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  2. Jimmie Rodgers - Wikipedia

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    James Charles Rodgers (() September 8, 1897 – () May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as the "Father of Country Music", he is best known for his distinctive yodeling. Rodgers was known as "The Singing Brakeman" and "America's Blue Yodeler". He has been cited as ...

  3. Jimmie Rodgers (pop singer) - Wikipedia

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    James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary mu

  4. Honorific nicknames in popular music - Wikipedia

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    Honorific nicknames were used in classical music in Europe even in the early 19th century, ... Jimmie Rodgers: Father of Country Music: United States [344] Amália ...

  5. The Singing Brakeman (film) - Wikipedia

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    The Singing Brakeman" was a nickname given to Rodgers in reference to his earlier work for different railroad companies. [ 7 ] An uncredited jazz band performs an excerpt of " The Memphis Blues " under the opening and closing titles. [ 8 ]

  6. Blue yodeling - Wikipedia

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    Jimmie Rodgers was the "father figure" at the beginning of blue yodeling as a mass phenomenon. All the great representatives of the genre refer to him. That is why there has been much speculation about Rodgers' own influences. It is true that there had been successful yodelers before him.

  7. Hank Snow - Wikipedia

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    After a few months, he adopted the name "The Cowboy Blue Yodeler" in homage to his idol Jimmie Rodgers, known as "America's Blue Yodeler." Since Snow's Saturday show had no sponsor, he was not paid for his performances, but he did manage to earn money playing halls and clubs in towns where people had heard him on the radio.

  8. Elton Britt - Wikipedia

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    Britt started playing guitar aged 10, most likely inspired by his family who were all also had an interest in music, and eventually Britt would discover Jimmie Rodgers, which inspired him to learn to yodel, which he learned to do exceptionally well, his breath control being so good that he could often hold his breath for minutes at a time ...

  9. Jimmie Rodgers, singer who scaled charts in ’50s ... - AOL

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    Jimmie Rodgers, a sweet-voiced singer who scaled the music charts in the 1950s and ’60s before his career was disrupted by a head injury, died Monday in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 87. Rodgers ...