Mitch Miller’s Country Music Connection
A passing of note took place, yesterday, as Mitch Miller passed away at 99. For those not familiar with Mitch, he's best known for his work in the 1950's, heading up Columbia Records' pop music division, overseeing artists such as Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Frank Sinatra, Guy Mitchell, Frankie Laine, Johnny Mathis, and Jo Stafford, among others.
Categories: History Tags: Hank Williams, Marty Robbins, Mitch Miller, Sing Along With Mitch
Newest Members Of The Country Music Hall Of Fame
Last week, the Country Music Hall Of Fame announced it's four newest inductees. Three mild surprises, and one that should have already been in. The three that were a bit of a surprise were Jimmy Dean, Ferlin Husky, and Don Williams, while the the one who should have already been in, was producer Billy Sherrill.
Categories: History Tags: Billy Sherrill, Don Williams, Ferlin Husky, Jimmy Dean
Categories: History Tags: 1981, this week in history
This Week In History, 1976
February, 15th It was Sunday, and on this day was the 17th running of the Daytona 500. The disqualification of the top 3 cars in qualifying brought Ramo Stott to the pole position, but by race's end, it was down to Richard Petty and David Pearson.
Categories: History Tags: 1976, this week in history
Reba McEntire, Willie’s ex, and Gulf Oil
And the first number one hit of this decade goes to.....Reba McEntire, and her hit “Consider Me Gone”. And with that success, Reba joins an elite group of legends who have scored a number one hit in four decades.
Categories: History Tags: Gulf Oil, Reba McEntire, Shirley Collie, Willie Nelson
This Week In History-1966
Once again, it's time for a look back at this week in history, this time, back to 1966, when January 25th fell on a Tuesday.
Categories: History Tags: 1966, Buck Owens, George Jones, Red Sovine, Sonny James, this week in history, Wilma Burgess
Vintage Promotional Items
Do you remember when companies had promotional items? Gas stations, radio stations, seed corn companies are just some of those who were known for this. Some were free; others were sold inexpensively; a few things were even used as an incentive to buy a particular product. For instance, buying a John Deere tractor around 1980, resulted in sweatshirts for the whole family and sweat pants for me.
Categories: History Tags: 76, A & W Root Beer, Allis-Chalmers, ARCO, John Deere, Lionel, Promotional items
Categories: History Tags: Conway Twitty, Joe Stampley, Loretta Lynn, Tammy Wynette, this week in history, Tom T. Hall
This Week In History-1964
January 11th – 17th. 1964. Dare to recall what the world was like? What you were doing? What you were hearing? What you were watching?
Categories: History Tags: January 1964, this week in history
Tower Power!
I had an interesting conversation with a gentleman, a couple of nights ago. Turns out he has a broadcast engineering background, largely in television, but some radio, as well. Our conversation eventually turned to towers.
Categories: History Tags: Blaw-Knox, radio towers
