COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS*
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Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday September 4th, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE
SONG*
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A lot of hit songs got started - and others were completed - during a recording
session. The Bellamy Brothers 1981 number one, "Do You Love As Good As You
Look" was one of those tunes!
As the story goes - co-writer Charlie Black was in the studio recording demos
when a rather attractive young lady walked through after which someone made a
remark that prompted the idea for "Do You Love As Good As You Look."
According to David Bellamy, he received the song in the mail from the publishing
company just before a scheduled recording session. After listening to the tape -
they decided to add the song to the list to record.
The Bellamy Brothers Warner Bros. single "Do You Love As Good As You Look" came
on the country music charts January 17th, 1981 and topped the charts on March
7th.
It was their 11th charted song and their 4th number one.
The song was written by Rory Bourke, Jerry Gillespie and Charlie Black.
The single was produced by Howard and David Bellamy and Michael Lloyd.*
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I head that the group Shenandoah is getting back together. Is that true?
A: Lead singer Marty Raybon plans to reunite with the group in October for a
reunion tour.*
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Q: Do you know anything about some unreleased records of Jerry Lee Lewis? My
daughter heard about it on the radio.*
A: The Knox Phillips Sessions: The Unreleased Recordings of Jerry Lee Lewis is
set for fall release. These were recorded in the late 70s by Sam Phillips son
Knox Phillips.*
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Q: I heard on the radio that The Oak Ridge Boys will be doing something at The
ACM Awards. Do you have any details?*
A: The Oaks will perform at the 8th Annual ACM Honors, an evening of musical
tribute performances and award presentations celebrating the non-televised
special honorees and winners from the 49th Annual *Academy Of Country Music
Awards, held earlier this year.*
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Q: I read about a new book being published by The Academy Of Country Music. Do
you have any details?*
A: This is Country Music : A Backstage Pass to the Academy Of Country Music
Awards - a 224 page book covering the history of the awards with forwards by
Loretta Lynn, George Strait, and Marty Stuart will be available September 23rd.
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Q: There was something on the TV news about a book by Johnny Cashs daughter.
Do you know anything about it?*
A: Recollections by J. R. Cash: Childhood Memories of Johnny Cash, by Cashs
daughter Tara,came from a book she gave her dad titled Dad, Share Your Life
With Me,*
In which Johnny wrote answers to the questions about his childhood and life in
the book and gave it back to his daughter on her next birthday. The book
features Cashs own handwriting and accompanying photos.*
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Q: Tammy Wynettes song Another Lonely Song is my favorite. Who wrote it?*
A: Tammys 1974 number one was written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson and
Tammy Wynette.*
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* NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:*
*1946*
/New Spanish Two Step/ - Bob Wills *
*1954*
/I Dont Hurt Anymore/ - Hank Snow *
*1962*
/Devil Woman/ - Marty Robbins *
*1970*
/Dont Keep Me Hangin On/ - Sonny James *
*1978*
/Blue Skies/ - Willie Nelson *
*1986*
/Heartbeat in the Darkness/ - Don Williams*
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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
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AROUND OUR HOUSE.*
By: Jack Blanchard
Misty brought in a rose she grew in the yard.
It's beautiful, but it has no smell.
She calls it her Monsanto Rose.
I said, "'Monsanto Rose' sounds like a song."
We've been watching the news
and I've come to this conclusion:
If you shoot first and ask questions later
you won't get many answers.
I had a little problem today and tried to figure it out.
Like a riddle, it became an obsession and I spent an hour on it.
I took a break and explained it to Misty, and she said this:
"Soften up on the goofy stuff."
I'm for the little guy.
Although I have wealthy friends,
I wouldn't do anything to hurt them.
I think rich people do OK without my support.
I'm not running the world, so who cares what I think?
I'm always surprised when somebody does.
There are only about a dozen basic dramatic situations
in all of literature.
The rest are variations on these...
Saying the same things in different ways.
Here are a couple of pictures you might find interesting...
THE GRAND OLD OPRY SET LIST
posted backstage at The Ryman Auditorium, April 4th, 1970.
Click here:
<http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae7/m_morgan/Pictures%20in%20Progress/OPRYSETLIST2_zps8f34138e.jpg>
1964. ANOTHER LIFE:.
When this picture was taken we had no idea we'd be on major labels.
We were playing lounges all over the map
for just enough money to get to the next gig.
Click here:
<http://i952.photobucket.com/albums/ae7/m_morgan/LEXINGTONC_zps7d523565.png>
There's a voice in my head. It's mine.
I don't know if it's normal,
narrating everything that's going on, but I'm used to it.
I'm glad nobody else can hear it.
It's like like peeing in the pool
with an innocent smile on your face.
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Jack Blanchard*
*_http://_www.jackandmisty.net* - http://www.jackandmisty.net-UNAS
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T*ODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY*
Compiled by Bill Morrison*
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Shot Jackson, Dobro/steel guitar/electric guitar/session musician, born "Harold
B. Jackson," Wilmington, NC 1920.
Danny Gatton, guitar virtuoso, born Washington D. C. 1945.
Don Potter, songwriter/session guitarist/producer/arranger, born Glens Falls, NY
1946.
Bill Monroe re-recorded "Blue Moon of Kentucky," for Decca 1954.
Bascom Lamar Lunsford, age 91, singer/multi-instrumentalist died
1973.
Kenny Rogers' "Love Will Turn You Around," from the movie sound track "Six Pack"
topped the charts 1982.
Bear Family released a five-disc box set "The Man in Black: 1954-1958" in
1990.
Dottie West died in a Nashville hospital in _1991_. Dottie died as a
result of injuries suffered in a car wreck on August 30th near the Grand Ole
Opry House. Dottie was the first female Country Artist to win a Grammy. She won
for "Here Comes My Baby."
Carl Butler, Grand Ole Opry star, died Franklin, TN 1992.
John Volinkaty, writer of "Satin Sheets," died 1992.
Sawyer Brown's single "Thank God For You" topped the charts 1993.
Warner Archive released "Walk Right Back: The Everly Brothers" 1993.
Trace Adkins and wife Rhonda, welcomed 6 pound, 6 ounce Brianna Rhea Adkins into
their family in 2001.
Curb Records released Jeff Carson's "Real Life" album 2001.
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Courtesy Bill Morrison:
*<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html*> -
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html>
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock*
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*Friends and Neighbors: It wont be long before well be carving up
pumpkins...good golly Miss Molly what has happened to this Summer? I feel like
June and July must have snuck by while I wasn't lookin'. Why, Old Buck The
Collie is starting to grow out his Summer Cut hair style and get haired up for
Winter. I haven't done nearly enough fishing...just a few days up on the Upper
Mississippi River in Wisconsin back early on...a trip down to Lake Guntersville
in Aabama...a trip up to Lake Norris in East Tennessee, and the times I have
gone around here on the Cumberland...why, I'm practically Fish Deprived! Well,
fortunately Denise has her High School Class Reunion in Prairie du Chien,
Wisconsin the 30th of August...hmmmm...that means I can get my fishing buddy,
Chuck Lowrance, to come up and we can slip out on the Upper Mississippi and give
the Wisconsin fish another chance to play with us. Yessir...things are looking
up already. Like to get Chuck on one of those big Northern Pike this
time...since his only experience with the Northerns was the one that jumped into
our boat and landed in his lap last year. He now believes me when I say, "Hey,
the Fish are jumping in the boat in Wisconsin!" *
*Stan Hitchcock*
www.hitchcockcountry.com* -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:*
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Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. *
* Proverbs 16:18 (NIV*
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