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Country Gardens" is an old English folk tune traditionally used for Morris dancing. It was introduced by traditional folk musician William Kimber to Cecil Sharp near the beginning of the twentieth century, then popularised by a diverse range of musicians from Percy Grainger and David Stanhope to Jimmie Rodgers .
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
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.
Many of the early Rodgers impersonators have remained little more than a footnote in the history of country music, such as the then 17-year-old messenger boy Bill Bruner, who filled in for the ailing Jimmie Rodgers in February 1929 and thereafter toured with tent shows as "The Singing Messenger Boy". [34]
I'm Free From The Chain Gang Now 76141-1 Sep 8, 1933 Written by Lou Herscher. Singing with guitar Yodeling My Way Back Home 76151-2 May 18, 1933 Dec 1, 1937 Singing with guitars Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me) 76160-1 Dec 20, 1933 Singing with guitars The Yodeling Ranger 76191-2 May 20, 1933 Sept 8, 1933
Horton wrote the lyrics for "New Mule Skinner Blues", Bill Monroe's second recorded version of the song. [3] The song was discussed in the Ken Burns 2019 documentary miniseries Country Music and Jimmie Rodgers' rendition was on the soundtrack album for the series.
Daddy and Home" is a song originally recorded by American country singer-songwriter, Jimmie Rodgers. It was composed by Rodgers, along with Elsie McWilliams . Rodgers first cut the song himself in 1929 and had since been recorded by a series of artists since its original composition.
Rodgers became one of Scruggs's influences, and the song became a fixture in his act. [59] Rodgers's lyrics from "Blue Yodel", "I'm gonna shoot poor Thelma/Just to see her jump and fall" inspired Johnny Cash, who listened to Rodgers, to write the line "I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" for 1955's "Folsom Prison Blues". [60]