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Spotlight Legend Of The Month For December 2014 — In Memory Of The Icon Of The Grand Ole Opry Little Jimmy Dickens

Posted on December 7, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

(This is the 20th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran series) (It is with the deepest sadness that the Society Of Old Farts And Jackasses now must turn this Spotlight Legend Of The Month … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Legend of the Month | Tagged Arizona, Art Satherly, Bill Anderson, Billboard, Billboard Hot 100, Billboard Magazine, Bob Wills, Brad Paisley, Christmas, Cincinnati, classiccountrymusicgoldnashville.com, Country Music, Country Music Hall of Fame, Gene Autry, George Jones, Grand Ole Opry, Hank Williams, Indiana, Indianapolis, Johnny Carson, Kung-Pao Buckaroos, Lefty Frizzell, Little Jimmy Dickens, Marty Robbins, Michigan, Nashville, Ohio, Phoenix, Roy Acuff, Society of Old Farts and Jackasses, Tennessee, The Carter Family, Vernon Dalhart, West Virginia | 37 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 Legend Of The Month For July 2014 — Hawkshaw Hawkins And His Eleven-And-A-Half Yards Of Personality

Posted on July 5, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

(This is the 14th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: Harold Franklin Hawkins was born on December 22, 1921 in the major river port city of Huntington, West Virginia, where the Ohio … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Legend of the Month | Tagged Alabama, Allegheny, Allegheny Mountains, Battle of the Bulge, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Billy Walker, Bobby Osbourne, Cactus Jack Call, Camden Park, Country Music, Country Music Hall of Fame, Cowboy Copas, Eddy Arnold, Eiffel Tower, Ernest Tubb, Goldie Hill, Grand Ole Opry, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Jack Anglin, Jean Shephard, Jim and Jessie McReynolds, Jim Reeves, Johnny and Jack, Justin Tubb, Kansas, Kansas City, Kentucky, Manila, Missouri, Nashville, Ohio, Ozark Jubilee, Patsy Cline, Pee Wee King, Philippines, Porter Wagoner, Randy Hughes, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia, Wilma Lee Cooper, World War II, World War Two, WV, WWII, WWVA Jamboree | 12 Comments

Top Country Music Songs Of 1972

Posted on April 18, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

SHOW BOAT: The wonderful word of Entertainment in the Leap Year 1972 saw the Musical Romantic Dramatic motion picture known as Show Boat, that had been filmed as a Part-Talkie in 1929, with it’s third adaptation, a Sound Musical shot … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Country Music Songs of the Year | Tagged Academy Awards, Al Pacino, Bashful Brother Oswald, Betty Grable, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Blackjack, Bluegrass music, Bob Barker, Boston, Boston Marathon, Broadway, Buck Owens, California, Central Park, Charley Pride, Charlie Chaplin, Chuck E. Cheese's, CMA, CMAs, Conway Twitty, Country Music, Country Music Association, Country Music Magazine, Dan Gable, Dave Wottle, Doc Watson, Don Gibson, Donna Fargo, Earl Scruggs, Fan Fair, Faron Young, Flatt and Scruggs, Frank Shorter, Freddie Hart, Gene Hackman, Georgia, Germany, Grammy Awards, Grammys, Grand Ole Opry, Hank Williams Junior, Hee Haw, Isaac Hayes, Jane Fonda, Jefferson Davis, Jerry Wallace, Jimmy Martin, LA, Leonard Bernstein, Loretta Lynn, Los Angeles, Mark Spitz, Marlon Brando, Maybelle Carter, Mel Tillis, Merle Haggard, Merle Travis, Mother Maybelle Carter, Munich, Nashville, New York, New York City, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, NYC, Opryland, Oscars, Ray Price, Robert E. Lee, Ronald Reagan, Roy Acuff, San Quentin, Sonny James, Stone Mountain, Stone Mountain Park, Stonewall Jackson, Tammy Wynette, Tennessee, Tony Awards, TV Guide, Vassar Clements, West Virginia, WV | 7 Comments

Historic Country Music Jubilees, Jamborees, Barn Dances, And Hoedowns To Remember

Posted on February 26, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

PURPOSE: The Society of Old Farts and Jackasses decided since one of our claims to fame is to try to help preserve the history of Traditional Country Music that we should write a Feature on some of the Jubilees, Jamborees, … Continue reading →

Posted in Special Events | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Andy Griffith, Andy Williams, Art Carney, Barbara Mandrell, Bill Anderson, Bill Haley, Bill Monroe, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Billy Walker, Bluegrass, Bob Hope, Bobby Osborne, Branson, Brenda Lee, Broadway, Buck Owens, Canada, Carl Perkins, Carl Smith, Charlie Pride, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cole Porter, Country Music, Country Music Hall of Fame, Cowboy Copas, Dave Dudley, David Houston, Dolly Parton, Don Gibson, Eddy Arnold, Elton Britt, Elvis Presley, Flatt and Scruggs, Floyd Tillman, Folk Music, Frank Sinatra, Garth Brooks, Gene Autry, George Morgan, Gordie Tapp, Gordon Lightfoot, Gospel Music, Grand Ole Opry, Grandpa Jones, Grant Turner, Greenwich Village, Hank Snow, Hank Williams, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Hee Haw, Hollywood, Homer and Jethro, Illinois, Jackie Gleason, Jean Shepard, Jim Ed Brown, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Wakely, John Lair, Johnny Cash, June Carter, Kenny Price, Kentucky, Leroy Van Dyke, Little Jimmy Dickens, Lulu Roman, Margo Smith, Martha Carson, Merle Travis, Minnie Pearl, Missouri, Nashville, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Nashville Sound, National Barn Dance, New York, New York City, NYC, Ohio, Oklahoma, Opryland, Ozark Jubilee, Patsy Cline, patsy Montana, Pee Wee King, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Porter Wagoner, Prairie Ramblers, Ralph Emery, Ray Price, Red Foley, Red Sovine, Rex Allen, Roy Acuff, Roy Clark, Shania Twain, Sonny James, Tammy Wynette, Tennessee, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Tex Ritter, The Carter Family, The Judds, The Stump Jumpers, Tony Awards, Wanda Jackson, Webb Pierce, West Virginia, Willie Nelson | 24 Comments

Spotlight Legend Of The Month For February 2014 — “The Hillbilly Heartthrob” Faron Young

Posted on February 17, 2014 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

(This is the 9th Spotlight Legend Of The Month Feature in the very popular Matt Cochran Series) BORN: Born the youngest of six children on February 25, 1932 in the Shreveport, Louisiana area, and widely known as the “Young Sheriff,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Spotlight Legend of the Month | Tagged Asia, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, California, CMT, CMT Television, Country Music, Country Music Hall of Fame, Daniel Boone, Don Gibson, Faron Young, Grand Ole Opry, Jim Reeves, Johnny Cash, Korea, Korean War, Louisiana, Louisiana Hayride, Music City News, Nashville, Ozark Jubilee, Roy Drusky, Shreveport, Tennessee, Webb Pierce, West Virginia, Willie Nelson | 8 Comments

John Denver’s Signature Song — “Take Me Home, Country Roads”

Posted on October 29, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

BILL DANOFF: Always a very popular song “Take Me Home, Country Roads” was co-written by William T. “Bill” Danoff, who’s best known Single was the April 1976 released “Afternoon Delight” by the Pop Band known as the Starland Vocal Band, … Continue reading →

Posted in Country Music | Tagged American Idol, Bill Danoff, Blue Ridge Mountains, Carrie Underwood, Country Music, Daryle Singletary, Emmylou Harris, Georgetown, John Denver, Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, Nashville, NBC TV, Olivia Newton-John, Ray Charles, Sago Coal Mine, Shenandoah, Skeeter Davis, Starland Vocal Band, Take Me Home Country Roads, Taylor Hicks, Tennessee, Washington D.C., West Virginia | 7 Comments

Top Country Music Songs Of 1953

Posted on September 25, 2013 by societyofoldfartsandjackasses

I LOVE LUCY: The wonderful world of Entertainment in 1953 saw more than 71 percent of all the television sets in the United States tuned in on the 19th of January to watch Lucy give birth on the I Love … Continue reading →

Posted in Top Country Music Songs of the Year | Tagged Academy Awards, Arthur Miller, Beethoven, Bill Carlisle, Billboard, Billboard Magazine, Broadway, Carl Smith, Country Music, Eddy Arnold, England, Ferlin Husky, Goldie Hill, Hank Locklin, Hank Thompson, Hank Williams, Hugh Hefner, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jane Russell, Jean Shepard, Jim Reeves, Knoxville, Lucielle Ball, Marilyn Monroe, Marty Robbins, Nashville, Oscars, Playboy, Playboy Magazine, Red Foley, Tennessee, The Davis Sisters, Walt Disney, Webb Pierce, West Virginia | 7 Comments