In 1977
Added by sleepycreek
June 30, 2007
June 29, 2007
del wood: gliss-bliss
Del Wood
for mr. dante fontana and baikanange
| Del Wood | |
| Born: February 22, 1920 | |
| Died: October 3, 1989 | |
| WSM Grand Ole Opry |
In the cold, diffuse light of a mid-afternoon Sunday in Nashville, Tootsies Orchid Lounge sits at the feet of the Grand Old Opry--dull, drab and gray as slate.
Inside the darkness of the cavernous room with its scuffed maple flooring and echoes of laughter, hovers the must of 1951. Dozens glide in circles to the tintinnabulation of her piano's gliss-bliss, unaware of the decay. A palpable sense of history hovers close like saturnine rings of smoke in the surrounding orb of dankness.
Around and around, her fingers continue to dance on the keyboard. She's laughing easily, and furtively eyeing the girls in Poodle skirts. They glance at brilliantined boys with a blush...all seems to work.
Del Wood is recognized as being the most successful female, country,
solo instrumentalist.Her parents gave her a piano for her fifth birthday with the hope that she would become a classical pianist. Her dream-goal was the Grand Ole Opry, something she would eventually realize in her early 30s. She developed a thumping ragtime style that, in 1951, saw her record her version of the old minstrel show tune, Down Yonder...
Down Yonder soon became a national hit in both the Country and Pop categories in Billboard, and is considered to be the first million-selling record by a female artist...
her version on the Tennessee label reached # 5 in the US country charts and # 4 on the pop charts and sold an estimated three million copies. She was the first female instrumentalist to chalk up a million seller.
Shortening her married name (Adelaide-Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Del started banging around in bars and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After guesting on the Opry in 1952 and refusing the chance of playing with Bob Crosby, she joined the roster in November 1953. Her playing proved so popular that she toured with Opry shows, even to Japan. She recorded more than sixty singles and twenty-five albums, mostly for major labels: RCA, Decca, Mercury and Columbia--earning her the sobriquet Queen of Ragtime Piano.
In 1973 Jerry Lee Lewis made his first and only appearance on the Grand Ole Opry. He interrupted his performance and called Del Wood, whom he
cited as a primary influence. Together they performed Wood's hit DownYonder
which he had listened to in Ferriday by Del's earlier group, Hugh 'Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners on the Tennessee Records label in 1951.
She made a cameo appearance in Dolly Parton's 1984 film Rhinestone.
Wood remained a member of the Opry until the end of her life.
Del Wood died in 1989 and was interred in the Mount Olivet Cemetery in Nashville.
some+of+ya'll+never+been+down+south+too+much
polk salad: tony joe white
polk salad: elvis
both from: elvisking67
ElvisFootageBoss
Elvis Polk Salad Annie
early hour of Jan 1st 1977
Split screen technology provides multi synched angles from enhanced 8mm footage in a 16:9 ratio widescreeen format.
This man rocked the stage vocally and physicaly and dispelled the myths about his weight given he only had just 228 days left to live.
Elvis seemed kinda possessed in the destructive and decadent time of his life...hahaha the shadow taunting him aye.lord have mercy..the need good souls ppl
From: PappyStuckey
lustful earl and the married woman: tjw
Deep Purple - Highway Star[Original Live]
From: elvisking67
From: elvisking67
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Non-Performing Achievement: billy sherril's legacy
BILLY SHERRILL
1995 Inductee
Lifework Award for Non-Performing Achievement (mr. dante fontana and i have also won this award)
Famous as songwriter and producer, Billy Sherrill came toCountry Music form an upbringing in tent meeting gospel and a youth devoted to sax playing and piano pounding in rock 'n' roll bands.
The Phil Campbell, Alabama native moved to Nashville in
1961, where he established an independent recording studio. The
next year he joined Columbia/Epic Records as a staff producer,
and by 1966 his star began to rise with the huge success of a
Grammy winning wong he wrote and produced for Epic's David
Houston, "Almost Persuaded". That same year he signed Tammy
Wynette to Epic Records, like himself a native of Alabama, and
their association was to prove legendary.
Sherrill wrote and produced most of the songs that are synonymous
with Wynette's career:
Catalog Highlights
Stand By Your Man
Co-writer: Tammy Wynette
- Artists: Tammy Wynette
Almost Persuaded
Co-writer: Glenn Sutton
- Artists: David Houston, Dottie West, Conway Twitty, Wayne Newton, Tammy Wynette, George Jones
The Most Beautiful Girl
My Elusive Dreams
Co-writer: Norro Wilson, Rory Bourke
- Artists: Charlie Rich
Co-writer: Curly Putman
- Artists: David Houston, Tammy Wynette
Your Good Girl Is Gonna Go Bad
Co-writer: Glenn Sutton
- Artists: Tammy Wynette
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