Download or read book Little Known Facts about Country Music written by Jack Selover and published by . This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author-musician Jack Selover delves into the careers and private lives of music-makers, past and present, revealing fascinating anecdotes about the rich, and not so rich, and famous. A fast and entertaining read, boasting a Foreword by music legend Stonewall Jackson.
Download or read book The Great Book of Country written by Bill O'Neill and published by . This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is a reason why the history of country music cannot be told chronologically.It is much like the history of America itself. Different things happened at different places at the same time, and the overall result from those events is even more diversity, rather than convergence. In a way, this is both the beauty and the tragedy of country music.In The Great Book of Country Music, you'll learn the answers to the following questions: ?Where does country music come from originally??What was the main topic in early country music??The term "country" refers to what??The genre bluegrass is named after what??Who was the first woman in country to sell more than a million records?And so much more! The history of country music is not just about facts and dates. It's about understanding and connecting the dots between all those events and people who have shaped up and maintained the genre. The best way to reach this goal is, of course, to have fun along the way. And this is what we've tried to achieve in The Great Book of Country Music!One thing is guaranteed, though. Having read this book, you will never listen to country music the same way. Grab your copy right now and start your journey!
Download or read book Meeting Jimmie Rodgers written by Barry Mazor and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is the first book to explore the legacy of Jimmie Rodgers, offering a lively look at Rodgers' career, tracing his rise from working-class obscurity to the pinnacle of renown. As Mazor shows, Rodgers brought emotional clarity and a unique sense of narrative drama to every song he performed. But more than anything else, Mazor suggests, it was Rodgers' shape-shifting ability to assume many public personas--working stiff, decked-out cowboy, suave ladies' man--that connected him to a broad public and set the stage for the stars who followed.
Download or read book Country Music History written by Kenny Abdo and published by ABDO. This book was released on 2019-12-15 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title focuses on the history of country music and gives detailed information related to its origins and fun facts about superstars spanning from Johnny Cash to Carrie Underwood! This hi-lo title is complete with epic and colorful photographs, simple text, glossary, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
Download or read book Country Music Facts Figures and Fun written by Mike Evans and published by AAPPL. This book was released on 2006 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A short but comprehensive guide to country music. The evolution of an American genre from its roots in European folk music to its huge worldwide popularity with today's record-buying public. The history of the songs, stars and styles which took this music from obscurity to mainstream. Lots of facts and figures on the different styles, stars, songs and labels. Folk-singers, cowboys and rockabilly wild-men; the outlaws and the laid back West Coast scene. It's all here!
Download or read book Country written by Richard Carlin and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents brief entries covering the history, significant artists, styles and influence of country music.
Download or read book The American Country Music Trivia Book written by Darrell Sroufe and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-10-01 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Country Music Trivia Book is a collection of thousands of little known facts, snippets and tidbits about the songs, records, artists, industry and history of America's most popular musical format. Not only is it an outstanding educational volume for those interested in learning about country music, but it is also a wonderful informational volume for anyone who can't get enough of learning about their favorite music and the stars who brought... and are still bringing... it to them. In this over 360 page volume you'll learn such little known facts as Dolly Parton's mega-hit song Here You Come Again was originally intended for Brenda Lee, but she turned them down; Trace Adkins began his music career as a singer in a gospel quartet; Johnny Cash had a fear of flying, of snakes and of riding horses; Elvis Presley was originally a country music singer known as The Hillbilly Cat before becoming known as The King of Rock 'n' Roll; Kitty Wells' real name was Ellen Muriel Deason; and before becoming a world famous country music recording artist, Garth Brooks was a ditch digger and bar bouncer who graduated from college with a degree in advertising. Besides country music trivia there are extensive lists of the biggest songs and artists of country music according to authoritative documentation of country music format radio programmers, Billboard magazine country music charts, Record & Radio magazine country music charts, as well as country music television and video programmers. Also included are photos with thought proving quotes of country music legends and lyrical snippets from songs that have made the musical background of lives of country music fans for generations. Dig on in to this fun filled, often surprising, sometimes tragic, and totally fascinating collection of trivia about America's very own home grown music. Since its birth country music has steadily grown become some of the most beloved of all musical styles, not only in the USA, but all over the world. There's no denying its cultural impact and the importance of its history and people who made it happen. So sit a spell, kick your shoes off and enjoy this full-size volume of little known facts about country music, from its pioneers to its modern day troubadours, all right here in The American Country Music Trivia Book.
Download or read book Country Music written by Dayton Duncan and published by Knopf. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the twentieth century--based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019 This gorgeously illustrated and hugely entertaining history begins where country music itself emerged: the American South, where people sang to themselves and to their families at home and in church, and where they danced to fiddle tunes on Saturday nights. With the birth of radio in the 1920s, the songs moved from small towns, mountain hollers, and the wide-open West to become the music of an entire nation--a diverse range of sounds and styles from honky tonk to gospel to bluegrass to rockabilly, leading up through the decades to the music's massive commercial success today. But above all, Country Music is the story of the musicians. Here is Hank Williams's tragic honky tonk life, Dolly Parton rising to fame from a dirt-poor childhood, and Loretta Lynn turning her experiences into songs that spoke to women everywhere. Here too are interviews with the genre's biggest stars, including the likes of Merle Haggard to Garth Brooks to Rosanne Cash. Rife with rare photographs and endlessly fascinating anecdotes, the stories in this sweeping yet intimate history will captivate longtime country fans and introduce new listeners to an extraordinary body of music that lies at the very center of the American experience.
Download or read book Country Music written by Irwin Stambler and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2000-07-14 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive reference source on the history, impact, and current state of country music, offering portraits of figures in the country music world.
Download or read book Country Music Trivia and Fact Book written by Country Music Hall of Fame, and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 1996-09-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This popular question-and-answer book has been revised and updated to include the newest stars, latest songs, and most current statistics. Illustrated.
Download or read book Discovering Country Music written by Don Cusic and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-07-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discovering Country Music chronicles the incredible evolution of country music in America - from the fiddle to the pop charts - and provides an insightful account of the reasons and motives that have determined its various transformations and offshoots over the years. In order to understand what country music is, and why, it is essential to understand how it makes its money — the basic revenue streams, the major companies involved, and how country artists are booked and marketed. Author Don Cusic helps readers do that, and goes even further, covering not only the business and the technology that have shaped the industry, but also tackling the question of country's relationship to the other major genres of the American recording industry, including pop, blues, and rock music. Discovering Country Music is broken down into ten sections which include: key musical trends; ancillary business trends such as recording technology, radio, and the recording industry; and prominent artists, including as a small sample Stephen Foster, The Carter Family, Elvis, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, The Dixie Chicks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill, and Kenny Chesney. This work should appeal to fans, scholars, educators, libraries and the general reader alike.
Download or read book The Country Music Almanac written by Tom Biracree and published by Macmillan General Reference. This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A country music reference covers famous songs and the stories behind them; fascinating trivia; and profiles of such superstars as Patsy Cline, k.d. lang, Johnny Cash, Billy Ray Cyrus, and others. Original.
Download or read book The First Generation of Country Music Stars written by David Dicaire and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on 50 of the most important entertainers in the history of country music, from its beginnings in the folk music of early America through the 1970s. Divided into five distinct categories, it discusses the pioneers who brought mountain music to mass audiences; cowboys and radio stars who spread country music countrywide; honky-tonk and bluegrass musicians who differentiated country music during the 1940s; the major contributions that female artists made to the genre; and the modern country sound which dominated the genre from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. Each entry includes a brief biography of the chosen artist with special emphasis on experiences which influenced their musical careers. Covered musicians include Fiddlin' John Carson, Riley Puckett, Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Bob Wills, Bill Monroe, Hank Williams, Sr., Dale Evans, June Carter Cash, Loretta Lynn, Buck Owens, Roy Clark, Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard.
Download or read book Country Music Trivia written by and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who named Roy Acuff "The King of Country Music"? What country singers are former employees of Nashville's Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum? Which Elvis Presley hit was written by Eddie Rabbit and featured piano and background singing by Ronnie Milsap? More than 1,000 questions and answers and 50 photos will keep Country Music fans entertained for hours with some obscure and fascinating, and some better-known facts about stars, songs, history, and traditions. "Country Music Trivia" is published in cooperation with the Country Music Hall of Fame, a world-class museum that highlights the history of country music from its birth to present day. The Hall of Fame and Museum is operated by the Country Music Foundation. In addition to the wealth of information available in the book, "Country Music Trivia" includes a CD-ROM with an interactive trivia game that can be played by one or more participants. Questions in the game come up at random so you will never play the same game twice. And by the way, the answers to the questions above are: Dizzy Dean; Lisa Angelle sold admission tickets, Kathy Mattea served as a tour guide, and Restless Heart's Larry Steward worked in the museum's gift shop; "Kentucky Rain."
Download or read book The Long Gone Lonesome History of Country Music written by Bret Bertholf and published by Little Brown & Company. This book was released on 2007 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A journey through the history of country music.
Download or read book Country Music Trivia Volume 1 written by Christian Scott and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-05-18 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book comes to you from the author of 6 other books (discographies) on early music. You will find this book as interesting as it is entertaining. With 325 trivia questions in a multiple choice format and an answer key at the back of the book this is sure to be fun for the Country Music lover, collector, fan, historian and just about anybody... The period of Country Music from it's start in 1922 - 1942 is an era of fascination. So many music artists used so many different names, pseudonyms and nicknames, many recorded with each other throughout their careers. There are so many interesting facts in this book you just may be surprised by many of them - For instance; Did you know that their was a Country singer whose first name was actually "Doctor"? How about a singer who used the name "Pete The Hired Man," do you know who he was? Have you heard of "Mopey Dick"? You may have a hard time believing who he really was. Have you ever heard of "Mustard & Gravy" or "Four Pickled Peppers"? How about Jimmie Rodgers very first recorded and issued song - what was it? Do you know the Country artist who changed his name to 2 different Texas towns? Do you know which Country artist Ernest Stoneman recorded with before he went out on his own? How about the first year Patsy Montana, Uncle Dave Macon, Asa Martin made their recording debut? Do you know that Jimmie Rodgers played live on the radio - In what state? Do you know what nickname George D. Hay (from The Grand Ole Opry) gave to Uncle Dave Macon? So many more interesting questions.
Download or read book My Country written by Pamela E. Foster and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
