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

@edgarblythe,

As we all were. She was pretty sexy...like real world ...not bleach blonde and tons of makeup...(non-Connie Francis)".

"Her marriage to Ronnie Shacklett in 1963 has endured. He was able to deal with the notoriously rapacious music industry and is credited with ensuring her long-term financial success. They have two daughters, Jolie and Julie (who was named after Patsy Cline's daughter) and three grandchildren, Taylor, Jordan and Charley."

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Did you know there's thirteen hundred and fifty two guitar pickers in Nashville?

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@neko nomad,

And everyone of them can pick a guitar better than I do.

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I know how to pick a guitar, but somebody else has to play it for me. Embarrassed

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Stonewall Jackson had a huge hit with Waterloo. I like this one too

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Ferlin Husky was best known for this song as well as On the Wings of a Dove.

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Patsy Cline had just three hit songs I am aware of, yet she is remembered with as much fondness and devotion as if she had recorded hits for a long career. The two big ones were Crazy, written by Willie Nelson and recorded by her under protest and this one:

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@edgarblythe,

Let me think. FWIW, I count 4 hits:

"Walkin' After Midnight" (Don Hecht, Alan Block)
"Sweet Dreams (of You)" (Don Gibson wrote it and made it a hit first)
"Crazy" (Willie Nelson)
"I Fall to Pieces" (Hank Cochran, Harlan Howard)

She's Got You I like a lot I'm not sure that I would call it a hit (B-side).

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I had forgot about Sweet Dreams. Perhaps because I always associate it with Don Gibson.

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@edgarblythe,

Understood.

With me being raised on early and later Rock, R&B/Soul, Folk and Blues as a kid, I discovered him later around the mid-70s. He was quite a great writer and performer.

Speaking of writer/perfomers, sometimes it shocks me how long Willy Nelson has been around and that he wrote some of the biggest hits - not just in Country music but popular music. Patsy had the benefit of more sophisticated lush production (perhaps the great Owen Bradley?).

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@Ragman,

I left California at age 14, for Texas, in the last days of Dec., 1956. Nelson had already recorded Funny How Time Slips Away and I heard it on California stations seems like a year or two before.

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@edgarblythe,

Yeah! That's what I read. 1955-56! Mercy! Elvis was still wet behind the ears.

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@Ragman,

One of my favorite Willie stories is how he was busted and sold Night Life for $100.

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@edgarblythe,

Great song! What a writer. Never heard of Rusty Draper. He's pretty good too.

I wonder if Ray Charles ever sang this?

[Edit: Nope but he did (Night Time Is) The Right Time" ]

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