COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday June 8th, 2017
Email: djdclassics@gmail.com
STORY BEHIND THE SONG
Marital bliss – or the lack of it – has been the source for many hit songs and
according to the record books – Hank Williams' 1953 number one "Your
Cheatin' Heart" was one of those tunes!
As the story goes – problems between Hank and wife Audrey were the inspiration
for "Your Cheatin' Heart," as Hank was quoted as saying that "her cheatin' heart
would pay" and later commenting that his remark would make a good song!
The songs' lyrics connected with a world of people who could and did identify
with Hank's tale of love gone bad.
Hank's "Your Cheatin' Heart" came on the country charts February 21st, 1953 –
made it to number one and stuck there for six weeks. It was his 35th charted
song and his 10th number one. The MGM Records single was on the charts for 23
weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: Have you heard of a song about a crazy engineer? My dad says it was on the
radio back in the 50's.
A: "The Crazy Engineer" is in Hank Snows' 1964 "Railroad Man" album
Q: Do you know who wrote the Don Williams hit song "I Wouldn't Want To Live If
You Didn't Love Me?"
A: The 1974 Don Williams number one was written by Al Turney
Q: I love the Sonny James record of "Bright Lights Big City." My dad says
someone else had a hit on that song before Sonny James did. Is that true?
A: "Bright Lights Big City" was on the charts for bluesman Jimmy Reed in 1961
before Sonny James took it to number one on the country charts in 1971.
Q: I'm thinking that Ralph Emery should be in the hall of fame. Do you agree?
A: Ralph Emery was inducted into The Country Music Hall Of Fame in 2007
Q: There was a song on the radio by a girl singer years ago about "Sweeter
Love I'll Never Know." Do you know who that was?
A: It was a number 53 hit for Barbara Fairchld in 1972 and a number 22 hit
for Brenda Lee in 1984
Q: Have you heard of a song about "Flat Natural Born Good-Timin' Man?" It was
on the radio in the 1970's.
A: The song scored a number 20 hit for Gary Stewart in 1975.
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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 at no
charge.
For information, email me at djdclassics@gmail.com
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NUMBER ONES ON THIS DATE
1959
The Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton
1967
It's Such a Pretty World Today - Wynn Stewart
1975
Window Up Above - Mickey Gilley
1983
Lucille (You Won't Do Your Daddy's Will) - Waylon Jennings
1991
Meet in the Middle - Diamond Rio
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
Courtesy: Bill Morrison.
Monte Hale, Singing Cowboy/actor, born San Angelo, TX 1921.
Clyde Beavers, singer/disc jockey born Teenega, GA 1932.
Mack Vickery, singer/songwriter, born Town Creek, AL 1938.
The Coon Creek Girls gave a command performance at the White House for King
George VI and Queen Elizabeth of England 1939.
Vernon Oxford, singer/songwriter/musician, born Rogers, AR 1941.
Tony Rice, guitarist, born Danville, VA 1951.
Eddy Arnold released "The Tennessee Stud," 1959.
Stonewall Jackson's #1 single "Waterloo," charted 1959.
Johnny Cash's #1 single "Ring Of Fire," charted 1963.
Lester Flatt Day was declared in the State Of Tennessee in 1963.
Alton Delmore, age 55, of the Delmore Brothers, died Huntsville, AL 1964.
Inducted Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame 1971.
Wynn Stewart topped the charts with "It's Such A Pretty World Today" 1967.
Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You," went to #1 in 1974.
Mickey Gilley's "Window Up Above" was #1 in 1975.
Waylon Jennings' "Lucille" topped the charts 1983.
Roba Stanley, age 76, nicknamed "The First Country Sweetheart," died in
Gainesville, FL 1986. Roba was the first female country music recording artist
(Okeh Records) 1924-1926.)
Bill Lowery, music publisher, past president of the Country Music Foundation,
died 2004.
Courtesy: <http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalendar.html>
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"BACK IN MY DAY" By Uncle Goopy.
Jack Blanchard
You kids are a bunch of sissies.
Back in my day we didn't have hurricanes.
We just had storms called "What the hell was that?!"
Our houses didn't blow apart.
They were held together by mold, mildew, and asbestos.
And we LOVED it!
We never wore helmets when we rode our bicycles,
and our bikes were seven feet high and made out of lead.
We fell directly on our heads and were damn proud of it!
You young folks have to wear a helmet when you eat peanuts.
We didn't have rocks.
We had to take the laundry down to the creek
and beat it against our heads.
We couldn't afford shoes.
In the winter we wrapped our feet in barbed wire for traction.
When I was a kid we ate nothing but gluten.
Fried gluten, baked or boiled gluten.
At breakfast we all said, "Gluten morgen!"
My dad thought we were German."
We didn't have sex back then. We had neckin'.
If we did have sex, they'd have told me.
My Aunt Maude could jump three feet straight up in the air,
without bending her knees.
You don't see talent like that these days.
So, eat a peanut,
sniff some mold,
take off your knee pads,
and wear a lead watch.
You'll LOVE it!
I hope I can get this childproof cap off my Viagra.
Love,
Uncle Goopy.
Jack Blanchard
http://www.jackandmisty.net
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View From The Music/Fishing Room-Stan Hitchcock
Rain beating down on my rooms metal roof so loud it is making it impossible to
hear the music from the video's I am working on. Calamity Jane The Aussie, is
curled up on the couch with a pillow over her head to mute the sound of the
falling water. The creeks are all out of their banks and some roads have water
over them. Sure glad we are not on the road yet having to drive the RV in this
deluge and pulling the Bass Boat.
The Upper Mississippi River has been at Flood Stage for the last couple of
weeks, but has now dropped below flood, and should be fine by the time we get up
there next week.
stan
www.hitchcockcountry.com -
http://www.hitchcockcountry.com
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Do not merely listen to the word, and so deceive yourselves. Do what it says.
Anyone who listens to the word but does not do what it says is like someone who
looks at his face in a mirror and, after looking at himself, goes away and
immediately forgets what he looks like.
– James 1:22-24 (NIV)
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