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Spotlight Song For Week Ending October 25, 2014 — “It Was Almost Like A Song”

Posted on October 26, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

ARCHIE JORDAN: A dramatic piano-based song showcasing Ronnie Milsap’s soaring vocal range “It Was Almost Like A Song” possesses a B-Side of “It Don’t Hurt To Dream” and was co-written by Archie Jordan about his conversion to Christianity. Archie Jordan … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Songs | Tagged Academy of Country Music, Albert Hammond, Amy Grant, Anne Murray, Archie Jordan, Barbara Mandrell, Billboard, Billboard 200, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, BJ Thomas, Burt Bacharach, California, Charley Pride, CMA, CMAs, Country Music, Country Music Association, Country Music Hall of Fame, Dionne Warwick, Elvis Presley, Gospel Music, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Grand Ole Opry, Hal David, Harrison Ford, Jerry Lee Lewis, Jodie Foster, Julio Iglesis, Kenny Rogers, Kentucky, Little Richard, Nashville, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Ray Charles, Ronnie Milsap, San Jose, Smoky Mountains, Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, Steven Curtis Chapman, Tennessee, Tommy Lee Jones, Tulsa, Willie Nelson | 18 Comments

Spotlight Legend Of The Month For October 2014 — George Hamilton IV “The International Ambassador Of Country Music”

Posted on October 1, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

(This is the 17th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) INTRODUCTION: Classic Country Music just lost one of its recognized most popular Grand Ole Opry Members, George Hamilton IV, who died from a … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Legend of the Month | Tagged Abilene, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Billy Graham, Bob Luman, Boots Randolph, Buddy Holly, Canada, Charlie Louvin, Chet Atkins, Country Music, Country's Family Reunion, Dallas, England, Ernie Ashworth, Folk Music, Fort Worth, George Hamilton IV, Gordon Lightfoot, Grand Ole Opry, Houston, Joan Baez, John D. Laudermilk, Larry's Country Diner, Nashville, North Carolina, Patsy Cline, Paul Revere, Peter Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Skeeter Davis, Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, Stonewall Jackson, Tennessee, Texas, The Byrds, The Everly Brothers, The Kingston Trio, The Louvin Brothers, The Smothers Brothers | 352 Comments

Pull The Train! — October 2014 Newsletter For the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses AMAZING! Fan Club

Posted on October 1, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

FOUNDER’S CORNER: A whole lot of new and exciting things are happening with the Society of Old Farts and Jackasses including a name change that more appropriately fits us. We are still the same Classic Country Music loving Society we … Continue reading →

Posted in Fan Club Newsletter | Tagged Academy Awards, Academy of Country Music, ACMs, Alan Jackson, Archie Campbell, Arthur Godfrey, Atlanta, Bill Anderson, Bill Carlisle, Bill Monroe, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Billy Walker, Bluegrass music, Bobby Bare, Bobby Braddock, Boston, Brenda Lee, Bristol Sessions, Buck Owens, Buddy Holley, Burl Ives, Canada, Carl Smith, Carlene Carter, Carnegie Hall, Carson Robinson, Charley Pride, Chet Atkins, Chicago, Cincinnati, CMA, CMAs, Conway Twitty, Country Music, Country Music Association, Country Music Hall of Fame, Countrypolitan, Cowboy Copas, Cowboy Jack Clement, Dale Evans, DeFord Bailey, Delmore Brothers, Doc Watson, Dolly Parton, Don Gibson, Don Williams, Dottie West, Earl Thomas Conley, Eddie Arnold, Elvis Presley, Ernest Tubb, Ernest V. "Pop" Stoneman, Faron Young, Ferlin Husky, Flatt and Scruggs, Floyd Cramer, Foggy Mountain Boys, Folk Music, Garndpa Jones, Gene Autry, Gene Vincent, Gene Watson, George D. Hay, George Hamilton IV, George Jones, George Morgan, George Strait, Georgia, Glen Campbell, Golden Voice Awards, Gospel Music, Grammy Awards, Grammy Hall of Fame, Grammys, Grand Ole Opry, Great Lakes, Guinness Book of World Records, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Hawaii, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Hee Haw, Hollywood, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Homer and Jethro, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Jack Anglin, Jean Shepard, Jerry Reed, Jim Reeves, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Davis, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Wakely, Jo Stafford, John Carter Cash, Johnnie and Jack, Johnny Cash, Johnny Wright, Judy Garland, June Carter Cash, Kansas, Kansas City, Kenny Price, Kentucky, Kitty Wells, Kris Kristofferson, Lacy J. Dalton, Lake Michigan, Las Vegas, Lefty Frizzell, Leo Fender, Les Paul, Little Jimmy Dickens, Loretta Lynn, Louisiana, Louisiana Hayride, Mandy Barnett, Marty Robbins, Massachusetts, Maybelle Carter, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, Merle Travis, Mickey Newbury, Milwaukee, Minnie Pearl, Missouri, Montreal, Moon Mullican, Music Row, Nashville, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Nashville Sound, Nebraska, Nevada, New York, New York City, Norma Jean, North Carolina, Nova Scotia, NYC, Ohio, Oscars, Owen Bradley, Ozark Jubilee, Patsy Cline, patsy Montana, Patti Page, Pee Wee King, Pop Music, Porter Wagoner, Quebec, Ralph Emery, Ray Price, RCA Studio B, Red Foley, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roger Miller, Rolling Stones Magazine, Roy Acuff, Roy Clark, Shirley Temple, Skeeter Davis, Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, Sonny James, South Carolina, Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tex Williams, Texas, The Carter Family, The Louvin Brothers, Tom T. Hall, Tootsie's Orchid Lounge, Vernon Dalhart, Virginia, Waylon Jennings, Webb Pierce, Willie Nelson, Wisconsin, World War Two, WWII | 22 Comments

Pull The Train! — September 2014 Premiere Edition Of The Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses AMAZING! Fan Club Monthly Newsletter

Posted on September 1, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

FOUNDER’S CORNER: On June 15 2013 we, the Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, gave birth to a Classic Country Music blog here on wordpress.com. Over the past year you, our many fans, have enabled us to grow by leaps … Continue reading →

Posted in Fan Club Newsletter | Tagged Aaron Neville, Acuff-Rose Music, Alabama, Alison Krauss, Anita Kerr Singers, Appalachian Mountains, Asleep at the Wheel, Atlanta, Bakersfield Sound, Bashful Brother Oswald, Bill Monroe, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Billy Walker, Bing Crosby, Bob Dylan, Bob Wills, Botswana, Brenda Lee, Bristol Sessions, Broadway, Buck Owens, Cal Smith, California, Carnegie Hall, Charleston, Chicago, CMA, Conway Twitty, Country Music, Country Music Association, Country Music Hall of Fame, Cowboy Movies, Dallas, David Allan Coe, Drifting Cowboys, Dwight Yoakim, Eddy Arnold, Elvis Presley, Emmett Miller, Ernest Tubb, Ernest Tubb Record Shop, Fan Club, Fats Domino, Five Star Jubilee, Floyd Cramer, Folk Music, Fred Rose, Frosty the Snowman, Fruit Jar Drinkers, Gene Autry, George D. Hay, George Jones, Georgia, Gospel Music, Grand Ole Opry, Grand Ole Opry House, Hank Snow, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Hank Williams Junior, Harlan Howard, Helen Carter, Hollywood Walk of Fame, honky-tonk, Illinois, Indiana, Iwo Jima, Jack Greene, JFK, Jim Reeves, Jimmie Davis, Jimmie Rodgers, Jimmy Dorsey, John F. Kennedy, Johnny Cash, Kennedy Center, Kentucky, Knoxville, Lefty Frizzell, Loretta Lynn, Los Angeles, Louis Armstrong, Louisiana, Louisiana Hayride, Louisville, Luke the Drifter, Lynryd Skynyrd, Marty Robbins, Merle Haggard, Midnight Jamboree, Minnie Pearl, Mississippi, Montgomery, Moon Mullican, Namibia, Nashville, Nashville Sound, National Barn Dance, New Mexico, New Orleans, New Year's, New Year's Day, New York, New York City, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, North Carolina, NYC, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ozark Jubilee, Patsy Cline, Patti Page, Pop Music, Pulitzer Prize, Ray Charles, Red Cross, Red Foley, Red Skelton, Renfro Valley Barn Dance, Riley Puckett, Rock and Roll, Roy Acuff, Roy Orbison, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Rufus Payne, Ryman, Ryman Auditorium, San Antonio, Santa Claus, Santa Fe, Shakespeare, Shreveport, Skillet Lickers, Smoky Mountains, Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, Soofaj Nashville, South Africa, Tennessee, Tex Ritter, Texas, Texas Playboys, Texas Troubadors, The Andrews Sisters, The Everly Brothers, Tommy Dorsey, Tommy Duncan, Tompall Glaser, Tony Bennett, Tulsa, Uncle Dave Macon, Vaudeville, Victor Talking Machine Company, Virginia, Wabash Cannonball, Washington, Washington D.C., Waylon Jennings, West Virginia, Western Swing, Will Rodgers, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Willie Nelson, World War II, World War Two, WSM, WV, WWII, Zimbabwe | 12 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

Top Country Music Songs Of 1959

Posted on November 7, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SOAP OPERAS: The wonderful world of Entertainment in 1959 saw the Soap Operas Our Gal Sunday, The Road of Life, This Is Nora Drake, and Backstage Wife all cancelled by CBS Radio. MOTOWN: Barry Gordy Junior created Motown Records that … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Country Music Songs of the Year | Tagged Academy Awards, Audrey Hepburn, Bakersfield Sound, Barbie, Barry Gordy Junior, Ben-Hur, Beverly Hills, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Broadway, Buck Owens, Buddy Holly, California, Charleton Heston, Country Music, Daytona 500, Disney, Don McLean, Ethel Merman, Faron Young, George Jones, Gigi, Grammy Awards, Grand Canyon, Iowa, Jim Ed Brown, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Kingston Trio, Lefty Frizzell, Marty Robbins, Marx Brothers, Michael Landon, Miles Davis, NASCAR, Nashville, New York, New York City, North Carolina, NYC, Oscars, Ray Price, Ritchie Valens, Rod Sterling, San Fransisco, Stonewall Jackson, Tennessee, The Big Bopper, The Browns, Twilight Zone, Walt Disney | 40 Comments

(This is the 4th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: Born on April 3, 1928 in the small North Carolina town of Shelby, where the Timothy B. Tyson autobiographical book and motion … Continue reading →

Posted on September 4, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses | 3 Comments

(This is the 3rd Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: The youngest of three children Stonewall Jackson was born on November 6, 1932 in Tabor City, North Carolina, that was once regarded … Continue reading →

Posted on August 4, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses | Leave a comment