Country Music of the 40s, 50s and Early 60s

Jimmy Wakely - My Only Sunshine

Lil Linn and the Lookout Boys - Open Road

I can remember this one from over the radio back before I was old enough to go
to school.



Appears to be a clip from a movie.

I only recall the Hank Snow remake, in the 1950s, neko.

Bob Wills - Across the Alley from the Alamo

Those forties songs bring up incidental recollections
to the old geezers here, ed.



I remember two homes along the way to school had this in the window.

I never saw those, neko.

That, and these were part of the scene for a schoolaged kid back then,ed.

I got these in the classroom, one stamp at a time.. Dimes were hard to come by for me.


Never got the bond.

These looked like dime wannabe's:

In the late fifties, I was stationed at Ben Guerier AFB in Morocco, and all my hutmates were country music fans. I heard it 24/7, and got "hooked" on it for a few years after that. I can listen to some today, but my favorites are jazz, classical, blues, and the others hits of that period - 40's, 50's and early 60's.

I have one of those pennies, neko.

It was made the year I turned one.

Yea, copper was in short supply, so the treasury used zinc. I think those copper ones have a pretty good value on them.

There is a thread about George Jones but not one to my liking. George was an amazing talent and an artist of the caliber of Hank Williams. From White Lightnin' to Don't Need No Rocking Chair, he never failed to deliver. He could have you in tears one minute, with a song like He Stopped Loving Her Today, and laughing the next with perhaps Hotter Than a Two Dollar Pistol. I will miss him.

George was one of my early favorites. Always could be relied on for good sound and that distinctive voice. Sad to learn of his demise.

Personal tops which conveyed emotions well were Good Year For The Roses and The Door (and several more).

Pardon me if it is a repeat but I checked as far as the first 3 pages and somehow didn't see this famous Kitty Wells (and almost everyone else in country music) song.

\For years, I thought that this Heartaches by the Number was the song called Crazy Arms. I just learned that they're 2 different songs, that many artists, like Ray Price, meld together in a medley.

This clip shows her truly effortless and pure singing style. In the reproduction of the (non-stereo) channels, the mix-down of the instrumentals totally eliminates some great work. Sadly, I couldn't find a better audio recording online done by her.