COUNTRY MUSIC CLASSICS
Doug Davis
Owner/Publisher/Manager/Editor/
Writer/Gopher/Chief Cook & Bottle Washer
Thursday February 14th, 2013
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STORY BEHIND THE SONG
One of the major problems prompted by having hit records is that it mean't concert dates on the road - which usually made it difficult to schedule the time for recording sessions in hopes of recording more hit records.
And according to record producer Nelson Larkin - Earl Thomas Conley's 1984 number one, "Chance of Lovin' You" was just such a song.
In order to comply with RCA Victor's schedule for releases - the single was reportedly
released without Larkin's full approval - as he was not satisfied with the drum sound on the recording.
But the song - co-written by Earl Thomas Conley and Randy Scruggs - wound up as the first single released from the "Treadin' Water" album and Conley's 7th number one single.
"Chance Of Lovin' You" came on the country charts September 8th, 1984 and was at the top of the charts December 8th.
It was his 20th charted song and his 7th number one. The RCA Victor single was on the charts for 22 weeks.
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q: I'm a big Doc Watson fan and the radio guys mentioned a new album. Do you have any information?
A: "Milestones: Legends Of The Doc Watson Clan" is a four CD set and set for April 30th release. The projects features 94 un-released songs along with 500 Watson family photos.
Q: I heard that George Jones is recording with Dolly Parton. Do you know anything about that?
A: According to George Jones - his final album will be a duet project with Dolly Parton. George says Dolly is writing most of the songs for the album and release date has not been set.
Q: Our TV News folks said that George Strait was getting some kind of radio award. Do you have any details/
A: George Strait will receive The 2013 Country Radio Broadcasters Career Achievement Award at the Country Radio Hall Of Fame Induction on February 26th.
Q: I was watching the old Hee Haw programs and just wondering what happened to the fat gal - Lulu Roman?
A: Lulu Roman has just released her first collections of pop standards - titled "At Last" and features her version of that Etta James hit. The project also features LuLu's duet with Dolly Parton on "I Will Always Love You."
Q: Stonewall Jackson's "A Wound Time Can't Erase" is one of my favorites. My neighbor says he has a tape of Jack Greene singing that song. Our local radio station says Greene never recorded that song. DId he?
A: "A Wound Time Can't Erase" was a track in Jack Greene's 1967 "There Goes My Everything" album.
Q: My father in law is one of those strange characters that likes all those weird songs. He's always talking about a song titled "When You're Ugly Like Us," which he says was a big hit. Is there really a song by that title?
A: "When You're Ugly Like Us" was a number 31 hit for George Jones and Johnny Paycheck in 1980
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Your comments, suggestions, gripes, etc. concerning this newsletter---are welcome. Email to: Classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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NUMBER ONE ON THIS DATE:
1949
I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
1957
Young Love - Sonny James
1965
You're the Only World I Know - Sonny James
1973
She Needs Someone to Hold Her (When She Cries) - Conway Twitty
1981
Who's Cheatin' Who - Charly McClain
1989
Song of the South - Alabama
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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. (NOT AVAILABLE TO INTERNET STATIONS)
The feature is available at no charge.
For information, email me at classics@countrymusicclassics.com
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MISTY'S REVENGE.
By: Jack BVlanchard
I was shocked when Misty told me what she had done,
I said, "You're KIDDING!"
She wasn't.
Here's how it started:
The couple we liked moved to Oregon,
and a real idiot took their place in the house next door.
We tried to be friendly,
but when we'd look at this guy or his wife, they'd look away,
avoiding eye contact.
They ignored our presence but they seemed to know who we were.
I know that because when he took his big German Shepherd out,
we heard him tell the dog: "Go over in Misty's yard and do it".
I'm pretty sure he suspected that we'd called the cops
when he was beating his wife. We had.
He was a sweetheart.
He had two cars and a two-car garage.
He needed two cars because he'd wreck one every weekend.
The other was a spare.
Once, when he came home drunk
he ran into the center post between the garage stalls
and knocked it down.
For an encore he came home stewed and smashed into his spare car.
Meanwhile,
our property was filling up with German Shepherd doo-doo.
A cruel friend said this to me: "It's good luck to step in it."
Somehow I didn't feel lucky.
Misty apparently had had enough of this guy.
She took a trowel out to the yard, picked up each pile, one by one,
and carefully threw them at the side of the jerk's house.
She took particular aim at the screened windows.
This time HE called the law.
The policeman came to our door and asked us if we had done the dirty deed.
Instead of denying it,
Misty said: "I was just returning his own property."
I cringed. She was proud of it.
The cop said, "That's against the law." and tried not to smile.
Nobody went to jail.
In a way we won and in a way we didn't.
The moron never cleaned the side of his house,
and, of course, it was the side facing us.
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Mr. Beecher O'Quinn Jr. has issued another very informative International Traditional Country Music newsletter. The 19 pages of this issue features an article on Doyle Lawson and other articles about Rodger Young (the Ballad of), Hill & Range Music, Billy Hill, Arthur Collins (and the first million-selling single), Ira Stanphill, and a list of No. 1 Country Hits 1944-1950. In addition, Beecher is asking for those who have "original traditional country, bluegrass, and gospel songs" to send them to him for him to pitch to various artists. If you have any questions please e-mail Mr. O'Quinn at itcmfc@charter.net - I do encourage you to subscribe, and I don't think you will be disappointed. It is $10.00 yearly for the USA ($12.00 in Canada, and $15.00 for other overseas locations). Also see http://itcmfc.webs.com/
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TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY
compiled by Bill Morrison
1898 - Harry Stone, radio executive, was born in Jacksonville, Florida. Stone replaced George D.
Hay as manager of WSM in 1932.
1908 - Lonnie Glosson, singer, songwriter, born Judsonia, Arkansas.
1939 - Razzy Bailey singer, songwriter, and guitarist was born "Erastus Michael Bailey," in Five Points, Alabama.
1945 - Bill Nowlin, one of the founders of Rounder Records, was born in Boston, Massachusetts.
1951 - Michael Doucet, singer, songwriter, and fiddler, born in Scott, Louisiana.
1961 - Wanda Jackson recorded "I Talk A Pretty Story."
1970 - Merle Haggard recorded "The Fightin' Side of Me."
1976 - Tom T. Hall and Susan Raye were featured guests on "Hee Haw."
1983 - Marty Robbins released "Change Of Heart" b/w "Devil in a Cowboy Hat."
1985 - Randy Travis signed his first major label contract with Warner Brothers.
1987 - Wendy Lou Holcombe 1963-1967, age 23, virtuoso banjo player, died as the result of an enlarged heart in Alabaster, Alabama. Wendy appeared on Ernest Tubb's Midnight Jamboree, and the Grand Ole Opry. This very talented young lady was laid to rest in Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham, Alabama.
1988 - Kathy Mattea and songwriter John Vezner were married.
1995 - Alan Jackson's "Who I Am" was certified 2 X Platinum by the RIAA.
1996 - MCA Nashville released Bobbie Cryner's "Girl of Your Dreams."
1998 - Hal Ketchum and wife Gina were married today on Valentine's Day.
1999 - Buddy Knox died of cancer at age 65. Buddy Wayne Knox was laid to rest in Dreamland Cemetery, Canyon, Texas.
2005 - Funeral services for Robert "Sonny' Spencer, age 75, of the "Sons of the Pioneers" were held in Branson, Missouri. Sonny was laid to rest in Evergreen Cemetery, Notch, Missouri.
Courtesy Bill Morrison: http://www.talentondisplay.com/countrycalMAR.html
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