Tag Archives: Charlie McCoy

Spotlight Legend Of The Month For May 2014 — Roy Clark

Posted on May 1, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

(This is the 12th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: Born on April 15, 1933 in the small rural area of Meherrin, in the south-central section of the Commonwealth of Virginia, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Legend of the Month | Tagged Academy of Country Music, Beverly Hillbillies, Bill Anderson, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Bing Crosby, Boots Randolph, Branson, Buck Owens, Buck Trent, Burl Ives, Captain and Tennille, Charlie McCoy, Chet Atkins, Cheyenne, Chicago, Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown, CMA, CMAs, Country Music, Country Music Association, Country Music Hall of Fame, Danny Davis, Disney World, Disneyland, EPCOT, Flip Wilson, Floyd Cramer, Glen Campbell, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Grand Ole Opry, Hank Penny, Hank Williams, Hee Haw, Jackie Gleason, Jethro Burns, Jimmy Dean, Johnnie Gimbel, Lawrence Welk, Mel Tillis, Missouri, Nashville, Nashville Sound, New York, New York City, NYC, Oklahoma, Opryland, Roy Clark, Staten Island, Tennessee, Texas, The Muppets, The Odd Couple, The Tonight Show, Tulsa, Virginia, Wanda Jackson, Washington D.C., Wyoming | 11 Comments

Spotlight Song For Week Ending February 15, 2014 — “Orange Blossom Special”

Posted on February 16, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

INTRODUCTION: The Society of Old Farts and Jackasses recently received a request from one of our many loyal Classic Country Music fans asking us if we would expand a little more about the Orange Blossom Special that we had first … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Songs | Tagged Bill Monroe, California, CDB, Charlie McCoy, Columbia, Country Music, Doug Kershaw, Florida, Georgia, Jacksonville, Johnny Cash, Miami, Nashville, New York, New York City, North Carolina, NYC, Orange Blossom Special, Pennsylvania, railroads, Raleigh, Richmond, Savannah, South Carolina, St. Petersburg, Tampa, Tennessee, trains, Virginia, Washington, West Palm Beach, World War Two, WWII | 6 Comments

ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL: Written about the luxurious passenger train that ran mainly between New York City and Miami on the Seaboard Air Line, the Pennsylvania Railroad Line, and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Line, making its first run in 1925 … Continue reading →

Posted on September 8, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses | 489 Comments