COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday January 19th, 2017
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
There are several different opinions as to just what makes a hit record. Some
say it is the song – other insist it's the singer – while others say it's the
musicians which make the hits.
But according to Sheb Wooley - a lot of the credit for hit records should go to
the record producers.
Sheb commented, "Jack Clement producer several of my records. And he was a good
producer. He knew what he was doing. He produced "Harper Valley P.T.A. (Later
that same day.)" I record that one as a drunk too. My favorite line in that song
was "Hi everybody. I saw your sign out there that said P.T.A. I thought that
mean't Party Time Already. Here I am. I'm ready to go."
"That one sold over 350,000 records."
Sheb Wooley's MGM single of "Harper Valley P.T.A.(Later That Same Day)" came on
the country music charts October 26th, 1968 and peaked at number 24. It was his
9th charted country song and was on the charts for six weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: The radio jocks were talking about Johnny Cash in the Rock & Roll Hall Of
Fame. I thought he was in the Country Music Hall Of Fame?
A: Johnny Cash was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 1980 and
into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame in 1992.
Q: I heard the radio guys talking about a guy named Allsup passing away. I
haven't heard of him. Do you have any info?
A: Tommy Allsup died January 11th at age 85. He was on tour with Buddy Holly
in 1958 and was to have been on the plane with Holly on that last plane ride but
lost his seat on a coin toss with Richie Valens. Valens, J.P. "Big Bopper"
Richardson and Buddy Holly were killed when that plane crash later that night.
Allsup then became a session guitarist in Los Angeles, Nashville and Odessa,
Texas, and produced records for Capitol and United Artists Records.
Q: I have heard that Tanya Tucker is very ill. Do you have any information?
A: Tanya Tucker has postponed a few concert because of following an onstage
fall and a bout of bronchitis.
Q: Do you know anything about a Bakersfield Hall Of Fame? My daughter tells me
the folks on the radio were talking about it?
A: Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, Red Simpson, Billy Mize and Bonnie Owens will be
inducted into the Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame during a special ceremony on
January 27th. The Bakersfield Music Hall of Fame seeks to honor those who were
instrumental in creating the now-iconic "Bakersfield sound," which countered the
more-produced music coming out of Nashville in the 1950s and '60s.
Q: Planning to be in Houston, Texas during the Houston Livestock Show and have
heard that Willie Nelson will be there. Can you confirm that?
A: Willie Nelson is scheduled for The Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo on March
18th.
Q: A friend of mine has talked about a George Jones song about "50,000 Names."
? can't find the song anywhere. Do you have any information?
A: The song is on Jones' 2001 "The Rock Stone Cold Country" album.
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1947
Rainbow at Midnight - Ernest Tubb
1955
Loose Talk - Carl Smith
1963
The Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt & Scruggs
1971
Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
1979
Lady Lay Down - John Conlee
1987
What Am I Gonna Do About You - Reba McEntire
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison
1911 - Ken Nelson, Capitol Records producer, author, radio announcer and
founding member of the Country Music Association was born in Caledonia,
Minnesota. Ken was inducted into the CMHF 2001.
1919 - Rollin "Oscar" Sullivan, of "Lonzo and Oscar," born Edmonton, Kentucky.
1933 - Stu Phillips of the Grand Ole Opry was born Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
1939 - Phil Everly was born Philip Everly in Chicago, Illinois. Along with
brother Don, the Everly's found fame in multiple genres. They became members of
the Grand Ole Opry in 1957. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
in 1986, the NSHF 2001, the CMHF in 2001, and finally the RHOF. The brothers
were presented with the Grammy's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997.
1946 - Dolly Parton, born Locast Ridge, Tennessee. Dolly became a member of the
Grand Ole Opry in 1969, Inducted into the NSHF 1986, and the CMHF 1999. Dolly
was presented with The National Medal of Arts by President Bush in 2005.
1953 - Marty Robbins moved to Nashville, and joined the Grand Ole Opry.
1954 - George Jones, age 22, recorded his first session for Starday Records.
1957 - Pat Boone, son-in-law of Red Foley, and father of Debbie Boone, sang at
President Dwight D. Eisenhower's Inaugural Ball.
1957 - Johnny Cash made his network TV debut on The Jackie Gleason Show on CBS
.
1958 - Carl Perkins left Sun Records and signed with Columbia. Carl became
Columbia Record's first Rockabilly artist.
1959 - Johnny Cash self-penned Columbia single "Don't Take Your Guns To Town."
hit the country chart today. The song went to #1 where it remained for 6 weeks.
This was John's 20th chart hit, and his 4th #1. The Man In Black joined the
Grand Ole Opry in 1956. He met his second wife June Carter backstage at the
Ryman Auditorium.
1960 - Ralph Peer 1892~1960, age 67, recording pioneer, talent scout,
publisher, and industry executive died in Hollywood. Ralph was the first to
record Jimmy Rodgers, the Carter Family, Pop Stoneman and many others. Inducted
CMHF 1984.
1970 - Charley Pride's RCA Victor album "The Best of Charley Pride" was
certified Gold by the RIAA.
1971 - Marty Robbins and Connie Smith were featured guests on "Hee Haw."
1974 - Loretta Lynn, Kenny Starr, Stoney Edwards and Jerry Clower were featured
guests on "Hee Haw."
1977 - Charlie Daniels and The Marshall Tucker Band performed at Jimmy
Carter's Inaugural Ball.
1980 - Vic McAlpin, songwriter, died in Nashville. Vic served on the first CMA
board of directors, and was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame
in 1970.
1990 - Reba McEntire's first movie "Tremors" opens in theaters across America.
1998 - Carl Perkins 1932~1998, age 65, singer, songwriter, and guitarist, died
following a series of strokes at County General Hospital in Jackson, Tennessee.
Elected into the NSHF 1985, the R&RHF in 1987. He was a member of the Johnny
Cash Show for ten years. Carl was laid to rest in Ridgecrest Cemetery, in
Jackson, Tennessee. His wife Valda died November 15, 2005, and now rests next to
her darling Carl. After Carl's death, Valda placed a pair of Carl's pajamas on
the bed next to her, every night before going to sleep.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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SNAPSHOTS FROM LIFE.
BY: Jack Blanchard
AUTUMN.
Autumn is my favorite time of year… a season of moods.
The first chill after summer has worn out its welcome...
That's when I start to feel the holidays coming on.
Not that we do any big celebrating these days…
but it's the remembering of celebrations past,
and those who were with us during good times.
The empty places at our table.
I write more songs during the remnants of the year…
when emotions are nearer to the surface,
the past is just over our shoulder,
and old voices whisper in our ear.
SCHOOL DAYS.
Sammy Becker was the neighborhood bad boy.
He wasn't really bad, but he was in constant hot water.
He often stole stuff and brought it to school for show-and-tell.
One day he brought a case of white powder in small corked bottles.
Sammy showed us a trick.
If you spit into a bottle, replaced the cork, and shook it up,
the cork would pop and shoot about fifty feet.
I later learned that the powder was called Eno Salts,
and it was a laxative. Apparently a good one.
TIME QUAKE.
I was sitting in a Lazy-Boy chair after a walk.
Misty was talking to me from over the kitchen bar,
her red glasses on top of her head, and she was smiling.
At that moment she looked to me exactly as she did in her twenties.
A time quake.
OLD SONGS.
Mrs. Miller is singing the OLD SONGS
With the nurses at afternoon games.
She remembers the words to the OLD SONGS,
But forgotten her family's names.
The past is just over her shoulder
And the music can turn back the years.
Old times flicker by at the corner of her eye
When the OLD SONGS ring in her ears.
So bring up the band and give them a hand.
While we can, let's all sing along
And maybe we'll find lost love in the memories
That live in the heart of OLD SONGS.
ONE WINTER,
It was minus 35 degrees and windy in Minnesota,
Misty and I stayed in a cement floor cabin on a lake shore.
I heard what sounded like whale sounds.
It was the frozen lake groaning as it expanded.
We had recently had such bad times that we were thankful to be there
with friends close by at Christmas.
We didn't mind the cold.
At this time Misty made little socks for our two little dogs
so the cold snow wouldn't burn their feet when we took them out.
THE LIMO.
Misty and I once bought a raggedy old limousine for $90.
We needed transportation and would rather look eccentric than poor.
To add to the effect,
we colored it powder blue with house paint and a brush.
At a gas station two tough guys said they knew the car
and that we owed big money there.
We'd never been there before in our life!
I floored it and sped away at four miles an hour.
AT HOME.
Almost every morning when we wake up,
I say something like this to Misty:
"Do you come here often?"
Today she said... "Not if I don't have to."
LAST WORDS.
We were on TV with Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing,
Mike Douglas, Tina Turner, and others,
and on Dick Clark's American Bandstand.
We met Richard Nixon and he played the piano for us,
and I had dinner with Joe DiMaggio.
If they make a movie of our life, it better be a talkie!
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock
In my years of traveling the music road...seeing the dressing rooms and stages
and Motel and Hotel rooms...driving through nights of storms, blizzards, floods
and washed out roads...I had never taken a vacation, a trip to not
perform...just to enjoy...until Denise and I got married. She taught me that
there is another style of travel that does not require marathon driving, just to
go on another stage somewhere and never take time to see the scenery...Gee, I
said, as we made our Honeymoon trip to the Cayman Islands, Snorkeling,
exploring, eating Sea Food and getting used to the wonders of love and
marriage....I like this! She showed me that I did not have to have a guitar in
my hand to have fun.
In those years since, we have explored the backroads of America, small towns and
large, prairies and mountains and valley so beautiful that they take your breath
for a moment. I love this land, and I'm glad that I got to go back a second time
and see it all over the right way, taking time to savor it. As long as God give
us breath, we shall continue in our pursuit of the roads less traveled, meeting
interesting people, sharing a story or two.
In fact, I met an interesting fella the other day....he was on the bank of the
Cumberland River...sitting on an overturned bucket, an old fishing rod with a
bobber in the water, a big chaw of something in his jaw. I noticed him watchin'
me as I was backed up to take my bass boat out of the water. I was standing
there getting everything ready to pull it out...when he got up off his bucket,
put the pole on the ground, walked over to me, turned his head and spit a stream
of brown juice out...stared at me for a moment and said..."I don't know your
name, but you are my favorite singer." and he turned and walked away, back to
his bucket. Well, that does it for me...shoot, what is a name anyway, if you can
be somebody's favorite?
I'll never know who he thought I was, and don't reckon it matters...for a moment
there, I was a favorite.
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
– Matthew 5:44 (NIV)
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