Marcus Dupont Williams was a Texan, born in Midlothian and a graduate of the University of Texas who became Brunswick Records' most noted cowboy singer. A native of Ellis County, south of Dallas, he grew up near the town of Midlothian and may or may not have actually worked for some time in early adulthood as a cattle herder.

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The music inspired Bob and he began to think of himself performing for audiences on the radio. In 1942, Bob and his two brothers, "Pee Wee" and Jimmie, enjoyed their first broadcast over the radio as guests on radio station WLBJ in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Back in 1953 and 1954, Gary Williams had his own sponsored radio show out of Spokane, Washington. In May 1954 he achieved a bit of name for himself by hitch-hiking to the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Day in Meredian, Mississippi.

Woody traveled a lot from radio station to radio station as many hillbilly music artists would do in that era. For a time, he was with John Lair's Renfro Valley Barn Dance. Burrowing into our collection, we can perhaps piece together a bit of a timeline of his movements.

Hiram King Williams, known to the world as Hank, was 29 years old and on his way to a performance in Canton, Ohio, when he died on New Year s Day in 1953. Your Cheatin Heart entered the country music charts February 21, 1953 and made it …

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The record also scored a # 62 on the pop music charts. —Aug 9, 2010. What's New - Featured Articles WSM Grand Ole Opry — WSM went on the air on October 5, 1925 to much fanfare. A fellow from WLS in Chicago, George D. Hay, came to Nashville to be a part of that first broadcast. What would become the Grand Ole Opry went on the air November 28 ...

Hank Williams The Biography, By Colin Escott with George Merritt and William MacEwen: ... Alabama resident Barbara Wyrick, who began her musical career on the road as a back-up singer for Ronnie Milsap, after moving to Nashville, Tennessee in the early 1980’s. As a writer, she gained her first number one with Janie Fricke’s “Tell Me A Lie ...

In The Ghetto Some recording artists make it a point to avoid issues like social or racial unrest, while others meet it head on. The year 1969 was a time for both and while several in the Elvis Presley organization was against the idea Elvis met the issues head-on with the release of a Mac Davis tune titled In The Ghetto. Elvis recorded the song …