Thursday December 8th, 2016 COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS

Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer

Thursday December 8th, 2016

Email: djdclassics@gmail.com


STORY BEHIND THE SONG

A lot of songs have been written because the writer heard a line in another song
and according to Hank Locklin - his 1958 hit song, "Send Me The Pillow That You
Dream On" was one of those tunes !

He commented "There was a song on the radio titled "Anything That's Part Of You"
that was about sending different things and it had the line "send me the pillow
that you dream on. I want to dream on it too." A guy that worked at Acuff Rose
Music told me about the song. So that's where the song came from. But it was the
easiest song I ever wrote. The words just fell in place. It's just a simple song
but it seemed to mean something to just about everybody."

Hank Locklin's RCA Victor version of "Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On" came
on the country charts March 31st, 1958 and peaked at number 5. It was his 6th
charted song and was on the charts for 35 weeks.

Hank Locklin (born: Lawrence Hankins Locklin) placed 33 songs on the country
charts between 1949 and 1971.

Locklin died in March 2009.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Q: The TV news mentioned that some of the buildings on Music Row in
Nashville are now official historic places. Do you have any info on that?
A: With some help from the National Park Service - The House of David
recording studio has been added to the National Register of Historic Places, and
new research that will pave the way for more buildings to be preserved in a
similar fashion has been approved. The House of David is a 102-year-old home and
recording studio that is the birthplace of classic records for Roy Orbison,
Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris and BB King.

Q: I heard on the radio that Elvis Presley and Merle Haggard have been added
to some hall of fame. What is that?
A: Elvis Presley, Merle Haggard, Bonnie Raitt and the Everly Brothers will be
honored by the Recording Academy in 2017. The four acts will have recordings
inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame at the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles.

Q: Do you know anything about Reba McEntire havng a project in Las Vegas?
A: Reba McEntire, along with Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn will
continue their "Together In Vegas" residency for the last half of 2017 which
includes 12 additional "Together in Vegas" shows at the Colosseum at Caesars
Palace

Q: The radio guys were talking about Dolly Parton's TV movies setting new
records. Do you have any details?
A: 13 million people tuned in to watch Dolly Parton's first made-for-TV
movie, "Coat of Many Colors" in 2015. Although its sequel, "Christmas of Many
Colors: Circle of Love," did not attract as many viewers, it still earned
strong ratings. "Christmas of Many Colors," premiered on November 30th and
earned 11.4 million viewers and a 1.8 ratings share in the adults 18-49 years of
age demographic, which put the film at the top of viewership in terms of total
viewers, and helped NBC earn its highest-rated Wednesday night of the 2016-2017
season.

Q: According to my brother - Charlie Daniels had a birthday concert in
Nashville. Do you have any info?
A: During his recent (November 30th) Volunteer Jam at Nashville's Bridgestone
Arena - Chsarlie Daniels celebrated both his 80th birthday (which is
technically on October 28th) and the 42nd anniversary of his Volunteer Jam with
an all-star show that included performances by Luke Bryan, Chris Stapleton,
Travis Tritt and more.

Q: I have always liked Stonewall Jackson's record of "A Wound Time Can't
Erase." My dad says that song was on the radio by Jack Greene. Is that true?
A: Jack Greene's version of "A Wound Time Can't Erase" is in his 1967 "There
Goes My Everything" album.

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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:
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For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com

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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE

1945
It's Been So Long Darling - Ernest Tubb

1953
There Stands the Glass - Webb Pierce

1961
Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean

1969
Okie from Muskogee - Merle Haggard

1977
Here You Come Again - Dolly Parton

1985
I Don't Mind the Thorns (If You're the Rose) - Lee Greenwood

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison

Floyd Tilman born Ryan, Ok 1914. Inducted NSHF 1970, CMHF 1984.

George D. Hay used the phrase "Grand Ole Opry" for the first time, when
introducing the show to the radio audience in 1928.

Earl Scruggs made his debut as the newest member of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass
Boys, on stage at the Ryman Auditorium in 1945.

Moon Mullican recorded "Cherokee Boogie" 1950.

The "East Texas Hillbilly Jamboree," debuted on KFRO in Longview, TX 1953.

Dave Rich joined the Louisiana Hayride 1956.

Tex Williams released "You Rocked When You Shoulda' Rolled," 1958.

Marty Raybon, born Stanford, FL 1959.

Ray Charles' single "Your Cheating Heart" charted 1962.

Flatt & Scruggs and Merle Travis played to a full house at Carnegie Hall in
1962.
Marty Robbins died in Nashville, TN in 1982, after suffering a heart attack.
Marty was a member of The Grand Ole Opry/Movie and TV actor/NASCAR Driver.
Inducted CMHF 1982. NSHF 1975.

Slim Pickens "Clyde Wilson," died in 1983.

Chet Atkins released his double-album CD "Chester & Lester/Guitar Monsters"
1998.

Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>

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CHRISTMAS IS A TIME...
By: Jack Blanchard

Christmas is a time of sad happiness.
Bar rooms are lined with the lonely, clinging to each other...
like family.

Bartenders are parent images.
Displaced Yankees dream of gently falling snow
that never turns to slush,
and wandering romeos often come home,
at least temporarily.

Telephone wires hum with long distance calls
between people who care about each other more in December,
which is better than not caring at all.

After-shave lotion is unwrapped with oohs and ahs,
toys are getting ready to be broken,
and puppies inhabit stockings.

Trees are always the most beautiful ever
if you just turn the bare side to the wall,
and eggs flow like nog. Roaring hearths and good fellowship are for the very
lucky, but some will settle for a bag of groceries.

For certain people, this will be the first Christmas,
for others... the last.

"Merry Christmas" will be said in shacks,
castles, prisons, airplanes, battlefronts,
and churches. No matter what we say is wrong with it,
Christmas is a time when many people are a little nicer...
and that's something.

Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net

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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock

I really enjoy modern technology....now, it is true that my age group is
supposed to be dumber than a rock when it comes to any kinda device that doesn't
have letters as big as turkey eggs, and only requires you to push one button to
speak...but, the very fact that you and I are visiting here on something called
Facebook...and that we know how to do this stuff shows that it is all a lie,
started by them young folks that snicker behind our backs when we are trying to
use some new device that has just come down the pike...however, here is my
answer to them smart aleck kids...let's reverse the process, what'ya'say? Come
on kid, I'm gonna take you back into the Post-Modern era of technology
zzzzzzzzzzzzzaaaap!

Ok, here we are in 1952...just picture a car….. a 1939 Ford...pretty sharp,
huh? Ok, get in and drive it. No, it ain't one of them new things that you drive
for 40 or 50 miles and have to carry a long extension cord to plug it in and
charge it...uh, this has a real engine...yeah, a flathead V8...and me and my
buddies built it up a little with a couple of carbs...twin pipes...flipper
hubcaps...go ahead and try it...what? You can't figure out how to start it?
Well, come on I'll drive you uptown and show you around. You'll find some real
country music on the AM radio. We'll pull in here...what, you want to call your
friends, but there are no cell phones yet?...sorry, there is not a phone booth
until we pull in here...yeah, this is our hangout...The Corral DriveIn. What'ya
mean, look at all the classic cars...them ain't classic yet...but, they dang
sure will be...wonder if that kiddy car that you drive back in the Modern Age
will last on down through the ages? Ok, when the girl comes up on her roller
skates to take our order, I recommend the Root Beer Floats.....
Later, when we get back to the house, we all sit down for the evening meal, that
Mom has actually cooked on the stove and in the Oven....no Microwave...and yeah,
that milk tastes a little different, that is cause it was still in the cow this
morning til we helped her empty it into a bucket. Dinner's over and we all help
Mom clean up...what? Video Games? Son, we ain't got nothing but a radio, that
picks up two or three stations pretty good. TV hasn't even reached out here in
the country yet. What do we do without a tv, cell phone or telephone....oh, well
let's see....we can read a good book, we can sit in front of the fireplace and
listen to Dad tell stories, Mom can play some on the piano and we can sing
along, and then it is time for the Jack Benny Show on the console radio in the
living room, he's really funny and we never miss him....sit right here by me on
the couch and we'll look at the radio while we listen.

Well, it's about 9 O'clock and bedtime, so let's all gather around while Dad
reads the Scripture out of the Family Bible, and we'll have a prayer of
thanksgiving for all our blessings....
The lights go out in the farm house, as the family heads off to bed. Upstairs,
in my attic bedroom, it is cold enough to hang meat and keep it fresh, but the
feather bed and mountains of covers, makes a snug nest for sleep. I reach over,
turn the little radio on the table by my bed...WSM comes in clear as a
bell...and will play quietly, all night as I sleep to the sound of country. As
the kid goes to sleep, he hardly notices....for a solid day, no tv, no cell
phone, no video games, no gps, no lap tops, no internet, no texting, no
twitter....no Facebook...what? And that is where I woke up back in the Modern
Age...with a lingering ache for what I just left behind...The Post Modern Age of
Reality.

stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -

http://www.hitchcockcountry.com



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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

Both the one who makes people holy and those who are made holy are of the same
family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters.


– Hebrews 2:11 (NIV)

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