*/COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday June 1st, 2017
Email:
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
According to Bill Anderson – he has the privilege of writing the song that
Johnny Carson called the worst song he had ever heard in his life!
Anderson commented, "You remember how Johnny Carson used to go out in the
audience and ask people to sing these obscure songs and play like Stump The
Band. Some guy got up there one night and started singing "At The Time" and he
was singing that line about "if you've never had filet mignon, peanut butter
suits you fine," or if you've never been to Paris, France, Big Spring, Texas
will suit you fine."
Johnny Carson looked at the guy and told him that is the worst song I have ever
heard in my life. I actually took that as a compliment. Now there's no great
story behind writing that song. It was just kind of a fun thing of saying that
if you've never had the best then you'll settle for less."
Jean Shepard's United Artists single "At The Time" came on the charts February
23rd, 1974 and peaked at number 13. It was her 35th charted song and was on the
charts for 13 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: Are you familiar with an old song about "See You On Sunday?" It was on the
radio years ago?
A: "See You On Sunday" was a # 18 hit for Glen Campbell in 1976
Q: I love the old song "Seven Lonely Days" and have the Jean Shepard record.
My mom says that song was on the radio years before Jean's record came out. Is
that true?
A: "Seven Lonely Days" scored a # 7 hit for Bonnie Lou in 1953 before Jean
Shepard's # 18 hit in 1969
Q: I remember a good country song on the radio years ago about "Odds & Ends -
Bits & pieces." Who had that
record?
A: The song was recorded by several artists but the only versions to chart
were Warren Smith who scored a # 7 hit on it in 1961 and Charlie Walker who had
a # 66 hit on it in 1974
Q: My mom talks about a Reba McEntire record titled "I'll Believe It When I
Feel It" from years ago. I can't find anything about the song. Do you know?
A: The song was in Reba's 1986 "Whoever's In New England" album
Q: The radio guys were talking about old albums and mentioned an LP of Bill
Anderson songs by Jean
Shepard. Do you know anything about that?
A: The 1975 Jean Shepard album was titled "Poor Sweet Baby and Ten More Bill
Anderson Songs"
Q: My mom's favorite song was Loretta Lynn's "Love Is The Foundation." Do you
know who wrote that tune?
A: Loretta's 1973 number one was written by William C. Hall
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1952
The Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson
1960
Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Lockin
1968
Honey - Bobby Goldsboro
1976
One Piece at a Time - Johnny Cash
1984
As Long as I'm Rockin' with You - John Conlee
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison.
Johnny Bond, singer/songwriter/actor/author, born "Cyrus Whitfield Bond,"
Enville, OK 1915. Inducted CMHF 1999.
Jimmie Dale Warren, Son's of the Pioneers, born Summerville, KY 1925.
Andy Griffith born Mount Airy, NC 1926.
Pat Boone born "Charles Eugene Boone" in Jacksonville, FL 1934. Pat grew up in
Nashville, TN.
Hazel Dickens, singer/songwriter, born Mercer County, WV 1935. IBMA Merit Award
1994.
Wayne Kemp, singer/songwriter/guitarist born Greenwood, AR 1941.
Roy Acuff recorded "The Prodigal Son/Low and Lonely" for Okeh Records 1942.
Ronnie Dunn born "Ronnie Gene Dunn," Coleman, TX 1953. Prior to pursuing a
career in Country Music, Ronnie studied theology at Abilene Christian College.
Patsy Cline's first recording session for Coral Records 1955.
Johnny Horton's "The Battle Of New Orleans" went to #1 in 1959.
Dolly Parton moved to Nashville 1964.
Shelley Lee Alley, age 69, died 1964.
Stu Phillips joined the Grand Ole Opry 1967.
The house where Elvis Presley and his twin brother were born in Tupelo, MS was
opened for tours in 1971.
Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," single, charted 1968.
Ralph Emery asked WSM to relieve him of his duties, on the all night Broadcast
of "Opry Star Spotlight," in
1972.
Asylum released "The Eagles" self titled debut album 1972.
Johnny Cash released "One Piece At A Time" 1976.
Alan Jackson released his album "Don't Rock the Jukebox" 1991. The album sold
over four million copies, and
Alan told his wife she could quit her day job.
Epic released Joe Diffie's "A Night to Remember" 1999.
Courtesy: <
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ROAD DREAMS.
By: Jack Blanchard
I hate dreams. In most of them
I'm trying desperately to get to Buffalo.
I don't know why.
I haven't lived there since it was a stagecoach stop.
The roads all wind up going nowhere,
and the people are usually crazy.
Those that I know have been dead for years,
but don't know it.
Often I'm riding in a bus at night
watching for the lights of a certain street or town,
so I can ask the driver to stop.
When I do get off there's nothing but a dark empty crossroads with no signs of
life.
The insanity always seems explanable to me at the time.
It never occurs to me that it's just another stupid dream.
I'm stuck in cities or towns that look slightly famiiar,
but that I can't pin down.
I'm confronted by old enemies that I don't recognize,
but whose presence means danger.
Indoor settings are always dumps that change shape
when I try to find my room.
Misty is a recurring character that slips in and out of scenes.
Sometimes I'm trying to call her on a pay phone.
I've considered that some of my dreams
could be the result of living on the road for so many years
through strange territory, not knowing what was ahead..
I wonder if the things I see at night
are what the mentally ill see in the daytime?
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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View From The Front Porch-Stan Hitchcock
Denise and I took a drive, a couple of years back on Memorial Day, in the
country and through the small towns,
and I was encouraged to see, that in small town America, a lot of the Traditions
are unchanged. I saw lots of flags, in yards and on houses, I saw signs,
thanking the Vets on business fronts, I saw families gathering, out in the
country, having a meal outside on the lawn, decorations on telephone poles in
some of the small towns, like maybe they were gonna have a parade.
Made me feel proud of Sumner County, Tennessee, and Trousdale County,
Tennessee...towns like Westmoreland, Bethpage, Hartsville...and our hometown of
Gallatin. It's not the Country Folks and Small Town'ers, that has forgotten what
America stands for, and for that I am mighty glad.
God Bless America, and Lord, look back in the Rural areas and small towns and in
what some people call "The Fly Over Areas" and you will find we still Worship
You, We Salute The Flag, We Take Care Of Our Families...and we try to serve
others, in any way we can.
Thank You Lord. Amen.
stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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*/THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he
has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead, and into an inheritance that can never perish, spoil or
fade. This inheritance is kept in heaven for you, who through faith are shielded
by God's power until the coming of the salvation that is ready to be revealed in
the last time.
– 1 Peter 1:3-5 (NIV)
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