Oral history interview with Randy Atcher; 1988 November 6; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1988 Nov. 6.

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Oral history interview with Randy Atcher; 1988 November 6; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1988 Nov. 6.

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Performer Randy Atcher talks about his career during the early years of country music. Discussion includes a brief family history; childhood memories; the start of his singing career with brother Bob Atcher; early radio and road show performances; comments on the typical country music audiences; his work on the Kentucky Play Party; his comic character Lemuel Q. Splutterfuss; working with Uncle Henry & His Mountaineers; working with Sunshine Sue & the Rock Creek Rangers; his songwriting; his enlistment in the Air Force; and efforts by Universal Studios to make him a singing cowboy star.

4 sound cassettes (4 hours)

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7772466

Country Music Foundation, Library & Media Center

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Atcher, Randy, 1918-2002

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Television personality and country music artist. Born December 7, 1918. Died October 9, 2002. Best known for his work during the 1950s-1960s as the host of two Louisville-based television shows, T-Bar-V Ranch and Hayloft Hoedown. During his later career gained a reputation as a respected reader for the American Printing House for the Blind, for whom he recorded over 600 books. From the description of Oral history interview with Randy Atcher; 1991 July 19; interview conducted by John ...

Rumble, John Woodruff

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