[Dixielandjazz] Fwd: Early Country music & jazz musicians

[Rick Zahniser]

Thanks, Ken, for filling in a gap in my knowledge of Country Music!!

I knew that Hank Williams did not write LSB... it was his first big
hit, and I have a poster which advertises him & the song, appearing on
the Louisiana Hayride.

/Any time/, of course was Eddie Arnold's big hit -- and broke the
sales record at RCA
(which was for Gene Austin's /My Blue Heaven/)  That record stood until Elvis.

I didn't know that the Dorseys did some country tunes, but of course,
they WEREN'T
country when

On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Ken Gates <kwg915 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Prior to Jimmie Rodgers was Emmett Miller---maybe the "Godfather" of
> country music.  He came
> from the minstrel shows and became a successful vaudeville act in the 20s.
> His theme song during
> those days was "Anytime".  His singing style was a large influence on
> Jimmie Rodgers, Bob Wills,
> Hank Williams, Lefty Frizzell, among others.  His recording of "Lovesick
> Blues" (hear it from the link)
> set the style for Hank Williams big hit in 1949.  And look who provided the
> musical backup of the
> 1928 recording by Miller:  Leo McConville, Tommy Dorsey, Jimmy Dorsey,
> Arthur Schutt, Eddie Lang,
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otNICva63mQ
>
> Ken Gates
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