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REVISITED!
Bobby Denton in the Alabama Music Hall of Fame...
Jackie DeShannon in the Kentucky Music Hall of Fame...
And to celebrate : TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD!
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Showing posts with label Tennessee Ernie Ford. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tennessee Ernie Ford. Show all posts
Monday, February 24, 2014
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
SIXTEEN TONS : A CLASSIC SONG WRITTEN BY MERLE TRAVIS : WHICH DO YOU PREFER?
TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD
BOBBY DARIN
ERIC BURDEN(OF THE ANIMALS)
THE PLATTERS
or maybe LEANN RIMES ?
BOBBY DARIN
ERIC BURDEN(OF THE ANIMALS)
THE PLATTERS
or maybe LEANN RIMES ?
Sunday, May 10, 2009
HENRY Z. JONES, Actor, Singer, and Genealogist, on ELVIS PRESLEY
This is from PSYCHIC ROOTS, Serendipity and Intuition in Genealogy, by Henry Z. Jones, C 1993, and published by Genealogical Publishing House in Baltimore.
This book is about how researchers sometimes find or get information needed during a roots quest through paranormal means, such as dreams, visions, hunches, odd coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity.
Henry was an actor in Hollywood for some time - his first career - and was on Tennessee Ernie Ford's show. He says that he was an Elvis Fan and he and his partner tried to style their voices on Elvis for some time. They were signed by the same man who produced Elvis in his RCA Victor years, Steve Sholes. Henry got involved in intense research on the Palantine German's, Germans who went to Ireland and then the United States, and is now a Fellow of the American Genealogical Society. One of the families he research is the Pressler's, who are Elvis' ancestors (and the origin of his family name)! Henry says that several of Elvis' key band members played on their sessions and his very first role was on MGM's "Girl Happy," which starred Elvis. He was thrilled and Elvis "Couldn't have been nicer to me."
So here is what happened to Henry while he was watching - in grief - when CBS- Television showed the last filmed concert of Elvis', which had occurred October 3, 1977.
"As I sat back in my chair, stressed out but determined somehow to watch Elvis' final appearances, I felt an unknown energy almost an electricity, pulsing throughout my living room. It was so strong, I could almost touch it. Then, at the very mini second the show began, a large framed picture of my daughter, hanging on the wall opposite my chair, crashed to the floor with a gigantic boom. In all my years of living in that house no picture had ever fallen and none ever did again."
This book is about how researchers sometimes find or get information needed during a roots quest through paranormal means, such as dreams, visions, hunches, odd coincidences, synchronicity, and serendipity.
Henry was an actor in Hollywood for some time - his first career - and was on Tennessee Ernie Ford's show. He says that he was an Elvis Fan and he and his partner tried to style their voices on Elvis for some time. They were signed by the same man who produced Elvis in his RCA Victor years, Steve Sholes. Henry got involved in intense research on the Palantine German's, Germans who went to Ireland and then the United States, and is now a Fellow of the American Genealogical Society. One of the families he research is the Pressler's, who are Elvis' ancestors (and the origin of his family name)! Henry says that several of Elvis' key band members played on their sessions and his very first role was on MGM's "Girl Happy," which starred Elvis. He was thrilled and Elvis "Couldn't have been nicer to me."
So here is what happened to Henry while he was watching - in grief - when CBS- Television showed the last filmed concert of Elvis', which had occurred October 3, 1977.
"As I sat back in my chair, stressed out but determined somehow to watch Elvis' final appearances, I felt an unknown energy almost an electricity, pulsing throughout my living room. It was so strong, I could almost touch it. Then, at the very mini second the show began, a large framed picture of my daughter, hanging on the wall opposite my chair, crashed to the floor with a gigantic boom. In all my years of living in that house no picture had ever fallen and none ever did again."
Friday, September 21, 2007
(32) BRENDA LEE - THE GIRL SINGER
After I met Elvis in Memphis at the Wink Martindale television show, the next day I went to a television station in Nashville, Tennessee where I performed along with singers Brenda Lee and Eddy Arnold. Brenda was maybe 13 years old, yet she was a total pro and as they would say today, her people and my people wanted us to meet.
As the Rockabilly Royalty she was already becoming, the young teen Brenda made sure to give me a full welcome to Nashville. This meant that we met at the hotel and she posed for pictures with me and we did a radio interview together. As for Eddy, I'll save him for another post!
BRENDA LEE's OFFICIAL WEB SITE - BIOGRAPHY
As the Rockabilly Royalty she was already becoming, the young teen Brenda made sure to give me a full welcome to Nashville. This meant that we met at the hotel and she posed for pictures with me and we did a radio interview together. As for Eddy, I'll save him for another post!
BRENDA LEE has been inducted into the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME in 2002
http://rockhall.com/inductees/brenda-lee/ NEW LINK!
ROCKIN COUNTRY STYLE DISCOGRAPHY - BRENDA LEE
http://rockhall.com/inductees/brenda-lee/ NEW LINK!
ROCKIN COUNTRY STYLE DISCOGRAPHY - BRENDA LEE
BRENDA LEE's OFFICIAL WEB SITE - BIOGRAPHY
Click on the title above!
NEW YOU TUBE VIDEO January 21, 2011
Friday, August 24, 2007
(6) WE FOLLOWED THE BUILDING TRADE TO COTTAGE GROVE, OREGON
My father expertise was home building. Like Elvis Presley's father, Vernon, my father had to travel for work quite a bit. When I was about ready to start high school we moved from Murphy, North Carolina to Cottage Grove, Oregon following a building trade boom.
My brother Junior had a Fender TM guitar - the best! He taught me to play. I idolized my brother Junior. He had a Country Western band that played all around Oregon and had a deep voice like Tennessee Ernie Ford. Junior loved to sing "Dark as a Dungeon."
My daydreams as a teenager were about joining Junior's band, making out with girls, and driving fast cars. I loved speed! I had a few accidents that shook me up but I always walked away without a scratch.
Link above to Tennessee Ernie Ford's official web site, so you can read up a bit on him.
My brother Junior had a Fender TM guitar - the best! He taught me to play. I idolized my brother Junior. He had a Country Western band that played all around Oregon and had a deep voice like Tennessee Ernie Ford. Junior loved to sing "Dark as a Dungeon."
My daydreams as a teenager were about joining Junior's band, making out with girls, and driving fast cars. I loved speed! I had a few accidents that shook me up but I always walked away without a scratch.
Link above to Tennessee Ernie Ford's official web site, so you can read up a bit on him.
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