of country music. The following day was Victoria Day, a Canadian
national holiday.
*1987 - *Roy Orbison appeared on Saturday Night Live."
*1992 - *Johnny Carson hosted his last /"Tonight Show" /this
evening. Many country music artists appeared on this NBC network show, during
the 30 years that Carson was the host.
*1998 - *Royce Kendall of The Kendalls, died on tour, after suffering
a stroke.
*2003 - *Gov. Bill Owns of Colorado, declared May 22nd, Darryl Worley
Day, in appreciation of
Darryls work in the support of American troops.
*2003 - *Darryl Worleys Have You Forgotten, was certified
Gold.
*2005 - *Elmer Mackall Gospel recording artist, musician died at age
81.
*2005 - *Terry Carisse, age 62, singer, songwriter died from cancer.
Terry won the Canadian Country Music Associations Male Vocalist of the Year
Award six times.
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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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It's a beautiful Tennessee Spring Morning. Cool, not a cloud in the morning sky,
just enough breeze to rustle the leaves, birds singing with joy, the air filled
with the fluff from the Sycamores as the Robins walk the yard in search of the
early worm. Denise and I had our breakfast of Sausage and Egg on an English
Muffin, a little Grapefruit Juice and lots of coffee for me, while Old Buck The
Collie lies at our feet munching on his dog biscuit. Life at the Old Farm House
is pretty good, I reckon.
I find it very important to have this quiet, peaceful time, of a morning, before
we go off to face the challenges that life throws at all of us. To collect
yourself, you reflect on your blessings, to quietly ask the Lord to lead you and
guide you through the day. Yes, it's the kind of day that we dream about, in
January and February, when the cold winds are blowing, and you think it's never
gonna warm up. Well, now that it's here, I intend to soak it up like a sponge,
to feel the warm sun on my face, and break a sweat doing the work that one finds
necessary to keep body and soul together. I pray that all my friends and family
be kept safe and well today with God's Merciful Care. Use us for Good today,
Lord.
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*Stan Hitchcock*
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world
you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. *
* John 16:33 (NIV)*
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