COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday June 12th, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG*
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As long as recording studios and recording sessions have been around theres
been misunderstandings - disagreements - and on occasion - even fights - between
the artist and the record producer - (who was referred to as the "A & R Man" in
the early days.)
According to the record books - the creation of Mickey Gilley's 1980 number one
"Stand By Me" resulted in Gilley storming out of the studio after producer Jim
Ed Norman had spent two days recording the song!
As the story goes - Gilley was used to recording three songs in a three hour
recording session and Norman's approach to recording was just a little much -
causing Gilley to storm out of the studio on the third day. So Norman pieced
together what had been recorded which resulted in one of Gilley's biggest
records!
Mickey's Gilley's Full Moon single, "Stand By Me" came on the country charts on
May 31st, 1980. The single hit the top spot on August 9th.
It was his 22nd charted song and was on the charts for 17 weeks.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard that The Oak Ridge Boys were doing something with The Allman
Brothers Band. Do you have details?
A: The Oak Ridge Boys performed the Allman Brothers hit song, "Ramblin' Man,"
on the new 12 track album titled "Midnight Rider - A Tribute To The Allman
Brothers Band."
Q: The radio guys talked about Steve Wariner appearing with Garrison Keillor.
Do you know where and when?
A: Steve Wariner is scheduled as a guest on a live broadcast of "A Prairie
Home Companion with Garrison Keillor" on June 14th at The Fabulous Fox Theater
in St. Louis, Missouri.
Q: Does Willie Nelson still record? I haven't heard anything about a new
recording in quite some time.
A: Willie's newest album, "Band Of Brothers" is set for June 17th release.
Q: Is Randy Travis doing okay now?
A: Randy continues to recover from a stroke he suffered last year and showed
up at a recent Dolly Parton concert in Oklahoma.
Q: Have you heard of a song titled "My Reason For Living?" My dad used to
sing that song and said it was on the radio years ago.
A: "My Reason For Living" scored a number 14 hit for Ferlin Husky in 1959.
Q: I love an old song that I only hear once in awhile on the radio about "If
I Ever Need A Lady, I'll Call You." Who had the hit on that song?
A: The song was a number 67 hit for Claude Gray in 1967. He re-released it in
1978 and that version made it to number 68. Billy Parker's version peaked at
number 53 in 1982.
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
*1947*
/Sugar Moon/ - Bob Wills *
*1955*/In the Jailhouse Now/* - Webb Pierce *
*1963*
/Lonesome 7-7203/ - Hawkshaw Hawkins *
*1971*
/Youre My Man/ - Lynn Anderson *
*1979*
/She Believes in Me/* - Kenny Rogers *
*1987*
/I Will Be There/ - Dan Seals*
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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
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The feature is available at *no charge*.*
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WORLD WAR TWO: IN LIVING COLOR.*
By: Jack Blanchard
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I subscribe to a couple of history groups
and Ive seen some comments by younger people about World War Two.
They go along this line:
People back then were suckers
to let the government get away with rationing things.
I would have been in a protest line.
Drafting people into the armed services... How awful!
They are appalled to hear that you couldn't get butter,
or rubber tires, or nylon hosiery, etc.,
and that the buses had plywood stand/sit seats
to carry more workers to defense plants.
At first I thought they were idiots, and Im still not sure,
but I've come to accept this:
People who weren't actually there during WW2
have no real 3-D concept of the time.
I was just a kid,
but I can tell you that you wouldn't have been in a protest line.
They didn't have protest lines.
WW 2 was not a police action or a "preemptive" strike
as you've seen in your lifetime.
It was a giant classic war between good and evil...
like a video game,
but with real torture and death.
Maniacs were committing genocide
and trying to take over the world.
Our country and way of life were in real danger.
It wasn't a matter for political discussion.
The wartime mindset didn't allow for gray areas.
You were a patriot or a traitor
because your neighbors' kids were being slaughtered defending freedom.
You could see the stars hanging in the windows
of the families who had lost a son or daughter.
Sometimes more than one star.
I can understand how all this could sound corny
to those who have never experienced anything remotely like it.
It's like trying to describe your hair color to a blind man.
He can learn the words, but he can't get the picture.
People WANTED to do what they could for the war effort.
they sacrificed because it was right,
and they wanted the damn thing to be over.
This kind of mass effort and spirit of unity
is what has left a country where we can join protest lines,
ride buses with cushioned seats
and buy all the butter and gasoline we can afford.
I've been against virtually every war since, so, I'm not a hawk.
Just trying to tell it like it was.
You had to be there.
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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Penny Jay, songwriter born 1927.
Charlie Feathers, Rockabilly singer-songwriter, Sun recording artist born
Myrtle, MS _1932_. Member RHOF.
Dr. Humphrey Bate, age 61, "The Possum Hunters," died 1936.
Bob Wills topped the charts with "Sugar Moon" 1947.
Ernest Tubb recorded his #1 single "Slipping Around," 1949.
Junior Brown, singer/songwriter/guitarist, born 'Jamison Brown' in Kirksville,
IN 1952.
Rocky Burnette, singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Memphis, TN _1953_.
Rocky is the son of Johnny Burnette.
Webb Pierce's single "In The Jailhouse Now" was #1 in 1955.
Rebecca Holden born, Austin, TX 1958.
Eli Oberstein, age 58, record company executive, died 1960.
Tex Ritter joined the Grand Ole Opry 1965.
Lynn Anderson's "You're My Man" was #1 in 1971.
J. E. Mainer, age 72, fiddler/band leader/recording artist, died
1971.
Johnny Bond, age 63, singer/songwriter/actor/author died from a heart attack in
Burbank, CA _1978_. NSHF /1970/. CMHF
/1999./
Dan Seals topped the charts with "I Will Be There" 1987.
Alabama's single "God Must Have Spent A Little More Time On You" debuted on
Billboards Top 40 in 1999.
Chet Atkins released "Guitar Country/More of That Guitar Country" in
2001.
American Originals released Harley Allen's album "Live At The Bluebird" in
2001.
A 3-mile section of Highway 92 in Hiram, GA was re-named "Travis Tritt Highway,"
in 2001.
Oms Records released Vassar Clements' album "Full Circle" 2001.
Terri Clark joined the Grand Ole Opry _2004_. Terri is the first
female Canadian artist to join the Opry family.
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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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60 years ago, about this time of year, I, and a bunch of other country kids,
graduated from Pleasant hope High School. It was a good class of kids, pretty
tame and level headed by today's standards I guess. We graduated, leaving behind
our youth and stepped into a World a lot different than today's World. The
Korean War had ended, although some people did not want to call it a war, but
just a Police Action. Funny, just like always, those "Police Action" people were
all Politicians who had never slept in a muddy foxhole, or braved the bone
chilling cold of a Korean hillside with a zillion Chineese soldiers screaming
and coming after you. However, just months before we graduated, a truce was
signed, and it was supposed to be over. It was 1954...and rumors were going
around that Chevrolet was gonna come out with something special that
Fall...something even better than the little Corvette that had come out this
year. A change in body style, and a new engine with two more cylinders than the
old six banger. Most kids were able to get jobs, right out of High School, and
most of us were anxious to leave home and start making our own lives. 60 days
after graduation, I joined the Navy to see the World. The other kids all went
off on their own adventures. Life just kind of happened to all of us, just as
life always does, the marriages, the kids, the jobs and careers, each seeking
his and her spot in the scheme of things.
Today, at 1PM, some of those kids are getting together to look at the faces, the
grown ups that we all turned out to be, and try to remember the kids that used
to live there. Well, if they can see the kid that I used to be, they will be
doing better than I, as I look at the stranger in the mirror that has grown up
to be me. 60 years...a whole lifetime to wonder "what am I gonna be when I grow
up?", only to realize, years later, dang, I reckon that was it! 60 years ago,
this group of kids was my whole support team, my dear friends that had shared
everything together...today, they will be faces that I will try to remember, as
they look at me and do the same. Yessir, the Class of '54 has finally grown up,
and decided to take a look at reality. *
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*Stan Hitchcock*
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Therefore, as Gods chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with
compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other
and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive
as the Lord forgave you. *
* Colossians 3:12-13 (NIV)*
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