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The eighteenth century satirical song "The Vicar of Bray" is based on the "Country Gardens" tune. Pop singer Jimmie F. Rodgers sang a version ("English Country Garden"), which reached Number 5 in the UK Singles Chart in June 1962. [8] Anglo-Australian comedian, Rolf Harris, recorded a parody of the Rodgers version in the 1970s. [9]
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.
The song he popularized, Sleep, Baby, Sleep, recorded in German and English in 1911, became a classic of American yodel music, not least because Jimmie Rodgers, revered as the "father" of country music, used it in August 1927 during his first recording session. This song can be considered the linchpin of American yodeling: composed in 1896 by S ...
He would also partner with fellow yodeller and country singer, Rosalie Allen, going on to record multiple songs and albums together. A singer, bandleader, radio and television performer, songwriter and yodeler, he starred in at least two films in the late 1940s, and had hit records as late as 1968 with "The Jimmie Rodgers Blues". [2]
The discography of Jimmie Rodgers is composed of 111 songs that spanned the blues, jazz and country music genres. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] His first recording was made on August 4, 1927, during the Bristol sessions .
"Oh-Oh, I'm Falling in Love Again" is a popular song written by Al Hoffman, Dick Manning, George David Weiss, Hugo Peretti and Luigi Creatore and published in 1958.The best-known recording of the song was done by Jimmie Rodgers, charting in 1958.
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.