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COUNTRY MUSIC NEWS - Friday April 11, 2008
*----------- TEST YOUR COUNTRY MUSIC KNOWLEDGE -----------*
Q. England Dan and John Ford Coley had the hit 'I'd
Really Love to See You Tonight' before England Dan
left and had such Top 40 Country hits such as 'Bop'
and 'One Friend'. What is England Dan's last name?
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+----- TODAY IN COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY -----+
1905 Harty Taylor, of the popular WLS radio duo Karl &
Harty, born in Mount Vernon, Kentucky
1913 Millie Good, of The Girls of the Golden West duo,
born in Mt. Carmel, Illinois
1925 George Shuffler, guitarist with the Stanley Brothers,
born in North Carolina
1957 Jim Lauderdale born in Statesville, North Carolina
1964 Steve Azar born in Greenville, Mississippi
1987 Alabama scored their 21st #1 single in a row with
"You've Got the Touch," an all-time Billboard record in
country music
1992 Wynonna scored her first #1 single as a solo act
with "She Is His Only Need"
1980 "Cousin Emmy" (Cynthia May Carver), age 77, died in
Sherman Oaks, California
1989 Hank Williams Jr.'s "Greatest Hits III" album
certified gold
1996 Patty Loveless' "When Fallen Angels" album certified
platinum
1931 Gene Autry recorded "Pistol Packin' Papa" for ARC
1931 Gene Autry recorded "Methodist Pie" for ARC
1940 Roy Acuff recorded "The Precious Jewel" for Columbia
1940 Roy Acuff recorded "(Beneath That) Lonely Mound Of
Clay" for Columbia
1947 Merle Travis recorded "Muskrat" for Capitol
1963 Marty Robbins recorded "The Hawaiian Wedding Song"
for Columbia
1983 Recording began on Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton's
#1 "Islands in the Stream"
1980 Alabama signed with RCA Records
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* NOW A LOOK AT COUNTRY MUSIC & THE PEOPLE MAKING IT TODAY *
Randy Owen Honored
for Work With St. Jude Children's Hospital
Randy Owen, lead vocalist for Alabama, will be honored
on May 13 in Washington, D.C., for his work with St.
Jude Children's Research Hospital. He will accept the
Paul G. Rogers Public Service Award from the Friends
of the National Library of Medicine. Owen helped start
the Country Cares for St. Jude Kids program in 1989
after meeting St. Jude founder Danny Thomas. The pro-
gram has become one of the most successful radio
fundraising events in the country with $315 million
in pledges for the hospital to date.
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+--- COUNTRY STARS CONCERTS ---+
Willie Nelson, Wynton Marsalis
Releasing Live Album in June
A live album featuring Willie Nelson and jazz musician
Wynton Marsalis, titled Two Men With the Blues, will
be released on June 10 by Blue Note Records, a jazz
label. Mickey Raphael, Nelson's longtime harmonica
player, also appears on the album, along with Marsalis'
band. Nelson and Marsalis recorded their concert at
Lincoln Center in New York City in January 2007. Among
the songs are "Stardust" and "Basin Street Blues." This
will be Nelson's third new release this year, following
Moment of Forever and the boxed set, One Hell of a Ride.
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