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jmyrlefuller:
Somehow this morning I found myself going down the proverbial rabbit hole listening to 1940s country-western songs. The sound quality is surprisingly good for the ones I've found.
Like this cute little ditty from Tex Williams:
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TomSea:
Some C & W birthdays, April 28:
Sylvia Mobley off of Big Style records, "Every Time I See You":
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She wrote it too, actually pretty good, it doesn't have fancy studio production and maybe one can tell that per the vocal treatment, but otherwise, quite good. Rockabilly definitely.
"Standing Deer and Little Star"(Cherokee Country) by Sylvia it says.
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Vassar Clements, "Tippin' In", Hill Billy Jazz, I have seen that record label before, Flying Fish:
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Shorty Chesser, "At the Fair":
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Source: http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/index.php
TomSea:
April 29th, country music greats Ike Everly, Jimmy Skinner, Billy Mize and Eddie Noack were born on this day in history http://www.hillbilly-music.com/artists/index.php :
Ike Everly, the father of the Everly Brothers, Phil and Don. Ike, born in 1908 may have known some of bigtime names from Kentucky including Merle Travis, here, Ike Everly is joined by Maybelle Carter (Carter family) on a guitar instrumental:
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Though, wikipedia lists Iowa, for the origin of the Everly Brothers, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Everly_Brothers
The article also notes, Ike's sister was the mother of Jules Guy, otherwise known as actor, James Best who made a few appearances on the Andy Griffith show and I've seen him in some other shows as well:
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Jimmy Skinner, "John Henry and the Waterboy":
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Eddie Noack, songwriter and performer of "Psycho", actually a big hit that has been covered by Elvis Costello and others.
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Bill Mize, country singer of renown,
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Billy Mize and the Bakersfield Sound, movie trailer:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Mize
Billy Mize
TomSea:
April Stevens, "Teach Me Tiger":
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