C O U N T R Y M U S I C C L AS S I C S
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/ Editor/Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Email to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com
Friday October 12th, 2007
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
A lot of hit songs have been written in a matter of minutes, while others took quite awhile to complete.
According to Glenn Sutton, David Houston’s 1965 hit, “Livin’ In A House Full Of Love” was one of the latter.
Sutton commented, “That was before I started working for
Houston’s Epic Records single, “Livin’ In A House Full Of Love” entered the country music charts September 11th, 1965 and peaked at # 3 and hung there for two weeks.
It was
18 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
QUESTION: Do you know anything about George Jones and Mel Tillis recording an album together?
ANSWER: George Jones and Mel Tillis are among the 13 artists featured on the compilation CD “The Greatest Country Love Songs.” Other artists include Pam Tillis, Tammy Cochran, Aaron Tippin, Gene Watson, and Rhonda Vincent.
QUESTION: The radio folks mentioned The Bellamy Brothers appearing on some awards show. Do you know which one and when?
ANSWER: The Bellamy Brothers, Lee Greenwood, Tammy Cochran, and
QUESTION: Have you heard anything about Patty Loveless having something to do with a “Christmas train?”
ANSWER: Patty Loveless will be the special guest on the 2007 Santa Train in November. The train will travel 110 miles through
QUESTION: Do you know anything about Bill Anderson and Jimmy Dean on a program together? The radio boys mentioned it.
ANSWER: Bill Anderson and Jimmy Dean will be featured at the final Carriage House Music Series 3 concert next Wednesday. The songwriting series, held in the historic 1890’s Carriage House at
QUESTION:
ANSWER: “Old Flame” was a # one for
QUESTION: Do you have any information on a song by Johnny Cash about “You’re A Dreamer?”
ANSWER: You may be thinking of “You Dreamer You” which peaked at # 13 in 1959. it was the flipside of “Frankie’s Man Johnny,” which made it to # 9.
QUESTION: Do you remember a
ANSWER: “Guess My Eyes Were Bigger Than My Heart” was
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COUNTRY MUSIC’S TOP TUNES IN:
1944
Smoke on the Water - Red Foley
1952
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams
1960
Alabam - Cowboy Copas
1968
Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
1976
The Games That Daddies Play -
1984
Everyday - The
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"Live Fast, Love Hard: The Faron Young Story" is available online and in most bookstores. To get a free personalized bookplate, regardless of where you bought the book, follow the "Get Your Personalized Bookplate"
link at http://www.press.uillinois.edu/f07/diekman.html. The
FARON YOUNG, FIFTY-FIVE YEARS AGO: Faron recorded "Goin' Steady" on October 12, 1952, a month before his induction into the Army. He'd written the song while on the road touring with Hank Snow. He used the melody of Claude King's "She Knows Why," and he received advice on the lyrics from his manager, Hubert Long, and Snow's frontman, Hillous Butram. The song went into the Central Songs catalog, a publishing company owned by Faron's record producer, Ken Nelson. "Goin' Steady" was Faron's fourth release on Capitol Records and his first to chart. It debuted on the Billboard chart shortly before Faron completed infantry basic training at
THIS WEEK'S SCHEDULE
Friday, October 12, Chuck Dauphin will devote his 6:00-10:00 AM shift on WDKN Radio (1260 AM) in
Saturday, October 13, I will be at the Southern Festival of Books in
LETTERS
Linda Elliott Clark in Alexandria, Virginia, says, "It is so good to read the comments from people who knew Faron. I didn't know him and never met him, but I can say I always liked his music and to me he always had a sweet look about his face."
Jo Hamrick writes, "The letter from the lady who said she wishes she had known Faron. Many people did know him and.if he liked you would give you the world if he could. There are many people who have read about him, seen him on TV and maybe even in person but did not know that if they were at a show he was not like many and refuse to talk to you. . . . He believed if he was doing a show, if there were only one person there, that person got the same show as if there were 1,000. He said they paid to see a show and they will get it."
Charlie Roberts, one of Faron's Army buddies, writes from Union City, TN, "I received my signed bookplate from you and I want to thank you so much for your kindness. I have finished your book and I must say you did yourself and Faron proud. I enjoyed every word of it and there were a few passages in it that kinda made me choke up a bit. Yes us old men do get sentimental at times too. Memories tend to do that sometimes. Many fond memories were brought back in your telling of his story. I well recall the first time I saw Faron's big blue car sitting there on the company parking lot and I thought "Hey, he's not supposed to do that," but when did anything keep him from doing something just because he wasn't supposed to. Diane, you did a masterful job in remembering Faron's life to his friends and fans worldwide and I for one appreciate the time and effort you devoted to this labor of love which I'm sure your book was. Again thank you for a masterful job in telling Faron's story as I am sure he would have liked to have it told. You told it like it was."
Diane Diekman
altruria@verizon.net
Faron Young info: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/id8.html
Newsletter archive: http://ddiekman.tripod.com/blog
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REMEMBER WHEN
by: Pete Stamper
Recently, I gave a special “thank you” to the
I was heading into my second season in the Valley some time in April of ’53 when I took stock of things and determined that the Barn Dance would never be any thing but a one-night-a-week performance and that the twenty five dollars a week pay check I had been making for the past year was a window to my future and decided then and there that I would be better off going home, regroup and start over. As I was broke when this bright idea hit me, I knew I would have to work one more show the following Saturday night in order to get enough gas money to get me home.
As my performance the following week would be on WHAS radio, I would need to do a routine I had not done before. It was late in the week and rather than write one from scratch, I decided I would take the easy road and do the one I had written for the May issue of the Bugle. For my article that month, I had given directions to my fictitious hometown of
When show time rolled around that week, that material got me the kind of laughs I was after and more of them than I had gotten in awhile. It made possible a new style of delivery that I probably would not have found with out it. This brought about a decision to stay on with
In the summer of 1997, I made mention of Old Joe Clark and his work at WRVK radio station in my article with the comment that that was a subject I could write a book about. A few days later I got a call from Warren Rosenthal, owner of
I had never even considered writing a book and was sure I would not have the talent to do so. I soon learned that my years writing for the Bugle had given me enough know-how to at least take a stab at it.
I will toot my own horn one more time and tell you I am proud of the results, but I will also admit that had it not been for the Bugle, there would never have been the book, “It All Happened In Renfro Valley”.
Courtesy of The
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IT'S THE MUSIC!
by: Jack Blanchard
We like a lot of kinds of music, if it's good.
Two of the kinds we like are jazz and country.
I think they have some things in common... sincerity, for one
A jazz critic wrote this:
" The sad part is, many Jazz musicians don't know how
to communicate that spirit of love and dedication to an audience.
They look (and play) like zombies --
and then wonder why the rockers draw the big crowds
and make the big bucks. It's called showmanship.
Jack Bowers"
Jack Bowers shouldn't be a jazz critic. He doesn't get it.
Some good musicians don't show a lot of animation
because they are concentrating on their music,
which is where the "spirit" is, if you listen.
Rockers draw bigger crowds and make more bucks
due the ignorance of the public.
Today's Pop/Rock groups leap randomly around the stage
chewing up the scenery with less sincerity than pro wrestlers.
The attention span of the younger demographic
is so squirrely that you have to hit them with a smoke bomb
to get their attention. Hello! It's the music!
Jack Blanchard
THE JACK BLANCHARD & MISTY MORGAN HOME PAGE:
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God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal life (John 3:`16)
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