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Doug Davis
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Monday May 28^th, 2007

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TO THOSE WHO HAVE ASKED AND THE OTHERS WHO ARE GOING TO ASK: THERE WAS NO MONDAY NEWSLETTER. I TOOK THE DAY OFF

STORY BEHIND THE SONG

A lot of hit songs have been written on the spur of the moment—or just “seemed to happen all of a sudden,” and Janie Fricke’s 1982 number one, “Don’t Worry Bout Me Baby” was one of those tunes!

According to the writers, they were recording a guitar overdub on a demo session when the song was born. During a break, the three writers, Bruce Channel, Kieran Kane, and Deborah Allen, ended up at the candy machine. Someone mentioned the title and they started writing the song. After writing about half the song, they went back into the studio and finished their demo session. A few days later, while sitting on Allen’s front porch, they finished the tune.

The trio took the finished song to their publisher, Don Gant, who was so impressed, drove them to a studio where Janie Fricke was recording.

They played the song for Fricke and her producer, Jim Ed Norman and they recorded “Don’t Worry Bout Me Baby” the next afternoon.

Fricke’s Columbia records single entered the country music charts May 8^th, 1982 and became her 16^th charted song. It was in the number one spot the week of July 10^th, 1982 and was on the charts for 18 weeks.

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

QUESTION: Did Dolly Parton have something to do with a hospital? My mom says there was a mention on the radio.

ANSWER: Dolly Parton helped raise half a million dollars to build a new hospital with a benefit concert in Sevier County, Tennessee, where she grew up.

QUESTION: Do you have any information about Reba McEntire going to Arizona for a Humanity project?

ANSWER: Reba McEntire was in Guadalupe, Arizona last week, to welcome nine new families into their homes. The houses were built as part of the partnership between Whirlpool and Habitat for Humanity.

QUESTION: The guys on the radio were talking about an anniversary album for The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and Roy Acuff. Do you anything about that?

ANSWER: On May 25^th,1973, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band's “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” album was certified Gold. The album also featured Roy Acuff, Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis and Doc Watson.

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QUESTION: One of my uncles used to sing a song about “I Love You Mostly.” He said it was a Left Frizzell song many years ago. Is that true?

ANSWER: “I Love You Mostly” was a # 11 hit for Frizzell in 1955

QUESTION: There was a comedy record quite popular back in the 70’s about “The White Knight.” Do you know who had that record?

ANSWER: “The White Knight” scored a # one in 1976 by Cletus Maggard, who was actually Jay Huguely

QUESTION: My dad used to sing “Only One Love In My Life” to my mom. Do you know who wrote and recorded that song?

ANSWER: The Ronnie Milsap 1978 # one was written by John Bettis and R.C. Bannon

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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP TUNES IN:

1949
Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams

1957
Four Walls - Jim Reeves

1965
Girl on the Billboard - Del Reeves

1973
Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett

1981
Seven Year Ache - Rosanne Cash

1989
After All This Time - Rodney Crowell

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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY

By: Bill Morrison

Carl Story, Bluegrass/singer/songwriter, born Lenoir, NC 1916.

Danny Davis born “George Nowlan,” Dorchester, MA 1925.

Hank Williams topped the charts with “Lovesick Blues” 1949.

Maybelle Carter and the Carter Sisters; June, Anita, and Helen Carter joined The Grand Ole Opry 1950.

Hank Williams and Audrey Williams divorced 1952.

Ricky Nelson’s second #1 hit “Travelin’ Man” topped Billboards chart 1961.

Del Reeves went #1 with “Girl On The Billboard” 1965.

The Grand Ole Opry’s Jeanne Pruitt went to #1 with “Satin Sheets” 1973.

Rosanne Cash topped the charts with “Seven Year Ache” 1981.

Rodney Crowell’s “After All This Time” went #1 1989.

MCA released Jimmy Buffett’s “Boats, Beaches, Bars & Ballads” 1992.

Billy Ray Cyrus’ debut single “Achy Breaky Heart,” went to # 1 in 1992.

George Strait, Alan Jackson and Jimmy Buffett played a concert at Texas Stadium in Dallas, Texas in 2004. Between them, the trio has sold over 120

million records, including 80 plus #1 hits.

Gretchen Wilson’s single “Redneck Woman” topped the charts in 2004.

by: Bill Morrison www.rockabillyhall.com/billmorrison.html

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LETTERS FROM SUBSCRIBERS:

Doug: I would like to compliment Bill Morrison for his Thought For Today 24 May 07 as he sure feels like I do as my old Grandpa and Dad were the kind of men he refers to as they certainly would spit in the eyes of these so called politicians today over the issue of political correctness if they were alive. They and many more men when I was growing up in the Ozarks were what I CALLED REAL MEN, when they shook your hand they looked you straight in the eye and read your mind while doing that and most of them didn't have a Grammar School education but lived solidly by their word and couldn't stand phony men. I am glad that at my 72 yrs. of living that I grew up around men like them. This United States of America needs these kind of men today, sometimes I am ashamed to say that I am a Veteran and served my country. So much for my sounding off, again THANKS FOR YOUR THOUGHTS BILL MORRISON.

Clarence Shorty Moss

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Welcome back Doug

I really missed your newsletter last week. Hope you had a great vacation! Sure am glad to have you and your newsletters back again!

I have to comment on the letter from Betty Parrish -- We certainly lost a truly Christian man and wonderful singer when we lost Billy Walker on May 21, 2006. I had the pleasure of meeting Billy at the Plummer Family Theatre at Knob Lick, Mo. (thanks to Randy Plummer) in May of 2005. I will always treasure that memory.

Carolyn Heise Cape Girardeau, Mo.

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“Country Classics ~ Music From The Heart”

By: Bill Morrison

Quote: “When I first came to Nashville, people called us “hillbilly singers” and hardly gave country music any respect. We lived in old cars and dirty hotels, and we ate when we could. Now country music is big business.” --Loretta Lynn 1976

Who Am I? I married Dolly Parton on May 30, 1966 at the Ringgold Baptist Church in Ringgold Georgia. The service was performed by Pastor Don Duvall, and the only witnesses to the wedding were the pastor’s wife, and Dolly’s mother. We got married in Georgia because Dolly’s record company didn’t want her to get married, so we went to Georgia. We are still married…I was her first husband, and I believe I’ll be her last. However, when Dolly moved to the West Coast, I stayed behind in Nashville, and her longtime girl friend Judy Ogle moved with Dolly…and travels with Dolly and…well, they go everywhere together and…well, never mind that. Who am I?

Patty Loveless will celebrate her 19^th anniversary as a member of the Grand Ole Opry on June 11, 2007.

Song Of The Day: “I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know” recorded by The Davis Sisters (Betty Jack Davis & Skeeter Davis) in 1953. The girls were not related, but graduated from high school together. On August 2, 1953 Betty and Skeeter were returning home from an appearance when the driver of another vehicle fell asleep, and crashed into the car they were riding in. Betty Jack was killed, and Skeeter was critically injured. Thirteen days later their RCA single hit the Billboard country chart where it remained for 26 weeks. Eight of those weeks the Cecil Null penned song was #1. Skeeter, age 72, lost her battle with cancer on September 19, 2004. Skeeter and Ralph Emery were married from 1960~1964.

During the filming of Loretta Lynn’s “Coal Miner’s Daughter” and Patsy Cline’s “Sweet Dreams” segments from the Ryman Auditorium, extra’s were paid $25.00 per day to sit in the audience.

On May 2, 1960, WLS Radio changed from it's 36 year farm and country format. With the growth of Rock music since 1955, WLS targeted a new and younger audience. Program Director Sam Holman and station owners made the decision to change to a contemporary top 40 station. Announcers Dick Biondi, Art Roberts, Mort Crowley, Clark Weber, Bob Hale, Ron Riley, Bernie Allen and Gene Taylor brought a fresh, bright new sound to the Chicago airwaves...A sad day in Cook Country for Country Music fans.

Dolly opened her European tour in Denmark on March 7, 2007.

Ernest Tubb had his tonsils taken out in the late 1930’s, and was forced to develop his own singing style because he could no longer yodel like his hero Jimmie Rodgers.

Remembering Radio’s Finest Hours: “The Buck & Britt Show” (Buck Owens) KTYL, Mesa, Arizona.

***Who Am I? Carl Dean…born at Nashville’s Saint Thomas Hospital July 20, 1942. On May 30, 2007 Dolly and I will celebrate our 41^st anniversary.

Remembering A Country Music Legend: Woodrow Wilson “Red” Sovine 1918~1980

The singer, songwriter, guitarist was born in Charleston, West Virginia on July 17, 1918. Red’s nickname was “The Old Syrup Sopper.” He began his career playing guitar for Jim Pike’s Carolina Tarheels in 1935, on WCHS in Charleston. Red had his own group “Red Sovine and his Echo Mountain Boys” by 1947, and they were cast members of the WWVA Jamboree that same year. In 1949 he was signed by MGM Records, and moved from the Jamboree, to Shreveport’s KWKH where they became cast members of the Louisiana Hayride. Sovine became the host of the daily KWKH “Johnnie Fair Syrup Show,” after Hank Williams departed for Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry. Five years later Red would follow in the shoes of other Hayride stars, as he left Shreveport for the Grand Ole Opry. Red’s first chart song was released by Decca in 1955. “Are You Mine” was a duet with Goldie Hill, that climbed the chart to #14. Later that same year Red and Webb Pierce took their “Why Baby Why” duet to #1 for 4 weeks, remaining on the charts a total of 25 weeks. That classic hit was written by Darrell Edwards and George Jones. Sovine’s next #1 would come ten years later with “Giddyup Go” on Starday. Red Sovine would continue placing hits on the country charts until the day he died (and two more after that). He died as the result of a heart attack, while driving his car in Nashville, on April 4, 1980. He was 61. Red Sovine was interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Nashville. He lies next to his wife Norma.

Thought For Today: A Christian’s sin account with God is closed, paid in full by the blood of Christ. There is no need for false guilt or condemnation. There is nothing you can do to make God love you more…or less.

by: Bill Morrison www.rockabillyhall.com/billmorrison.html

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FOOD FOR THE SOUL:

Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other. Galatians 5:25, 6 NIV

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