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"Letters Have No Arms" is a country music song written by Ernest Tubb and Arbie Gibson, sung by Tubb, and released on the Decca label. In February 1950, it reached No. 2 on the country juke box chart. [1] It spent 17 weeks on the charts and was the No. 20 juke box country record of 1950. [2] [1]
"Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.
"The Grand Tour" is a song made famous by country music singer George Jones.Originally released in 1974, the song was the title track to his album released that year. The song became Jones' sixth No. 1 song (fifth if only solo entries are considered) on Billboard ' s Hot Country Singles chart in August 1974, and was the fourth-biggest hit of the year. [1]
It was hailed by critics as one of the best albums of the year and made the critics top 10 of the year lists for The Washington Post, Billboard, Dallas Morning News, and Country Music People. The album itself has brought prestige and was nominated for many awards such as an Academy of Country Music Nomination for "Top New Female Vocalist." The ...
The vi chord before the IV chord in this progression (creating I–vi–IV–V–I) is used as a means to prolong the tonic chord, as the vi or submediant chord is commonly used as a substitute for the tonic chord, and to ease the voice leading of the bass line: in a I–vi–IV–V–I progression (without any chordal inversions) the bass ...
Seventh chords are a type of chord that includes the 7th scale degree (that is, the 7th note of the scale). There are different types of 7th chords such as major 7ths, dominant 7ths, minor 7ths, half diminished 7ths, and fully diminished 7ths. [8] These chords are similar with slight changes, but are all centered around the same key center.
"It's Been So Long, Darling" is a 1945 song by Ernest Tubb. "It's Been So Long, Darling" was Ernest Tubb's seventh chart entry on the country charts and his second to make it to number one, where it stayed for four weeks and a total of thirteen weeks on the chart.
CMT Pure Country, the all-music counterpart to CMT, relegated its classic country programming to a daily half-hour block known as "Pure Vintage" before abandoning classic country altogether by 2015. (Complicating matters somewhat is a relative lack of music videos for country music songs before the 1980s.)