COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday November 6th, 2014
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to Dolly Parton - she picked her 1981 number one, "But You Know I Love
You" for her album "9 to 5 and Odd Jobs" as they were looking for songs for the
album that dealt with working people - traveling salesmen - musicians - people
that travel for different reasons. And "But You Know I Love You" was one of
those songs.
The song was written by Mike Settle and was the second single to be released
from the "9 to 5" album.
The single was produced by Mike Post and came on the country charts April 11th,
1981 and was at the top of the charts on June 20th.
The RCA Victor single was Dolly's 60th charted song and her 16th number one.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I heard about Vince Gill getting some kind of John Kennedy Award. Do you
have any information?
A: Vince Gill recently received The 2014 John F. Kennedy Award For Community
Service at a special ceremony at the Oklahoma City Golf and Country Club.
Q: Many years ago Charlie Daniels did an annual Christmas concert for Kids at
The Ryman Auditorium. Does he still do that?
A: This year's Charlie Daniels & Friends Annual Christmas 4 Kids Concert is
scheduled for November 24th at The Ryman. Charlie began this annual concert 25
years ago.
Q: I saw on the news that Ronnie Milsap was recently inducted into The Country
Music Hall Of Fame. Why isn't he on the Grand Ole Opry?
A: Ronnie Milsap joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1976.
Q: I'm a big Jerry Lee Lewis fan and my daughter says he is supposed to have a
new CD on the market. Do you know when?
A: Jerry Lee's newest project "Rock And Roll Time" has just been released.
Q: My cousin tells me that the Dukes Of Hazard boys are back together and
recording. Is that true?
A: To mark the 35th anniversary of "The Dukes Of Hazard," Tom Wopat and John
Schneider have released an album titled "Home For Christmas."
Q: Do you know anything about a Loretta Lynn song about "It Takes Two Mules
To Pull This Wagon?" My brother recorded it off the radio years ago.
A: "Two Mules Pull This Wagon" was a track in Loretta's 1966 "I Like'Em
Country" album.
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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:
1945
With Tears in My Eyes - Wesley Tuttle
1953
I Forgot More Than Youll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters
1961
Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke
1969
The Ways to Love a Man - Tammy Wynette
1977
Im Just a Country Boy - Don Williams
1985
Some Fools Never Learn - Steve Wariner
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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 COLUMN TO MAKE YOU SMILE, #7.
By: Jack Blanchard
AN OBITUARY.
The doctors did everything they could to treat him,
administering all the latest breakthrough drugs.
He died this morning of side effects.
I think they should put a "NO HOPPING" sign
on the White House fence.
No matter what you say somebody will take it too seriously.
HEALTH TIP #1...
I get my iron (ferrous) oxide from licking recording tape.
HEALTH TIP #2...
I only eat animals that are vegetarians.
People who deny global warming
are taking all the fun out of the end of the world.
HALLOWEEN SONG...
If I knew you were comin' I'd have baked a cat.
Their eyes met and they ran toward each other in slow motion!
They whirled in each other's arms!
He cracked his funnybone on the back of a chair,
but he didn't let on.
I just asked Misty what we're having for supper.
She said, "The kind of food that you throw at each other."
SPIRIT MESSAGE FROM THE OTHER SIDE...
"Would you take Mickey Rooney Back?"
I'm a Democrat but I voted for two Republican presidents.
I had a lot of money at the time
and I didn't want the needy to get any of it.
I'm more angelic now.
BUFFALO REVISITED...
My old stomping ground is nicer than I left it.
Like somebody cleaned up after me.
Lab tests have shown that if you put a bunch of mice in a box
and let them multiply without enlarging the box,
they start to look at each other funny.
There are more crazy mice and they start attacking others.
Some of the crazy ones form groups.
That's what's happening now with humans.
THANKSGIVING FACTS...
In England they celebrate that the Pilgrims left.
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Compiled by Bill Morrison
Gene Sullivan of "Wiley & Gene" born Carbon Hill, AL 1914.
Stonewall Jackson born Emerson, NC 1932. Stonewall was the first artist to
become a member of the Grand Ole Opry, who didn't have a recording contract
Guy Clark, singer/songwriter/guitarist, born Monahan, TX 1941.
Doug Sham of the "Texas Tornado's" born San Antonio, TX 1941.
Glen Frey of the "Eagles," born Detroit, MI 1948.
The "Country Carnival Barn Dance," debuted on KMPC in San Gabriel, CA 1948.
Elvis Presley and his parents signed a one-year contract with the Louisiana
Hayride 1954. Elvis would receive $18.00 for every Saturday night, and Bill
Black and Scotty Moore, would receive $12.00 each.
Johnny Burnette's single "God, Country And My Baby" charted 1961.
Patsy Cline's hit single "Crazy" debuted on the charts 1961.
Jo Walker-Meador assumed duties as the executive director of the CMA 1962.
Woodward Maurice "Tex" Ritter inducted CMHF 1964.
Sonny James' "Here Comes Honey Again," went to #1 1971. This song became Sonny's
16th consecutive #1 record.
Buck Owens recorded "Streets Of Bakersfield" 1972.
Reba McEntire and her husband were passengers on a private plane that
crash-landed at Nashville International Airport in 1992. In 1991, Reba lost her
road manager, and seven members of her band, in a plane crash near San Diego,
California. There were no injuries as a result of the Nashville incident.
Wynonna filed for divorce from her husband of two years Arch Kelley III, in
Franklin, TN 1998.
Lee Ann Womack and producer Frank Liddell were married in 1999.
Troyal G. "Garth" Brooks filed for divorce from wife Sandy in 2000. The case was
heard in the Davidson Country Court House in Nashville.
BMI's "49th Annual Country Awards 2001" was attended by a Who's, Who in Country
Music. Frances W. Preston, President and CEO of BMI, presided, and personally
presented Willie Nelson, with the President's Award. "I Hope You Dance" was
named BMI's "Song Of The Year." Toby Keith was named "Songwriter/Artist of the
Year."
Alan Jackson won five awards at the CMA awards show 2002. First time award
winners, the Bellamy Brothers, won the International Artist Achievement Award.
Phil Vassar's single "In A Real Love" topped the charts 2004.
Courtesy Bill Morrison:
<http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html>
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VIEW FROM THE FRONT PORCH
By: Stan Hitchcock
Looking back on my life, it seems I have always had the same question sorta
eatin' at the edge of my country self...."What Am I Gonna Be When I Grow Up?"
I remember when I was about 9 years old....sitting on the floor of our living
room in the farm house where I grew up near Pleasant Hope, Missouri...sitting
there watching the fingers of my Uncle Bud, on the neck of his Gibson Guitar as
he and his buddy Clyde picked out some Country tunes of the time ,1945, and
amazed me with their music. I'm sure that I was thinking...boy, I want to do
that when I grow up, and filed it away in my memory bank.
Then at 12 years old, when I started actually picking the guitar a little bit on
my own, it became a part of what I was...and just something I did, picking and
singing through my High School days. However, I still did not consider that was
what I was gonna do when I grew up. In those days...a musician was kinda like a
Carnival worker...yeah, they needed you to put up the big tents...but it was not
a lifetime career...so I kept on with that nagging question in the back of my
mind "What Am I?". Actually, every year when the Ozark Empire Fair came
around...the life of a Carnival Worker looked pretty good to us boys....shoot,
they all had tattoos all over and they got to hang around them Hootchie Kootchie
girls that they would not let us boys go in to the tents and gawk at..uh huh,
pretty exciting life we thought.
For while there, in the 50's, I thought I might go to Vet School. We had a
Veterinarian that I would help when he came out to treat a sick Cow or
Horse...and I liked it a lot...but, music kept getting in the way.
For awhile, after High School, I was a Sailor....and I liked that a lot,
running the big boats and seeing the World through a Porthole...but, alas, the
Navy just turned out to be a moveable Stage for my music...taking it all over
the Far East with the Bryce Canyon Troubadors.
Then, finally, I found my real calling....yesssir, this was it. I was gonna
work with Homeless and Troubled Children at The Good Samaritan Boys
Ranch...using my music to promote the work...singing my Gospel Songs and picking
my Guitar for a good cause.
That worked fine for about three years...picking and singing and running the
Farm operation for the Ranch....getting Radio Stations to give us some time for
our Radio programs about the Boys Ranch...me picking and singing...my Uncle Bob
Johnson preaching and the boys telling some of their stories...It was good.
1959 to 1962, I believed I knew what I was gonna be when I grew up.
Then one day, I was standing in the Front Room of the Ranch House and the phone
rang. "Stan, this is Don Law of Columbia Records......"
So, 52 years ago, on the 5th of November 1962, I moved to Nashville and became a
Hillbilly Singer/Carnival Worker full time...traveling the World with a Guitar
Case full of songs that I thought somebody might want to hear....and about once
a year, at least, I would end up singing in one of them big Circus Tents, at an
outdoor Festival somewhere...just like the Carnival Workers used to labor to put
up at the Ozark Empire Fair. Carnival Worker....Hillbilly Singer...reckon it
don't really matter no how...The Hootchie Kootchie girls are still pretty,
behind the mystery Tent flaps...to beckon the Pilgrims and Farm boys to lay down
their dollar and gawk away...all the while The Hillbilly Singers sing their
songs and move on down the road.
Stan Hitchcock
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the
voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ
will rise first. After that, we who are still alive and are left will be caught
up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will
be with the Lord forever. Therefore encourage one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4:16-18 (NIV)
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