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Country Music. Original Origins. Irish folk music played in the Appalachian Mountain region . Country Music’s First National Hit. “Wreck of the Old ‘97” by Vernon Dalhart. Foundation of Country Music. Jimmie Rodgers. Carter Family. Jimmie Rodgers. Nicknamed the “Father of Country Music”
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Original Origins • Irish folk music played in the Appalachian Mountain region
Country Music’s First National Hit • “Wreck of the Old ‘97” by Vernon Dalhart
Foundation of Country Music Jimmie Rodgers Carter Family
Jimmie Rodgers • Nicknamed the “Father of Country Music” • Blue Yodel #1 (“T For Texas”) established him as the premier singer of early country music
Carter Family • Known as the “First Family of Country Music” • Known for Single Girl, Married Girl • Financial success was limited because of the Great Depression
Gene Autry • Nicknamed “The Singing Cowboy” • Signature song was “Back in the Saddle Again” • Also known for his Christmas songs including Here Comes Santa Claus (which he wrote), Frosty the Snowman and Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
Bob Wills • Known as the “King of Western Swing” • Originally known as part of the Light Crust Doughboys • Group was named after a sponsor called Light Crust Flour • Greatest success came as the leader of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys • One of their biggest hits was San Antonio Rose
Bill Monroe • Original success came with the Monroe Brothers • Biggest hit is Uncle Pen • Many of his songs were religious and based on the Bible • Set the standard for the style of bluegrass with his masterful mandolin playing and sad lonesome style of singing
Flatt & Scruggs • Left Bill Monroe’s group to get away from the constant touring • Formed the Foggy Mountain Boys • The name comes from a Carter Family song called “Foggy Mountain Top” • Two of their biggest hits are Foggy Mountain Breakdown and The Ballad of Jed Clampett
Hank Williams • Won a singing contest with an original song when he was 14 • His song “Lovesick Blues” brought him national fame • Went on to have 11 #1 hits including “Your Cheatin’ Heart”, “Hey, Good Lookin’” and “I’m so Lonesome I Could Cry” • His hit “I’ll Never Get out of this World Alive” was released just before he died of a heart attack, brought on by drinking, on New Years Day 1952
Patsy Cline • Some of her biggest hits are “Walking After Midnight” and “I Fall to Pieces” • Died in a plane crash on March 5, 1963 in Tennessee
Willie Nelson • Album Red Headed Stranger was a concept album about a preacher on the run after he killed his wife • Helped the career of Charlie Pride find success by including him in his shows in the deep south • Some of his biggest hits are On the Road Again, To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before, and Mama’s Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to be Cowboys
Charlie Pride • 2nd African American in the Country Music Hall of Fame (The first was DeFord Bailey, a harmonica player in the 20’s and 30’s) • Biggest hits were I Can’t Believe You Stopped Loving Me and Kiss an Angel Good Mornin’
Johnny Cash • Known as “The Man in Black” • Is in the Country Music Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the Gospel Music Hall of Fame • Married June Carter (of the Carter Family) • Some of his biggest hits include Folsom Prison Blues, A Boy Named Sue, and I Walk the Line
Garth Brooks • Went to Nashville in 1985 searching for a recording contract, but was denied • First album, Garth Brooks, was certified diamond (sold 10 million copies) • Some of his biggest hits include The Dance, Standing Outside the Fire, and Friends in Low Places • Greatest selling country music artist of all time
Grand Ole Opry • Began as a weekly radio broadcast • “Country’s Most Famous Stage” • Grand Ole Opry membership is the biggest honor many country stars could possibly achieve