CLIFFIE STONE

Né « Clifford Gilpin Snyder » le 1er Mars 1917 à Stocton en Californie. Fils d’un banjoïste réputé, il
débute comme bassiste et disc-jockey au début des années quarante dans la région de Los Angeles.




En 1946, il devient producteur chez Capitol où il est chargé de la partie Country Music. Il procurera au
label ses meilleures ventes en « signant » Merle Travis, Tex Williams, Skeets Mc Donald, Tennessee
Ernie Ford, etc. Coauteur de plusieurs succès country (notamment « No Vacancy » et « Divorce Me
C.O.D. » avec Merle Travis).




Il dirigera également un orchestre réputé, employant différents vocalistes dont Bob Roubian vainque
que le guitariste Billy Strange et le stell guitariste Speedy West, le pianiste Merrill Moore faisant
également partie des formation. Il nous laisse plusieures titres de rock fifites style boogie-jump dont
les excellentes « Barracuda » (avec sax à la Bill Strange) et « Jump Rope Boogie » réédités en 1982
sur l’album anglais « Boogie Woogie Fever » Charly CR 30215.

Cliffie Stone décède d’une crise cardiaque le 17 Janvier 1998, dans sa maison en Californie.


Source : Michel Rose
& http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliffie_Stone


Cliffie Stone - Jump Rope Boogie


Cliffie Stone - Peepin through the keyhole


Cliffie Stone - Barracuda


Cliffie Stone Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes Of Blue


Cliffie stone - He.s A Real Gone Okie


THE POPCORN SONG - CLIFFIE STONE

Cliffie Stone brought country music to Vine Street! He has been the most important influence on
country music that the West Coast has ever had, which is now an integral part of country music’s
history with worldwide effects.

With great success, this charismatic jack-of-all-trades wore all the musical hats: bassist; radio disc
jockey; radio, television and record producer; master of ceremonies; comedian; singer; songwriter;
publisher; artist’s manager; booking agent; author; Board of Directors’ trustee for the Musicians
Union Local 47; and executive positions at notable publishing and recording companies.

In Hollywood, he was one of the Academy of Country Music’s founding fathers and has served on its
Board of Directors as president, vice president and historian. In Nashville, he was one of the original
members of the Country Music Association and has served as its vice president.

Cliffie Stone was born Clifford Gilpen Snyder on March 1, 1917, to Nina Belle and Clifford H. Snyder
(AKA Herman, "the Hermit") in Stockton, California. He was raised in Burbank and his main interests
in high school were football, acting and music - the bass!

In 1939, he married his late first wife, Dorothy, and they had wonderful four children - Stephen,
Linda, Curtis and Jonathan.

Cliffie’s versatile sixty-four year career began at age sixteen when he became Stuart Hamblen’s
permanent bass player on his "Lucky Stars" radio show. Eventually, he had his own radio shows, and
at one time or another, he was on twenty-eight radio stations in California, which catapulted him into
Nashville’s Country Music Disc Jockey’s Hall of Fame in 1979.

One of his radio programs was the "Hometown Jamboree" show, which became one of the most
popular, long-running variety shows on radio and television (1946 to 1960). It literally was a
launching pad for a multitude of singers, musicians and songwriters, that reads like a Who’s Who in
the music world. Over the years, many were regulars; others were featured guests, which include:
Tennessee Ernie Ford, Merle Travis, Molly Bee, Billy Liebert, Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West, Herman, "the
Hermit," Gene O’Quinn, Billy Strange, Joanie O’Brien, Dallas Frazier, Tommy Sands, Billy Armstrong,
Ferlin Husky, Lefty Frizzell, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash, Jim Reeves, Barbara Mandrell, Johnny Horton,
Tex Ritter, Johnny Bond, Tex Williams, Eddie Dean, Wesley and Marilyn Tuttle, Polly Bergen, Freddie
Hart, Liberace, and even Elvis made an appearance.

He was a master at juggling three or four musical hats. In the mid-1940’s one of his most fulfilling
achievements occurred when he was signed by Capitol Records not only as a recording artist, but as
head of their country/western department wherein he was instrumental in building their roster with
history-making artists.

In the ensuing years, he became a legendary force in all areas of the entertainment industry and
developed a lasting reputation for being one of its most respected and beloved music men.

His ever-young and impassioned love for life was unceasing and in 1989, he married his second wife,
songwriter, Joan Carol. During the last nine years of his life, he continued to keep the music in his
soul flowing. He performed on his "Hometown Jamboree-Today" concerts; was director/consultant of
Gene Autry’s vast music publishing empire; was interviewed by hundreds of radio stations worldwide
including the Larry King Show; appeared on CBS and NBC television music award shows as well as
top-rated cable shows on TNN (The Nashville Network); served on the Academy of Country Music’s
Board of Directors’ as Historian; produced seven albums and wrote over forty songs.

He proudly authored two books: "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Songwriting But
Didn’t Know Who to Ask" published 1992 and "You Gotta Be Bad Before You Can Be Good" published
January 2000) which is now available. Both books are lasting musical legacies that are geared
toward perennial, aspiring artists, which embodies his life-long humanitarian passion of encouraging
and helping new talent to be all that they can be.


SOURCE : ICI

MAJOR AWARDS

* Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award, 1972 aka "The Cliffie"
* Country Music Disc Jockey's Hall of Fame, 1979
* Country Music Association's Hall of Fame, 1989
* Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, 1989 (above center)
* Walk of Western Stars, 1990

RADIO CREDITS

* "Lucky Stars"
* "Covered Wagon Jubilee"
* "King Cowboy Revue"
* "The Cowboy Church of the Air"
* Cliffie Stone’s "Hometown Jamboree" (number one on KXLA)
* The "Cliffie Stone Radio Show" (KLAC)
* "Radio-Rodeo," "The Cowboy Hit Parade"
* "Dinner Bell Roundup"
* "Country Junction"
* "The First Western Quiz show"
* "Harmony Homestead"
* "Hollywood Barn Dance" (CBS for 18 years)
* "Pot Luck Party" (CBS)

TELEVISION CREDITS

Cliffie either produced (and/or executive produced) over 14,000 television and radio shows during his sixty year career in the music industry. They include:

* "Hometown Jamboree"
* "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show" (five years – NBC-TV and CBS radio)
* "Molly Bee Show"
* "Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch" (one year)
* "Songs for a Lusty Land" (Tennessee Ernie Ford)
* "Christmas Songs" with Mel Torme
* "Cross Country"
* "Great American Gospel" shows (Tennessee Ernie Ford)

Over the years, he worked with mega-talented men such as Norman Lear, Bud Yorkin, Jim Hobson, Milt Hoffman, Joe Landis, Selwyn Tauber and Danny Arnold.

He has made countless appearances on television shows which include:

* "Tennessee Ernie Ford Show"
* The "Lawrence Welk Show"
* "Merv Griffin"
* "2 on the Town"

His more recent appearances include:

* "Academy of Country Music Awards Show" (NBC-TV)
* "Country Music Association’s Awards Show" (CBS-TV)
* KTLA’s Morning Show
* The Nashville Network’s (TNN) "Nashville Now" with Ralph Emery
* "Crook & Chase"
* "Prime Time Country"
* "Hee Haw"
* "Tennessee Ernie Ford’s 50th Anniversary Show."

DISCOGRAPHY

SINGLE RELEASES - "BILLBOARD" CHARTS

* "When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again"
* "Silver Stars, Purple Sage, Eyes of Blue" - Cliffie Stone & his Orchestra
* "Peepin’ Through The Keyhole (Watching Joe Blon)"- Cliffie Stone & his Barn Dance Band
* "Little Pink Mack"- Kay Adams with the Cliffie Stone Group

ALBUMS-CAPITOL RECORDS

* "Cool Cowboy" - Cliffie Stone (top of page right)
* "The Party’s On Me" - Cliffie Stone (top of page left)
* "The Cliffie Stone Singers Present The Great Hank Williams Songs"
* "The Cliffie Stone Singers Present The Original Country Sing-A-Long"
* "Cliffie Stone’s Waltzes"
* "Cliffie Stone & His Square Dance Band"
* "El Ultimo Rodeo" - Cliffie Stone
* "Dancing With A Memory" - Cliffie Stone (Showdown Records)

RECORD COMPANIES

Affiliations include:

* Capitol Records
* RCA Records
* Warner Bros. Records
* Beltone Records
* Granite Records
* Lariat Records
* ARA Records
* Newhall Records
* Showdown Records


ALBUM PRODUCTION CREDITS

His production efforts include notable artists such as:

* Sons of the Pioneers
* Tennessee Ernie Ford
* Molly Bee
* Merle Travis
* Roy Rogers and Dale Evans
* Stan Freberg
* Tex Ritter
* Tommy Sands
* Stuart Hamblen
* Tex Williams
* Pat Buttram
* Kay Starr
* Riders of the Purple Sage

PUBLISHING COMPANIES

Affiliations Include:

* American Music (writer)
* Central Songs (owner)
* Beechwood Publishing
* Executive Director/Consultant of Gene Autry’s Western Music Publishing Co., Inc. and Ridgeway Music
* ATV Music Group (Beatles catalog)
* Bayshore Music
* Old Mill Music
* Showdown Publishing Group

SONGWRITER INFO

Three of Ciffie's co-written songs reached Billboard's top 5 country charts - 1946

* "Divorce Me C.O.D." - #1(Merle Travis)
* "No Vacancy" - #3 (Merle Travis)
* "New Steel Guitar Rag" - #5 (Bill Boyd and the Cowboy Ramblers)
* "Divorce Me C.O.D." - #5 in 1946 (The King Sisters)
* "Divorce Me C.O.D."- #4 in 1947 (Johnny Bond)

MUSIC PUBLISHING INFO

Includes the following publisher - affiliated songs and BMI/ASCAP award-winning songs:

* "Only Daddy That’ll Walk the Line" Waylon Jennings/Ivy Jimmy Bryant
* "Put Your Hand in the Hand" Anne Murray/Gene MacLellan
* "Shot Gun Boogie" T. Ernie Ford/Cliffie Stone
* "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" Linda Ronstadt/Rhodes & Reynolds
* "Snowbird" Anne Murray/Gene MacLellan
* "Together Again" Buck Owens/Buck Owens
* "Try a Little Kindness" Glen Campbell/Sapaugh & Austin
* "Teen Age Crush" Tommy Sands/Joe & Audrey Allison
* "Five Hundred Miles" Bobby Bare/Bare/Williams/H. West
* "Goin’ Steady" Faron Young/Faron Young
* "Happy to Be Unhappy" Bobby Bare/Bobby Bare
* "He’ll Have to Go" Jim Reeves/Joe & Audrey Allison
* "Foolin’ Around" Buck Owens/B. Owens & Harlan Howard
* "Loose Talk" Freddie Hart/F. Hart & Ann Lucas
* "Wrong Time to Leave Me, Lucille" Kenny Rogers/R.Bowling/H.Bynum
* "I’m Just An Old Chuck of Coal" John Anderson/Billy Joe Shaver
* "Under the Influence of Love" Buck Owens/Harlan Howard/Buck Owens
* "Under Your Spell Again" Buck Owens/B.Owens/D. Rhodes
* "Do What You Do Do Well" Ned Miller/Ned Miller
* "Maggie" Stan Freberg/Stan Freberg
* "Mama, He’s Crazy" The Judds/Kenny O’Dell
* "Girl’s Night Out" The Judds/Brent Maher, Jeff Bullock
* "Bright Lights and Blonde Haired Women" Eddie Kirk/Eddie Kirk
* "The Popcorn Song" Bob Roubian with Cliffie Stone Band/Bob Roubian
* "The Gods Were Angry with Me" Tex Ritter & Eddie Kirk/B. Mackintosh & Roma Wilkinson
* "May the Bird of Paradise Fly UpYour Nose" Little Jimmy Dickens/Neal Merritt
* "John and Marsha" Stan Freberg with Cliffie Stone Band/Stan Freberg, Cliffie Stone
* "New Steel Guitar Rag" Bob Wills, Bill Boyd /Cliffie Stone, Merle Travis, L. McCalliuffe

ben tu sais tatie BIRDIE

CLIFF AVAIT ECRIT UN LIVRE

COMMENT ECRIRE UNE CHANSON

BEN MOI A MA MAISON J'AI LE LIVRE ET EN PLUS IL A FAIT UN GRIBOULLIS EN BAS (DES DIX CASSES)

J'LAVAIS ACHETE 8 DOLLARS A UN MONSIEUR DE DENVER COLORADO

TIENS COMME T'INSISTE HE BEN UN JOUR JE FERAI UN POST SUR LUI IL ETAIT LE REDACTEUR D'UN MAGAZINE DE WESTERN SWING LE MONSIEUR DE DENVER

JOE

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LE LIVRE DE CLIFFIE STONE

SINON VA SUR ABE BOOK ET TU TAPES CLIFFIE STONE C'EST LE DEUXIEME

JOE

De rien

Et merci Joe pour le lien

plus serieusement

je ferai un article a propos de MR MORRIS J'etais abonne a son magazine..... the western swing journal

ben oui tatie tu crois tout l'temps que j;demenage pour pas ouvrir mes cartons

ton petit neveu

parce que il y a encore a dire derrière BIRDIE

BAH !!!! TU LE SAIS RICKY MA TATA BIRDIE ...ELLE SAIT PAS TOUT

ELLE M'APPELLE QUAND JE REGARDE MES DESSINS ANIMES POUR M'EMBETER ................

JOE SI TU M;AIDES A FAIRE UN POST JE TE DONNERAIS UNE SUCETTE

DIS JOE JOE SI TU M;AIDES A FAIRE UN POST JE TE DONNERAIS UN DISQUE DES BASEBALLS

DIS JOE ..............

SON PETIT NEVEU

Ricky faut pas croire Joe, sauf sur le fait que je ne sais pas tout !!

CLIFFIE STONE & HIS HEPCATS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMZ8QFQZpog&feature=channel_video_title BLUE MOON OF KENTUCKY
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