Ephéméride du Dimanche 6 Avril 2008

[b]1883 [/b]- Vernon Dalhart 1883~1948, singer, songwriter, musician, born "Marion Try Slaughter" in Marion County, Texas. Prior to finding fame in the music industry Dalhart worked as a cowboy, a salesman, and in a hardware store. Vernon became country music' s first million selling recording artist when Victor Records released his "Prisoners Song" in 1924. Inducted NSHF in 1970, the CMHF in 1981, and the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995.

1892 - Henry Whitter 1892~1941, singer, guitarist, rural folk musician pioneer, and member of Grayson & Whitter born in Grayson County, Virginia.

1909 - Denver Darling 1909~1981, singer, songwriter, musician and bandleader born Whopock, Illinois.

1913 - Wade Ray, singer, actor, guitar, banjo and fiddler for the Son' s of the Pioneers, Roy Rogers, Ray Price' s Cherokee Cowboys, and bass player for Willie Nelson, was born in Griffin, Indiana.

1937 - Merle Haggard singer, songwriter, and guitarist born in Kern General Hospital, Bakersfield, California. Inducted into the NSHF in 1977, and the CMHF in 1994. Merle has married Leona Hobbs, Bonnie Owens, Leona Williams, Debora Parret, and Theresa Lane. His children to date include Dana, Marty Ronald, Kelli Marie, Noel, Benny, and Jenessa. Stay tuned !

1938 - Naissance de Roy Thinnes, acteur essenciellement connu pour son rôle de David Vincent, celui qui a vu les envahisseurs (Les envahisseurs, ces êtres étranges venus d'une autre planète. Leur destination : la Terre. Leur but : en faire leur univers. David Vincent les a vus. Pour lui, tout a commencé par une nuit sombre, le long d'une route solitaire de campagne, alors qu'il cherchait un raccourci que jamais il ne trouva. Cela a commencé par une auberge abandonnée et par un homme devenu trop las pour continuer sa route. Cela a commencé par l'atterrissage d'un vaisseau venu d'une autre galaxie. Maintenant, David Vincent sait que les envahisseurs sont là, qu'ils ont pris forme humaine et qu'il lui faut convaincre un monde incrédule que le cauchemar a déjà commencé...).

1944 - Al Dexter topped the charts with "Too Late To Worry, To Blue To Try."

1946 - Roy Acuff quit the Grand Ole Opry, after being refused a raise from Opry management. At the time, the Opry required members to appear every Saturday night of the year. Roy was being paid $15.00 per night on the Opry, and could make $100.00 per night touring. Mr. Acuff would later return to the Opry at the request of Ernest Tubb, and Opry management.

1956 - Le studio Paramount signe un contrat avec Elvis Presley pour que le chanteur tourne ses premiers films.

1957 - Ferlin Husky's "Gone" had a grip on #1, and refused to let go for 10 weeks.

1957 - Marty Robbins and Ray Price won Golden Guitar Awards in Nashville.

1957 - Brenda Lee debuted on the country charts with "One Step At A Time."

1958 - Merle Haggard turned twenty-one in California' s San Quentin prison.

1959 - Johnny Horton 1925~1960, Louisiana Hayride star, nicknamed "The Singing Fisherman" went to #1 with his Columbia single "When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)." Three months later Columbia released "The Battle of New Orleans," another #1 (for 10 weeks). The following year Johnny was killed by a drunk driver in Texas, on his way home to Shreveport after a short concert tour. Nine days after his death Horton's "North To Alaska," from the soundtrack of John Wayne's movie by the same name, charted and went to #1 where it remained for over a month. Prior to Horton's death, every single Columbia released on him made the Top Ten, with the exception of two. He had a #11 in 1957 and a #19 in 1959. Johnny Horton has been dead for almost 50 years, and he's still not in the Testosterone Hall of Fame in Cashville. Why? Because when the Grand Ole Opry invited him to become a member, he chose to stay in Shreveport, at the Hayride. By the wayŠif you're reading this, and can identify the names of the people over the years, who had the final say in who goes into the Hall of Fame, and who doesn't, I would like to have the list. But you see, you don't know, I don't know, and the people who do know, well, their not talking. Can't say as I blame them. No one should take the Country Music Hall of Fame for what it claims to be. There are some great artists there, and a couple of D.J.'s that made huge contributions to the genre, but too many people have been passed over for political, or financial reasons. I'm old enough to remember many of the pioneers of the Hayride's, Barn Dance's, Jubilee's, Town Hall Party, etc. The list of people who deserved the honor and will never receive it, is much longer than the list of current members. I would like to tell you that the problem is a sign of the times. But the truth of the matter is, Music City has always been a snake pit when it comes to the people who make the decisions. Money has always ruled the hearts of the untalented Music Row elite. But I have known a lot of artists who would have played and sang their hearts out for nothing. Because what they had inside of them had to come out, and they loved the music. But the heartless, no talent executives thought of musicians and singers as pieces of meat. Something to be sold at a profit. Is it worse today than it was forty, or fifty years ago? Absolutely. But Washington D.C. has developed the same problem. No one tries to hide their agenda in today's America. Politicians live and scheme for one purpose. To be re-elected, in order to continue to receive the huge dollars that they make from special interest groups. It runs into the millions every year, and they don't even pretend to represent the voters anymore. Nashville decision makers live and scheme for one purpose. To continue to increase the revenues that come with selling their product, to a different demographic, even if it means turning their backs on the fans, and the musicians and artists who made Music City the worlds capital of Country Music. There are no songs recorded today that anyone would want to hear fifty years from now. It currently requires a video to adequately explain what the song is about. Nashville no longer markets great music. Nashville markets sex! There is a name for people who do that.

1960 - Les Everly Brothers débutent leur première tournée britannique à Londres.

1966 - Buck Owens recorded "Open Up Your Heart."

1968 - The Grand Ole Opry was cancelled for this evening' s performance for the first time in history. There was rioting in the streets of Nashville, as a result of Martin Luther King having been shot and killed two days earlier. Nashville Police imposed a 7:00 PM curfew as the result of the rioting. This was the only time an Opry performance had to be canceled, and WSM broadcast an Opry show that had been taped in the past. Roy Acuff and several other Opry acts put on a show earlier in the day for some very disappointed Opry fans. How ironic that the only thing that could close down the Grand Ole Opry was a group of criminals who never listened to the program, let alone bought a ticket. The 60's changed America forever, and the ACLU says AMEN brother, burn baby burn. And I say to the ACLUŠyour turn to burn is coming.

1968 - Ray Charles' Columbia album "Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music, Vol. 2" was certified Gold by the RIAA.

1970 - Capitol Records released Buck Owens' single "We're Gonna Get Together" b/w "Everybody Needs Somebody" w/Susan Raye.

1976 - Freddy Fender' s "You' ll Lose A Good Thing" topped the charts.

1982 - Marty Robbins released "Some Memories Just Won' t Die" b/w "Lover, Lover."

1984 - Ral Donner, age 41, died of cancer.

1985 - Gene Martin, Starday artist, and guitarist for brother Benny Martin and Roy Acuff died today.

1987 - Gene Autry debuted as the host of The Nashville Network' s "Melody Ranch Theatre." Along with his sidekick Pat Buttram, they presented 65 of Gene' s Western films.

1987 - Hank Williams Jr. was the Academy of Country Music' s Entertainer of the Year.

1998 - Tammy Wynette 1942~1998, age 55, singer, songwriter, former wife of George Jones, died at home in Nashville. Tammy was married 5 times and had 6 children. She became the sixth female solo artist to be inducted into the CMHF (1998). Tammy Wynette was laid to rest in Woodlawn Memorial Park, Nashville, Tennessee.

2001 - Danny Gaither, age 62, died in Indiana. Danny was a founding member of "The Gaither Trio," and brother of Bill Gaither. Danny is a member of the Gospel Music Hall Of Fame.

2001 - Dorothy May Skaggs, age 73, songwriter died in Blaine, Kentucky. Mrs. Skaggs was Ricky' s mother.

2003 - Margaret Louise Cash Garrett, age 79, was buried in Hendersonville Memory Gardens, Hendersonville, Tennessee. Margaret was Johnny Cash' s older sister. John was too ill to attend the services.

2004 - Niki Sullivan, former member of Buddy Holly's band the Crickets, died in his sleep at his home in Sugar Creek, Missouri.

en fait "prisoner' song est la face b d'un autre grand classique"the wreck of the old 97