Category Archives: Spotlight Songs

Spotlight Song For Week Ending February 21, 2015 — “Kaw-Liga”

Posted on February 21, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

BACK STORY: “Kaw-Liga” was named after a legendary Indian and an obscure community on the 44,000 acre Lake Martin, in Central Alabama, that was once a major Creek Indian population center. SONGWRITER: Hank Williams wrote his Classic song “Kaw-Liga,” that … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending February 14, 2015 — “Bedtime Story”

Posted on February 15, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SONGWRITERS: Tammy Wynette’s eleventh Billboard Country Music Number One Hit “Bedtime Story” was co-written by the Country Music Hall of Fame, and Musicians Hall of Fame, member Billy Sherrill and the Songwriter Glenn Sutton. B-SIDE: Released in November of 1971 … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 31, 2015 — “Ode To Billie Joe”

Posted on February 3, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SONGWRITER: Possessing a B-Side of the Country Rock song known as “Mississippi Delta,” and originally recorded at Capitol Studio C in Hollywood, California on July 10, 1967, “Ode To Billie Joe” was written by Roberta Lee Streeter, who was much … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 24, 2015 — “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys”

Posted on January 25, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

WAYLON JENNINGS: Waylon Jennings originally released “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys” on January 12, 1976 on the Wanted: The Outlaws album that also contained songs by Willie Nelson, Jessi Colter, and Tompall Glaser. Waylon Jennings later re-released a version … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 17, 2015 — “Whiskey River”

Posted on January 16, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SONGWRITERS: “Whiskey River” was co-written by Johnny Bush, who was popularly well known as the “Country Caruso,” and was a major Performer of Texas Honky-Tonk music, and Paul Stroud. CHEROKEE COWBOYS: A one-time member of Ray Price’s Cherokee Cowboys, with … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 10, 2015 — “The Lord Knows I’m Drinking”

Posted on January 10, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

INTRODUCTION: Classic Country Music, a real good drinking song, and religion just seem to go hand in hand in hand. And this week’s Spotlight Song of the Week Feature has all three of these bases very well covered. BILL ANDERSON: … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending January 3, 2015 — “May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose” — Special Dedication To The Icon Of The Grand Ole Opry Little Jimmy Dickens

Posted on January 4, 2015 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SPECIAL NOTE: (This week’s Spotlight Song Of The Week For Week Ending January 3, 2015 is a very special dedication to the Icon of the Grand Ole Opry Little Jimmy Dickens who died from a cardiac arrest on January 2, … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending December 27, 2014 — “For Those Tears I Died”

Posted on December 27, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

JESUS MUSIC: Active from 1971 to 1979 the Pioneering Contemporary Christian Music Group known as Children of the Day was recognized as the first of the California’s Jesus Music Groups, and Marsha Stevens, the Group’s leader, as the Mother of … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending December 20, 2014 — “The Christmas Shoes”

Posted on December 18, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

NEWSONG: “The Christmas Shoes” was originally recorded by the Contemporary Christian Music Group known as NewSong, from the Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia, that has received eight Dove Award nominations, and are the Founders of the largest annual Christian … Continue reading →

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Spotlight Song For Week Ending December 13, 2014 — “Frosty The Snowman”

Posted on December 14, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

GENE AUTRY Originally recorded by Gene Autry and the Cass County Boys on the Columbia Records label in 1950, and known as both “Frosty The Snow Man” and “Frosty The Snowman,” this Christmas Classic, that reached the Number Three position … Continue reading →

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