Modern day country music stars such as Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, George Strait and others have gotten away from the yodeling music of the 1920's that began in the South with Jimmie Rodgers (The ...

Yodeling, Depression-era bluesman Jimmie Rodgers has long been regarded as the father of country music, but in Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In the autumn of 1927, Victor Records and their talent ...

While his career was brief, James Charles Rodgers (Jimmie) influenced decades of country music artists after him and was one of the genres first stars. Now known as "The Father of Country Music," ...

On this day (July 16), in 1930, Jimmie Rodgers recorded “Blue Yodel No. 9” also called “Standing on the Corner.” The Father of Country Music enlisted some legendary musicians on the track. However, at ...

Jimmie Rodgers became known as "The Father of Country Music," but as Barry Mazor illustrates in his new book, Meeting Jimmie Rodgers, he was much more than a musical ancestor of The Outlaws. Though ...

1. Classifying Yodeled Effects in Popular Music Yodel Species -- 2. Yodel Sign and Yodel Idea in Nineteenth-Century Art Music -- 3. Yodeling in Nineteenth-Century Vocal Music -- 4. Americanizing the ...

“NOTHING seems as natural,” Gene Autry once said, “as holding a guitar in my hand and having a tune to sing.” The Singing Cowboy certainly spent a considerable amount of time hefting that instrument: ...

Jimmie Rodgers, brakeman on the Southern Railway at Meridian, Miss., his birthplace, sang in a nasal, caressing voice each morning as he strolled to work. I woke up this morning, the blues all ’round ...

Program notes by W. Ivey on container. Performer(s): Lefty Frizzell, vocals ; with instrumental ensemble. Production notes: Recorded June 1, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, February 7, and March 9, 1953. Table ...

The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is going back into the archives to release historical books about important figures in country music. The lives and careers of Country Music Hall of Fame ...