Harpo Kidwell papers, 1937-1978.

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Harpo Kidwell papers, 1937-1978.

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These papers consist of fifty-two photographs, a single piece of sheet music, three folders of printed materials, and one oversize folder relating to Harpo Kidwell and his career in country music. Included in the photographs are images of Kidwell alone, of Kidwell with various groups with whom he performed, and of other contemporary country musicians. The sheet music is a photocopy of "Moss Covered Mill," with words and music by Pete Cassell and Harpo Kidwell. The first of the three folders contains a letter and photocopies of handbills, programs, and clippings about Kidwell and his appearances in Ohio and Georgia. The second folder includes photocopies of WLW log sheets from 1952. In the third folder is a photocopy of an undated magazine titled Country Song Roundup that includes an article on the "Midwestern Hayride," the WLW show in which Kidwell appeared during the 1950s.

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WLW (Radio Station : Cincinnati, Ohio)

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WSB (Radio station : Atlanta, Ga.)

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WSB (Welcome South, Brother) Radio, the first radio station in the south, began broadcasting on March 15, 1922. From the description of WSB Radio Broadcasting Script, 1939. (Georgia Institute of Technology). WorldCat record id: 50144464 WSB Radio was the first radio station to broadcast from the city of Atlanta, with its first broadcast on March 15, 1922. The station was originally owned and operated by the Atlanta journal newspaper. Both the Atlanta journal and WSB were pur...

Kidwell, Harpo (Horace), 1910-2003.

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Horace "Harpo" Kidwell was born on December 18, 1910, in South Irvine, Kentucky. As a member of Glenn Hughes's Roundup Gang, Kidwell primarily established himself as one of the most popular, well-known harmonica players active in Atlanta's early country music scene. Along with harmonica, he played guitar and sang, appearing on WSB Radio's "Cross Roads Follies" program from 1941 to 1953, later moving north to work on WLW's "Midwestern Hayride," broadcast out of Cincinnati simultaneously on radio ...