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Showing posts with label Country and Western Music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Country and Western Music. Show all posts
Sunday, March 15, 2020
Songs Of The Home And Heart [1956] - Ferlin Husky
Here's a complete 33 and 1/3 RPM Capitol Records long-playing album with Ferlin Husky and His Hush Puppies, "Songs of the Home and Heart."
Released in 1956 on Capitol #T-718.
Here are the selections:
【00:00】A1 - Hang Your Head In Shame
【02:45】A2 - That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
【06:09】A3 - I Can't Go On Like This
【08:18】A4 - That Little Boy Of Mine
【10:57】A5 - Farther And Farther Apart
【13:29】A6 - Never Have, Never Will
【15:51】B1 - I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair
【18:39】B2 - Daddy's Little Girl
【21:33】B3 - You Make Me Feel Funny, Honey
【23:38】B4 - Rockin' Alone In An Old Rockin' Chair
【26:13】B5 - Honky-Tonkin' Party Girl
【28:36】B6 - Useless
Friday, March 6, 2020
PRIDE OF COUNTRY MUSIC-Charley Pride (RCA Victor DynaGroove LSP-3775; 1967)
From RCA Victor Records in 1967, we present "Pride of Country Music" with Charley Pride.
That's RCA LP #LSP-3775 and in Stereo and DynaGroove.
Here are the tracks:
| A1. In The Middle Of Nowhere | 2:57 |
| A2. The Last Thing On My Mind | 2:07 |
| A3. Just Between You And Me | 2:13 |
| A4. Apartment #9 | 2:50 |
| A5. Spell Of The Freight Train | 2:11 |
| A6. I Know One | 2:23 |
| B1. I'm Not The Boy I Used To Be | 3:16 |
| B2. A Good Woman's Love | 2:10 |
| B3. Silence | 2:30 |
| B4. Take Me Home | 2:26 |
| B5. Touch My Heart | 2:49 |
| B6. Best Banjo Picker | 2:08 |
Monday, February 24, 2020
Wanda Jackson - Funny How Time Slips Away (1963)
From the 1963 Capitol Records album Love Me Forever, here's Wanda Jackson with the Willie Nelson-penned "Funny How Time Slips Away."
Norma Jean ~ Let's Go All The Way
From 1964, it's time for music by Pretty Miss Norma Jean as she sings her RCA Victor Country and Western hit, "Let's Go All The Way."
Friday, September 27, 2019
PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE by Luke the Drifter (Hank Williams) 1951
From 1951, here's music by Luke the Drifter, "Pictures From Life's Other Side."
Released on MGM #11120.
Luke the Drifter happened to be a nom de plume for the legendary Hank Williams.
Friday, July 12, 2019
1st RECORDING OF: Sixteen Tons - Merle Travis (1947)
Here's Merle Travis with his original 1947 recording of his self-penned "Sixteen Tons," eight years before Tennessee Ernie Ford recorded his chart-topping version.
Released as part of Capitol Americana album #AD-50 under #48001.
Wednesday, June 26, 2019
IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW by Webb Pierce 1955
Time for music by Webb Pierce, as he sings "In The Jailhouse Now," written by the legendary Jimmie Rodgers.
This 1955 recording was released on Decca #29391.
Monday, March 25, 2019
1948 HITS ARCHIVE: Deck Of Cards - T Texas Tyler
From 1948, here's "T" Texas Tyler as he recites "Deck of Cards."
Ol' "T" Texas himself arranged and adopted this number himself.
Released on 4-Star #1228.
Tuesday, March 5, 2019
1960 HITS ARCHIVE: Last Date - Lawrence Welk
Here's Lawrence Welk and His Orchestra with their 1960 cover of the Floyd Cramer hit "Last Date."
Frank Scott is featured on piano.
Released in September of 1960 on Dot #16145.
Friday, February 22, 2019
Tex Williams - Suspicion
On Capitol Americana #40109 from 1948, here's Tex Williams and His Western Caravan with "Suspicion."
Tex and the Trio handle the vocal here.
Thursday, January 24, 2019
1957 Johnny Cash - There You Go (#1 C&W hit for 5 wks)
Here's Johnny Cash with The Tennessee Two with Johnny's own composition "There You Go."
This 1957 hit (recorded in Memphis in 1956), which topped Billboard magazine's Country and Western charts for five weeks, was released on Sun #258.
Saturday, January 12, 2019
1952 Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life (#1 C&W hit for 15 wks)
Here's Hank Thompson and His Brazos Valley Boys with the 1952 classic "The Wild Side of Life."
Released on Capitol #F1942.
Friday, January 4, 2019
I Wouldn't Buy A Used Car From Him , Norma Jean , 1965
The from the imagination of Harlan Howard, here's Pretty Miss Norma Jean with "I Wouldn't Buy A Used Car From Him."
This 1965 recording was released on RCA Victor #47-8623.
Friday, December 28, 2018
1959 HITS ARCHIVE: Waterloo - Stonewall Jackson (#1 C&W for 5 weeks)
Here's Stonewall Jackson with his 1959 Country and Western (as well as pop) hit "Waterloo," released on Columbia #4-41393.
Tuesday, September 11, 2018
1st RECORDING OF: Born To Lose - Ted Daffan’s Texans (1942--Leon Seago, ...
Here's the original recording of "Born To Lose" with Ted Daffan's Texans.
Leon Seago handles the vocal here.
Recorded on February 20, 1942 and released on Okeh #6706.
Wednesday, September 5, 2018
1st RECORDING OF: Deck Of Cards - T. Texas Tyler (1948)
Here's "T" Texas Tyler (The Man with a Million Friends) with the original recording of "Deck of Cards."
Released in February, 1948 on 4-Star #1228.
Friday, August 17, 2018
1st RECORDING OF: Tennessee Waltz - Cowboy Copas (1947)
The year before the song's composers Pee Wee King and Redd Stewart recorded it (and three years before Patti Page did likewise), Cowboy Copas cut "Tennessee Waltz."
Recorded around April of 1947 and released on King #696.
Friday, August 10, 2018
Red Foley - Hearts Of Stone
Here's Red Foley's Country and Western version of "Hearts of Stone."
The Anita Kerr Singers back Red on this one.
Released in 1955 on Decca #9-29375.
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
1962 HITS ARCHIVE: Ruby Ann - Marty Robbins (#1 C&W hit)
From 1962, here's Marty Robbins with his hit recording of "Ruby Ann."
Released on Columbia #4-42614.
Tuesday, July 10, 2018
Ozark Jubilee July 30, 1955
From the Heart of the Ozarks, we present the July 30, 1955 ABC Network telecast of Ozark Jubilee, hosted by Red Foley.
Originating from the Jewel Theater in Springfield, Missouri.
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