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Louis Marshall Jones (October 20, 1913 – February 19, 1998), known professionally as Grandpa Jones, was an American banjo player and old time/country music singer. He was inducted as a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1978.
She usually closed her monologs with the exit line, "I love you so much it hurts!" She also sang comic novelty songs and often danced with Grandpa Jones. In 1956, she made a paid appearance – $3,000, plus expenses – at the kickoff event of the first Alabama gubernatorial candidacy of segregationist George Wallace. She also appeared at an ...
One sketch of the show he appeared in regularly was "The Culhanes of Cornfield County" in which Junior, Gordie Tapp, Grandpa Jones and Lulu Roman would sit on a sofa and engage in a comedic deadpan routine: For example, in one episode each would talk about the new color TV set that had just been bought, but that they could not watch it, because ...
Grandpa Jones performed his final show at the Grand Ole Opry on Jan. 3, 1998. He suffered a stroke backstage and was taken by ambulance to a Nashville hospital. He died Feb. 19 at age 84.
Grandpa and Minnie's Kitchen – This sketch, which ran throughout most of the 1970s, spoofed TV cooking shows in which Grandpa Jones and Minnie Pearl delivered hilarious recipes that made no sense. Jerry Ralph R.B. "Bob" Bevis – This sketch appeared mostly in the 1980s, and featured Gailard Sartain as the owner of a small store/flea market ...
Quincy Jones, the legendary music producer who worked with artists such as Michael Jackson, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald and scores of other A-list acts, died Nov. 3 at the age of 91.
The following year, Akeman began working with Grandpa Jones, another old-time banjo player and comedian. [5] Jones and Akeman worked together at the Opry and many years later on the Hee Haw television series. [5] They also became neighbors in Goodlettsville, Tennessee. Akeman became a protégé of Uncle Dave Macon, one of the biggest Opry stars ...
Quincy Jones, the legendary record producer and 28-time Grammy winner, has died aged 91.His publicist confirmed he passed away on November 3 at his home in the Bel Air area of Los Angeles ...