This is the pure country music that I grew up with. The new music can't touch the old school stuff. God was a huge part of making it possible for us to savor and enjoy .Real Country can't be beat. God bless all country friends.
I am a Chilean guy who settled down in Fargo n.d. in 1996. I was in my 30’s…and going to different blues grass old time festivals, county fairs in n.d. Montana, Minnesota I learned to dance and sing those awesome songs with my broken English .. yeah baby…
Set in the old Ryman on Saturday nights watching, listening to these Grand Ole Opry stars. Stationed at Fort Campbell KY, they let us in free after the prime-time shows.
When my wife would visit her Aunt Mary and Uncle Melvin on the farm in the summer months the window that faced a local country dance hall called "Moon Light Gardens" between East Dubuque, Il and Galena, Il. was her second story bedroom. The window would be open with a screen in it. She could lay in bed on Saturday nights and listen to the country bands that were playing just a block or so away. That was in the 50's
I was 8 years old in 1956 on a dairy farm in a 2 room shack listening to this show on an old Arvin radio,first time I heard Marty Robbins. How lucky am I to have been there in the greatest era in country music.
William Carter: I was 11 years old in 56. Glad you were a fan of Marty's. That is my oldest brother, Jim Farmer on the steel guitar. Marty & Jim started their life-long career together, in Phoenix, AZ. I remember a few of their rehearsals on my family's porch. Marty & his family were like family to my family. What a wonderful blessing it was to have known Marty, his lovely wife and their two wonderful children. A blessing I will always be proud of.
@@robertfarmer7427 I was also 11 years old in 1956 and we used to gather around the radio and listen. Also later, the Friday Night Frolics. I have been performing Real Country Music since learning to play guitar at fourteen years old and still do!!
The world was a much better place and time in those days, I remember gathering round my Grandpa's old RCA radio and listening to the Grand Ole Opry every weekend, great memories!!! I'd like to go back to those days but the memories will always be there, God bless.
same here 81, we called it country and western music, them were the great times as Rock and roll was just starting.. sometimes drove ten miles just to get a radio station on the 48 ford.
This was before I was born, but it's so very good. It is good to see Roy Acuff, Marty Robbins, Little Jummy Dickens and all the the others so young. Thanks.
Grew up in Taiwan, I listened to the US Army radio and Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night. I went to Nashville twice recently. Too bad I missed the good old shows. It's good to catch them here. Thanks for uploading.
I used to listen to the Grand Ole Opry on the wireless in England by tuning in to the American Forces Network from Germany. It often faded and required much patience. That was 60 years ago - amazing that some of these programmes were recorded and can be viewed all these years later. What amazing memories these bring back -more please! Thank you for uploading.
i was a year old in 56, but i wished i could back in time, and had my aunt roberta had raised me, she would had been a better mom, did what i had. this is indeed country music, unlike trash today.
Out freakin standing! I’m 48 and love the history and tradition of American country music. I’m also not a bad guitar picker myself. Grateful for the chance to see this..
Thanks a HUGE million for this telecast of The Grand Ole Opry from 1956 as presented on ABC Television. Wonderful show with Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Little Jimmie Dickens, Marty Robbins, Joanie James, and a young June Carter (Cash), whose comic routine was pretty surprising to me. Not bad for a career singer from a family of country vocalists and musicians. I hope to see more of these classic shows on YT in the future.
@Paul Gavin He was such an obnoxious little bastard when he was young that they sent him to military school. Maybe that's where he developed his bone spurs.
This video is priceless. This was real country music. Pure, clean, and great melodies. These guys and gals just finished fighing WWII just 11 years prior. You are watching our greatest generation sing, play, and dance their hearts out !!!!
Thank you so much for the upload. It's like taking a step back in time. I was raised on the traditional country and bluegrass. I'd give anything to be watching this with my grandma, hear her sing along, watch her dance with grandpa once more. It's almost as if she's with me now. Little Jimmy Dickens and Kitty Wells were our favorites.
Dad used to take us to country shows, Sleepy Hollow Ranch, Sunset Park & don't remember other names, he got music lessons & when he was at the retirement home i would go & play for them & many times said dad thanks for getting me lessons.
I am a drummer who has always been into Hard Rock, Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple Paul Revere and the Raiders. However I found this very refreshing an interesting thanks for posting
I was 6 years old and remember this, when people were really country and played country music. Marty took them to another level and they had enough sense to know it and love it. The first song I remember was White Sport Coat By Marty.
We were married in 1956 65 years and we're still together and in all those years we continue to listen to country music and love country music today is not the same we were fortunate to make several trips to the old Ryman Auditorium it was wonderful to be there we've lost a lot of country music legends but through the but but I am thankful that we still have their music and I just love country music
Awwww Chet ❤ I studied his finger picking style in the 1970s, MA mabelle was a great picker, like June, underrated, loved, and appreciated in nashville 😊
I only lived about 80 miles from Nashville in the 50's and down on the farm in Calloway Ky we were able to get the Grand Ole Opery on our chrystal radio set. Great memories Thanks
Loved this show and Town Hall too back in the 50s. Great fun and good music. Marty Robbins had just started to emerge then. And I notice another refreshing fact. The performers and dancers didn't have any problem figuring out their sexual identity.
WSM-Clear Channel 50,000 watts. One of the three most powerful Radio signals allowed in the entire country by the Federal Government, for many years. On most nights this station could reach to Calif, Mich, & Florida, NY! Glad June got over the comic singing & went more serious.
Barbara Laird you are right she was the best woman comic bar none at that time not many know that she was married to Carl.Smith also a star of the opry
Rockin '56 WAY Down Deep South o' Dixie, Nashtown, Tenn. Hi livin', low diggin', clean preachin', dirt thinkin', fast tawkin', slow drawlin', mean pickin', soft pleasin', hard teasin', boot-scootin', BIG grinnin' - Good Ol' Boyz n Galz!!
What happened ...agriculture to ??. What are we now ? Were like the Genaral that stormed off in all directions .was great to be alive on thoes amazing times and to be part of a better world of music .great vid .thanx
Thank you JD!! Very entertaining tv I used to watch in my grandparents living room whilst on a silk pallet with 6 other cousins. Boy you didn't talk either LoL Laughing was ok tho.
Purina Dog/Cat/Chicken/Goat etc Chow. There's a house in my neighborhood that--ever since I was a kid--has had a garage door that is painted with orange/red and white squares. When I was a kid, we didn't live in this neighborhood but we'd visit family that did. Every time I passed that house I'd think of Purina Dog Chow because the garage door reminded me of that logo I'm now 52, and I live in that same neighborhood and I think that house is still there with the same color scheme.
For all of the success the Opry had on radio, the format did not translate to TV. While the Opry was produced by WSM, an NBC affiliate, the TV version was aired on ABC which also aired "Ozark Jubilee." The Jubilee had much more success on TV than the Opry telecasts. Had cameras shot an actual Ryman Auditorium Opry Saturday night show, there may have been more viewer interest. WSM produced other TV shows featuring C&W acts from the Opry. These shows such as the "Pet Milk" show ran usually 30 minutes and would feature one or two acts. The shorter format seemed to work better. During the 1950's other shows featuring Country music also were broadcast from California. They included "Hometown Jamboree", "The Spade Cooley Show", and "Town Hall Party" broadcasting three hours on Saturday nights from Compton, California. "THP" also had a filmed version , ''Ranch Party" produced for syndication by Columbia Pictures. Many complete Ozark Jubilee episodes survive and are posted elsewhere on YT along with clips of "THP", "Ranch Party" and "Hometown Jamboree". There are also episodes of two iterations of "The Jimmy Dean Show", a c.1954 filmed verson of " Town and Country Time",Deans first TV show from WDC. Clips of other WSM shows can be found along with clips of "The Porter Wagoner Show" . And, of course, " Hee Haw " , the C&W based version of "Laugh In".
In the 1955-'56 season, ABC presented a TV version of the "OPRY" once a month, on Saturdays at 8pm(et), for Ralston-Purina. It was a separate broadcast from the radio show on WSM {a nationally broadcast half-hour, for R.J. Reynolds' Prince Albert tobacco, was heard over NBC at 9:30pm(et)}. This edition was originally telecast on March 3, 1956.
After the Opry broadcast, I stayed up and listened to Smilin’ Eddie Hill’s show. He was a hoot! Wrote a song titled “Sugar Booger”. It’s (his song) on UA-cam somewhere. : ). No TV, I listened on radio.
loved it!!!! roy acuff, cuzzin minnie pearl, kitty wells, the barn dancers...i kept smiling from beginning to end. was that red foley with kitty wells? i thought red would be older, if it were he. and, joni james who i remembered as an italian girl from the bronx, singing "your cheatin' heart". she had a string of hits around that time. gotta watch some more country shows. my southern buddies in the army would always sing some lines from those songs. pat bonner
Ha Johnnie's wife right there and very obvious why he would choose her or visa versa. Wow, Little Jimmy Dickens as a young man! never seen that one even at my 70+ age. pretty cool. Only saw him as an old man in a fancy suit rerun not knowing why he was so beloved. Thanks
Wow seeing the real June Carter in the 50's!! I only remember her from the later in her career with Johnny Cash.. The real June, the young June. Nice surprise. I'm on a Minnie Pearl binge. I'm just learning about these other artists that I only have memories of their names. Thanks for posting. I hope there are more shows from the 50's.
I am doing the same trip with Ernest Tubb and Bob Wills and Grandpa Jones ,everybody thinks I look like a Skateboarding/Punk Rocker/Biker ,type dude ,I just happen to listen to all kinds of music, Cab Calloway and Carmen Miranda are on my walkman chingadera with Slayer ,Sepultura and Gwar as well as Public Enemy ,James Brown and Antonio Aguilar {las polkas} .People really trip when Frankie Yankovic comes on and I know the woids to Who Stole the Keeshka? or Pennsylvania Polka . I am so special and unique, haha yeah right, just like everybody else.
Thank you so much, Jay Crafton. As a San Francisco kid growing up in the 1950s, we had a short wave radio. I know that we were able to get Wolfman Jack on Saturday nights. Believe it or not, we were able to get the Grand Ol Opry. Did they have an especially strong signal? Love to know if it could have possibly be true. I know we were able to get the BBC News from London. I don't think I was listening to local (SF Bay Area) rebroadcasts of the Grand Ol Opry. Loved the voices and loved the songs.
Thank you very much, Jim Sober. That short wave radio used to get the BBC in London and Wolfman Jack at the Mexican border. I don't know why I was so dubious about my memory and the Grand Ol Opry. Thanks for the information. I'm just about to celebrate my 65th and it's nice to know my memory is still intact.
WSM was one of the powerhouse AM stations when the US still had the clear channel stations around the country. Especially on winter nights, those big power stations could be heard all over North America without interference. I've been an amateur radio operator since the early 60s and I've spent plenty of time listening to AM and shortwave radio.
Shizue Leigh Hicks. You were picking it up on AM we used to listen to some radio station outta Chicago and FM I don't think travels that far I could be wrong but don't think so also look how far those Ham radios will reach !!!! Peace
This is the pure country music that I grew up with. The new music can't touch the old school stuff. God was a huge part of making it possible for us to savor and enjoy .Real Country can't be beat. God bless all country friends.
I am a Chilean guy who settled down in Fargo n.d. in 1996. I was in my 30’s…and going to different blues grass old time festivals, county fairs in n.d. Montana, Minnesota I learned to dance and sing those awesome songs with my broken English .. yeah baby…
This country music I don't know what to call the noise they do today
Set in the old Ryman on Saturday nights watching, listening to these Grand Ole Opry stars. Stationed at Fort Campbell KY, they let us in free after the prime-time shows.
Kitty Wells,the undeniable QUEEN OF COUNTRY MUSIC!!!
you got that right, I was 16 when this was filmed her voice could be picked out of a million.
She definitely doesn’t get the credit she deserves.
When my wife would visit her Aunt Mary and Uncle Melvin on the farm in the summer months the window that faced a local country dance hall called "Moon Light Gardens" between East Dubuque, Il and Galena, Il. was her second story bedroom. The window would be open with a screen in it. She could lay in bed on Saturday nights and listen to the country bands that were playing just a block or so away. That was in the 50's
That must have been so nice.
I was 8 years old in 1956 on a dairy farm in a 2 room shack listening to this show on an old Arvin radio,first time I heard Marty Robbins. How lucky am I to have been there in the greatest era in country music.
William Carter: I was 11 years old in 56. Glad you were a fan of Marty's. That is my oldest brother, Jim Farmer on the steel guitar. Marty & Jim started their life-long career together, in Phoenix, AZ. I remember a few of their rehearsals on my family's porch. Marty & his family were like family to my family. What a wonderful blessing it was to have known Marty, his lovely wife and their two wonderful children. A blessing I will always be proud of.
Me too
@@robertfarmer7427 I was also 11 years old in 1956 and we used to gather around the radio and listen. Also later, the Friday Night Frolics. I have been performing Real Country Music since learning to play guitar at fourteen years old and still do!!
@@phileddings150 Ditto..I still do as well...been doing it since about 17...I have aot of fun with it, meet a lot of nice folks...
Yes sir we sure were, what a Lost Paradise of music long live Marty Robbins!!!!
The Great Speckled Bird....Roy Acuff.... The Best Ever... loved the voice and Song.
The world was a much better place and time in those days, I remember gathering round my Grandpa's old RCA radio and listening to the Grand Ole Opry every weekend, great memories!!! I'd like to go back to those days but the memories will always be there, God bless.
I graduated from high school in 1956, loved country then and now at 82, I still do.
God Bless you my friend!!! I was born in February of 59 and I love it all to this day.
same here 81, we called it country and western music, them were the great times as Rock and roll was just starting.. sometimes drove ten miles just to get a radio station on the 48 ford.
This was before I was born, but it's so very good. It is good to see Roy Acuff, Marty Robbins, Little Jummy Dickens and all the the others so young. Thanks.
Grew up in Taiwan, I listened to the US Army radio and Grand Ole Opry every Saturday night. I went to Nashville twice recently. Too bad I missed the good old shows. It's good to catch them here. Thanks for uploading.
Seeing june carter and maybelle and the carter family gals is pricleles👍❤️👶👨❤️💋👨
I used to listen to the Grand Ole Opry on the wireless in England by tuning in to the American Forces Network from Germany. It often faded and required much patience. That was 60 years ago - amazing that some of these programmes were recorded and can be viewed all these years later. What amazing memories these bring back -more please! Thank you for uploading.
Thank you Sir for your service.
Yes. Thank you for your service to the country.
Would be nice if all the recorded shows could be on DVD for the buying. Have a blast every Saturday night at home watching all the legends again.
i was a year old in 56, but i wished i could back in time, and had my aunt roberta had raised me, she would had been a better mom, did what i had. this is indeed country music, unlike trash today.
I’ll
those old Purina ads are interesting; there were still a lot of small family farms then before big corporation took over ag
Out freakin standing! I’m 48 and love the history and tradition of American country music. I’m also not a bad guitar picker myself. Grateful for the chance to see this..
Mother Maybelline stuck up for lil Chet Atkins, if it wasn't for her ...😊
Thanks a HUGE million for this telecast of The Grand Ole Opry from 1956 as presented on ABC Television. Wonderful show with Minnie Pearl, Roy Acuff, Little Jimmie Dickens, Marty Robbins, Joanie James, and a young June Carter (Cash), whose comic routine was pretty surprising to me. Not bad for a career singer from a family of country vocalists and musicians. I hope to see more of these classic shows on YT in the future.
I could listen to Johnny & Jack sing all night. What a great duo!
Great seeing a young Chet Atkins , this was over 60 years ago but even today nobody you won’t find anyone who played like him
Loved watching this in 2019. Seems like the world was a much better place back then.
Bryson patterson In many ways it was; in other ways not quite. But I would like to have a chance to have many of these things in our world again.
The world was a better place ..... no Donald Trump.
@@MickTheQuickk Donald Trump was 10 years old then.
@Paul Gavin He was such an obnoxious little bastard when he was young that they sent him to military school. Maybe that's where he developed his bone spurs.
It was
Beautiful, young dancers and Joni James was marvelous.
Pure Americana. I was 12 years-old when I first saw this on our 12-inch tv. Thank you for uploading this video.
Joni James (dancer, big band & pop singer) took Cheating Heart to #2 on the BB Pop chart in 1953.
I was just thinking that, she sing s back of the beat some.
Those square dancers were great. Good to see Kitty Wells!
This video is priceless. This was real country music. Pure, clean, and great melodies. These guys and gals just finished fighing WWII just 11 years prior. You are watching our greatest generation sing, play, and dance their hearts out !!!!
Well said and well put !! :-)
Thank you so much for the upload. It's like taking a step back in time. I was raised on the traditional country and bluegrass. I'd give anything to be watching this with my grandma, hear her sing along, watch her dance with grandpa once more. It's almost as if she's with me now. Little Jimmy Dickens and Kitty Wells were our favorites.
When it was really country music!
Well said and well put !! :-)
Dad used to take us to country shows, Sleepy Hollow Ranch, Sunset Park & don't remember other names, he got music lessons & when he was at the retirement home i would go & play for them & many times said dad thanks for getting me lessons.
Great show great entertainers. When country music was all country. Not like the garbage coming out of Nashville today
When Hank Williams was alive the words"country singer" was never used with Williams himself, called a "folk singer"
Kitty Wells and Ray Crisp--absolutely priceless!
This is entirely wonderful !! Thank you.
This is amazing! Makes me think about daddy. Then you have to stop and think about the beautiful history. Thanks for sharing.
I am a drummer who has always been into Hard Rock, Led Zeppelin Black Sabbath Deep Purple Paul Revere and the Raiders. However I found this very refreshing an interesting thanks for posting
Love this music & this show
Greatest music ever
I was - 9 years old in 56 this has been interesting and entertaining thanks
I was 6 years old and remember this, when people were really country and played country music. Marty took them to another level and they had enough sense to know it and love it. The first song I remember was White Sport Coat By Marty.
"Did you go to school stupid?".
"Yeah, and I came out the same way!". 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hahahahahahahahahaaaaaa....
I love the music in the 50s and the 60s, I went in the air force 1958 great memories
Thank you for your service.
@@patriciajrs46 , I still like good country music, enjoy have fun.
I'm 34 and I'm French. I'm so happy to see that specially when Chet Atkins is playin Wildwood Flower
We were married in 1956 65 years and we're still together and in all those years we continue to listen to country music and love country music today is not the same we were fortunate to make several trips to the old Ryman Auditorium it was wonderful to be there we've lost a lot of country music legends but through the but but I am thankful that we still have their music and I just love country music
King
Awwww Chet ❤ I studied his finger picking style in the 1970s, MA mabelle was a great picker, like June, underrated, loved, and appreciated in nashville 😊
Django ❤
Free range , organic. Much much healthier thank you. Starting way back then ???growth ??? Etc
Great memories of my youth . Listened every sat nite
I loved the talented, young clog square dancers. This was filmed the year I was born.
This brings back memories
Good God the world needed Elvis in 1956. This is painful
GOOD CLASSIC MUSIC
I'm just so proud to be here. I was 1 year old when this aired.
Have always loved the old times stars grew up with them an Kitty Wells was a favorite still is
When country music really WAS country music...
What a treasure. I was 6 years old and my family had just moved from Kentucky to Ohio. I was one homesick little girl
I only lived about 80 miles from Nashville in the 50's and down on the farm in Calloway Ky we were able to get the Grand Ole Opery on our chrystal radio set. Great memories Thanks
Mr Roy still looking young in this piece 😊
Loved this show and Town Hall too back in the 50s. Great fun and good music. Marty Robbins had just started to emerge then. And I notice another refreshing fact. The performers and dancers didn't have any problem figuring out their sexual identity.
I was six years old then. I don’t know if I even knew TV existed.
"Be sure to see Ralston-Purina's 'ETHEL AND ALBERT'- this Friday night, over most of these stations."
I see the spunky attitude of June Carter and can’t help imagining Young Johnny Cash at home listening and crushing on her
Super STARS and I don't mean the chickens !!! ! I Love this Beautiful video of the PAST Thank you so much!!!!
I have a notion to second that emotion !!
WSM-Clear Channel 50,000 watts. One of the three most powerful Radio signals allowed in the entire country by the Federal Government, for many years.
On most nights this station could reach to Calif, Mich, & Florida, NY! Glad June got over the comic singing & went more serious.
JD, thank you for your awesome posts! I enjoyed the commercials too.
That June Carter was something else!
Barbara Laird you are right she was the best woman comic bar none at that time not many know that she was married to Carl.Smith also a star of the opry
And purty too!
All I can say is..........
*Yeehaw! I want some more!*
Wow! Two Chuck Berry tunes!
I was thinking the same thing.
I liked the skirts they wore in those days !
Real country music. Way before i was born but love it. Thanks for posting.
Rockin '56 WAY Down Deep South o' Dixie, Nashtown, Tenn. Hi livin', low diggin', clean preachin', dirt thinkin', fast tawkin', slow drawlin', mean pickin', soft pleasin', hard teasin', boot-scootin', BIG grinnin' - Good Ol' Boyz n Galz!!
A relic gem!
Chet Atkins. Good lord, I wish I could play like that.
Me too!
Practice, practice, practice.
Miss the square dance on televised Opry now. I was 1 year old when this was filmed.
The good old days.....
What happened ...agriculture to ??. What are we now ? Were like the Genaral that stormed off in all directions .was great to be alive on thoes amazing times and to be part of a better world of music .great vid .thanx
Enjoying. Very nice
Great Gem Thank you
Thank you JD!! Very entertaining tv I used to watch in my grandparents living room whilst on a silk pallet with 6 other cousins. Boy you didn't talk either LoL Laughing was ok tho.
June Carter was Country Western Royalty a Princess. She earned Respect.
And purty too!
I only wish the Kate Smith Evening Hour shows with the Opry could be uploaded in this quality.
Purina Dog/Cat/Chicken/Goat etc Chow. There's a house in my neighborhood that--ever since I was a kid--has had a garage door that is painted with orange/red and white squares. When I was a kid, we didn't live in this neighborhood but we'd visit family that did. Every time I passed that house I'd think of Purina Dog Chow because the garage door reminded me of that logo
I'm now 52, and I live in that same neighborhood and I think that house is still there with the same color scheme.
great Music1
For all of the success the Opry had on radio, the format did not translate to TV.
While the Opry was produced by WSM, an NBC affiliate, the TV version was aired on ABC which also aired "Ozark Jubilee."
The Jubilee had much more success on TV than the Opry telecasts.
Had cameras shot an actual Ryman Auditorium Opry Saturday night show, there may have been more viewer interest.
WSM produced other TV shows featuring C&W acts from the Opry. These shows such as the "Pet Milk" show ran usually 30 minutes and would feature one or two acts. The shorter format seemed to work better.
During the 1950's other shows featuring Country music also were broadcast from California. They included "Hometown Jamboree", "The Spade Cooley Show", and "Town Hall Party" broadcasting three hours on Saturday nights from Compton, California.
"THP" also had a filmed version , ''Ranch Party" produced for syndication by Columbia Pictures.
Many complete Ozark Jubilee episodes survive and are posted elsewhere on YT along with clips of "THP", "Ranch Party" and "Hometown Jamboree".
There are also episodes of two iterations of "The Jimmy Dean Show", a c.1954 filmed verson of " Town and Country Time",Deans first TV show from WDC.
Clips of other WSM shows can be found along with
clips of "The Porter Wagoner Show" . And, of course, " Hee Haw " , the C&W based version of "Laugh In".
In the 1955-'56 season, ABC presented a TV version of the "OPRY" once a month, on Saturdays at 8pm(et), for Ralston-Purina. It was a separate broadcast from the radio show on WSM {a nationally broadcast half-hour, for R.J. Reynolds' Prince Albert tobacco, was heard over NBC at 9:30pm(et)}. This edition was originally telecast on March 3, 1956.
What the hell has happened to the world.Great music and having fun is all they needed back than
One year before I was born!
They don’ make music like this know more.
They don't spell no "know" no more either.
After the Opry broadcast, I stayed up and listened to Smilin’ Eddie Hill’s show. He was a hoot! Wrote a song titled “Sugar Booger”. It’s (his song) on UA-cam somewhere. : ). No TV, I listened on radio.
Will they ever bring back the grand ol opry on reruns again
No. It would overshadow the crap they have now. Can't afford it.
loved it!!!! roy acuff, cuzzin minnie pearl, kitty wells, the barn dancers...i kept smiling from beginning to end. was that red foley with kitty wells? i thought red would be older, if it were he. and, joni james who i remembered as an italian girl from the bronx, singing "your cheatin' heart". she had a string of hits around that time. gotta watch some more country shows. my southern buddies in the army would always sing some lines from those songs. pat bonner
The early country music duo Tom Darby and Jimmie Tarlton performed and recorded The traditional country song "Columbus Stockade Blues" in 1927.
Ha Johnnie's wife right there and very obvious why he would choose her or visa versa. Wow, Little Jimmy Dickens as a young man! never seen that one even at my 70+ age. pretty cool. Only saw him as an old man in a fancy suit rerun not knowing why he was so beloved. Thanks
Let's keep me family and friends near to me.
Grand old oprey soul.
Alva Nita Bell
...where did the good times go...where did the good times go ❓( Merle Haggard )
Inked the skirts they had back then !
Performance inesquecíveis, de mitos que já se foram, gostei. maneco - PortoAlegre-RS - Brasil.
This, of course, sounds cliche, but they don’t make ‘em like that anymore!
Wow seeing the real June Carter in the 50's!! I only remember her from the later in her career with Johnny Cash.. The real June, the young June. Nice surprise. I'm on a Minnie Pearl binge. I'm just learning about these other artists that I only have memories of their names. Thanks for posting. I hope there are more shows from the 50's.
I am doing the same trip with Ernest Tubb and Bob Wills and Grandpa Jones ,everybody thinks I look like a Skateboarding/Punk Rocker/Biker ,type dude ,I just happen to listen to all kinds of music, Cab Calloway and Carmen Miranda are on my walkman chingadera with Slayer ,Sepultura and Gwar as well as Public Enemy ,James Brown and Antonio Aguilar {las polkas} .People really trip when Frankie Yankovic comes on and I know the woids to Who Stole the Keeshka? or Pennsylvania Polka
. I am so special and unique, haha yeah right, just like everybody else.
Even on utube the commercials are at a higher volume
June Carter Cash
I was 11 years old in 1935
This was 1956
Time pass too fast...what a treat my dear friends
Thank you so much, Jay Crafton. As a San Francisco kid growing up in the 1950s, we had a short wave radio. I know that we were able to get Wolfman Jack on Saturday nights. Believe it or not, we were able to get the Grand Ol Opry. Did they have an especially strong signal? Love to know if it could have possibly be true.
I know we were able to get the BBC News from London. I don't think I was listening to local (SF Bay Area) rebroadcasts of the Grand Ol Opry. Loved the voices and loved the songs.
WSM out of Nashville was a 50,000 watt clear channel station. It was very likely you listened to their direct signal in San Francisco.
Thank you very much, Jim Sober. That short wave radio used to get the BBC in London and Wolfman Jack at the Mexican border. I don't know why I was so dubious about my memory and the Grand Ol Opry. Thanks for the information. I'm just about to celebrate my 65th and it's nice to know my memory is still intact.
WSM was one of the powerhouse AM stations when the US still had the clear channel stations around the country. Especially on winter nights, those big power stations could be heard all over North America without interference. I've been an amateur radio operator since the early 60s and I've spent plenty of time listening to AM and shortwave radio.
Shizue Leigh Hicks t
Shizue Leigh Hicks. You were picking it up on AM we used to listen to some radio station outta Chicago and FM I don't think travels that far I could be wrong but don't think so also look how far those Ham radios will reach !!!! Peace
Mother Maybelle covering Chuck Berry, haha! Never heard that (THIRTY DAYS)...
And Oswald covering Woody Guthrie's 'Columbus Stockade'.
58:00 Nashville ... RIP old nashvile 😢❤😢
The show, That Nashville Music, was also sponsored by Purina.