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Question: What was the first country album to go
platinum?
Answer: "Wanted: The Outlaws" featuring Willie Nelson,
Waylon Jennings, Jessi Coulter, and Tompall Glaser was country music's
first album to be certified platinum by the RIAA.
Platinum = sales of 1,000,000 copies.
RIAA = Recording Industry Association of America |
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Question:
When Johnny
Cash first started out in music, he had a skinny guitar player who never
smiled. Do you know his name?
Answer:
Cash’s
original guitar player was Luther Perkins. Luther died in a house fire in
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Question:
My favorite
song is Willie Nelson’s “Always On My Mind.” Didn’t that song win some
kind of award?
Answer:
“Always On My
Mind” won Single Of The Year and Album Of The Year from both the Country
Music Association and The Academy Of Country Music in 1982, plus being
named CMA’s Song Of The Year. |
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Question:
Many ago, there was a
group known as The Oklahoma Wranglers. Do you know whatever happened to
them?
Answer:
The Oklahoma Wranglers
were Guy, Skeeter, and Vic Willis, who later changed their performing name
to The Willis Brothers. They joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1946 and have
all passed away. |
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Question:
Back in the 60’s,
there was a song on the radio about “misery loving company.” Do you
know the name of the singer?
Answer:
“Misery Loves
Company” was a number one for Porter Wagoner in 1962. It was on the
charts for 29 weeks. |
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Question:
Do you know the name
of the guy who called himself “Stringbean” and played the banjo on the
Opry?
Answer:
“Stringbean” was
actually David Akeman. He and his wife were murdered when they
returned home from The Opry one Saturday night in 1973.
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Question: Whatever
happened to Archie Campbell? Did he have any hit records?
Answer:
Archie placed eight
songs on the country charts between 1960 and 1973. He died of heart
failure in 1987.
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Question:
Our local radio
station played a Faron Young record the other day and they talked
about some artists’ biggest number one records. What does that mean?
How can one number one be bigger than others? |
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Answer:
They were probably
referring to how many weeks the record was in the number one spot and
how many total weeks on the charts. In the case of Faron Young, that
would have been his 1958 # one, “Alone With You,” which was in the
number one slot for 13 weeks and on the charts for a total of 29
weeks. |
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Question:
Many years ago,
there was a song on the radio by a guy about his “funny forgotten
feelings.” Do you know he correct title and the name of the singer? |
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“Funny, Familiar,
Forgotten Feelings” was Don Gibson’s 28th chart song. It
peaked at # 8 in 1966 and was on the charts for 17 weeks. |
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Do you know the
name of the guy who had the record about “Willie The Weeper,” back
in the 1960’s? |
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Answer:
“Willie The
Weeper” was Billy Walker’s 6th chart song. It peaked at
# 5 in 1962. |
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Question:
There was a
popular song back in the 50’s about “Soldier’s Joy.” Do you know
the name of the singer?
Answer:
“Soldier’s
Joy” was a # 15 hit for Hawkshaw Hawkins in 1959. It was his 7th
chart single. |
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Question:
Do you know
the name of the girl singer who was married to one of The
Wilburn Brothers and whatever happened to her? |
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Answer:
Margie Bowes
placed five songs on the country music charts between 1959 and
1964. She was married to Doyle Wilburn at one time. At last
report, she lived in Brentwood, Tennessee and was involved in
the medical field. |
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Question:
Whatever
happened to the three Glaser Brothers?
Answer:
Tompall,
Jim and Chuck Glaser split up in 1973, reunited in 1979,
then split up again in 1982. |
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Question:
There used
to be a guy who sang on the Grand Ole Opry named Roy Drusky.
I haven’t heard anything about him in years. Did he have any
hits and do you know what happened to him?
Answer:
Roy Drusky
placed 42 songs on the country charts between 1960 and 1977.
Roy died in 2004. |
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Question:
My
grandmother had an old 78 record of a song about “I’ll
Forgive You But I Can’t Forget.” The label is worn off the
record. Do you know the name of the singer?
Answer:
“I’ll
Forgive You But I Can’t Forget” was Roy Acuff’s second chart
song. It peaked at # 3 in 1944. |
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