Southern Folklife Collection fan club newsletters, 1952-1998.

Monroe, Bill, 1911-1996

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Bill Monroe (1911-1984), Anglo-American mandolin player, singer, and songwriter known as the "Father of Bluegrass", from Rosine, Ky.; and his band, the Blue Grass Boys, featuring banjo player Earl Scruggs of Flint Hill, N.C. From the description of John Edwards memorial collection, 1940s. WorldCat record id: 27189199 Pioneer bluegrass performer. Born September 13, 1911. Died September 9, 1996. Full name: William Smith Monroe. Career active 1920s-1990s. Known as the Father of...

Pride, Charley, 1938-2020

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Country music performer. Born March 18, 1938. Career most active 1960s-1980s. Full name: Charley Frank Pride. Country music's first modern African-American superstar. Rose to fame as an RCA recording artist in the late 1960s. Hit recordings include "Is Anybody Goin' to San Antone," and "Kiss An Angel Good Morning." Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with Charley Pride; 1997; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1997. (Country Music Fo...

Lynn, Loretta, 1932-

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Country performer. Born April 14, 1935. Real name: Loretta Webb. Country music performer, songwriter, and recording artist who broke new ground for women in country music. Rose to fame in the late 1960s. Won the Country Music Association (CMA) Female Vocalist of the Year, 1967, 1972, and 1973. Won the CMA Vocal Duo of the Year (with Conway Twitty), 1972. Won the CMA Entertainer of the Year, 1972. Her credits include "Coal Miner's Daughter," "Fist City," and "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man." Me...

Tubb, Ernest, 1914-1984

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Ernest Tubb (1914-1984) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist, and one of the pioneers of the honky tonk style of country music. Tubb was a member of the Grand Ole Opry, and toured with is band, the Texas Troubadours....

Cash, Johnny, 1932-2003

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Johnny Cash was an American singer, songwriter, musician, and actor. He was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the train-like chugging guitar rhythms, free prison concerts, and a trademark all-black stage wardrobe which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". Born to poor cotton farmers in Kingsland, Arkansas, Cash rose to fame in the burgeoning rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after four years in the Air Force. Cash is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, ...

Wiggins, Caroline

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Montgomery, Melba

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Bee, Betty 1963-

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Prophet, Orval

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Durham, Bobby

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Martin, Billy R.

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Rivers, Tom, musician.

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Reeves, Del

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Martin, Jimmy, 1927-2005

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Bluegrass performer. Born August 10, 1927. Full name: James Henry Martin. Guitarist and lead singer for Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, 1949-1954. Successful performer, songwriter, and recording artist. His recording credits include the bluegrass standards "Rock Hearts," "Sophronie," "Hold Whatcha Got," "Widow Maker," and "The Sunny Side of the Mountain." Member, International Bluegrass Music Hall of Honor. From the description of Oral history interview with Jimmy Martin; 1993 Decembe...

Stanley Brothers

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Snow, Hank

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Country music performer. Born May 9, 1914. Died December 20, 1999. Full name: Clarence Eugene Snow. Canadian-born country star. Career active 1930s-1980s. Known for his tradition-oriented, fiddle-and-steel sound, distinctive nasal voice, and western costumes. Emerged as a major star on the Grand Ole Opry during the 1950s. Recorded for RCA 1930s-1970s. Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. Member, Country Music Hall of Fame. From the description of Oral history interview with Ha...

Boyd, Bill, 1910-1977

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Bill Boyd was born September 29, 1913, and grew up on a ranch in Fannin County, Texas. He began his radio career as a teenager at radio station WRR in Dallas, Texas, performing as a Lone Singing Cowboy and His Guitar, until he formed a band, Bill Boyd and His Cowboy Ramblers. The group performed a very popular live program for the station and made frequent personal appearances at dances, concerts, and fairs throughout Texas. In 1934, Boyd contracted to record on RCA's Bl...

Stone, Jim, musician.

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West, Dottie, 1932-1991

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Dottie West (born Dorothy Marie Marsh; October 11, 1932 – September 4, 1991) was an American country music singer and songwriter. Along with her friends and fellow recording artists Patsy Cline and Loretta Lynn, she is considered one of the genre's most influential and groundbreaking female artists. West's career started in the 1960s, with her top-10 hit "Here Comes My Baby Back Again", which won her a Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance in 1965, the first woman in country mus...

Collins, Tommy

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Mountain Music Boys

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Stearns, June

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Anderson, Bill, 1937-

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Country performer and songwriter. Born November 1, 1937. Full name: James William Anderson III. Songwriter, recording artist, and television host. Known as "Whisperin' Bill" for his distinctive vocal style. His songwriting credits include "City Lights" (recorded by Ray Price, 1958; Mickey Gilley, 1974), and "Saginaw, Michigan" (recorded by Lefty Frizzell, 1964). Also wrote several of his own hit songs, including "Mama Sang A Song," "Still," and "Po' Folks." Member, Nashville Songwriters Hall of ...

Erwin, Durward.

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Montana, Patsy

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Country performer. Born October 30, 1908. Died May 3, 1996. Real name: Rubye Blevins. Popular performer and recording artist, recognized for her cowgirl image and western style performances, including yodeling. Best known for her 1935 hit "I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart," which became the first million-seller for a female country & western performer. From the description of Oral history interview with Patsy Montana; 1984 June 9; interview conducted by John W. Rumble. 1984 Jun...

International Fan Club Organization

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International Council of Fan Clubs.

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Atkins, Chet, 1924-2001

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Chester Burton Atkins (June 20, 1924 – June 30, 2001), also known as "Mr. Guitar" and "The Country Gentleman", was an American musician who, along with Owen Bradley and Bob Ferguson, helped create the Nashville sound, the country music style which expanded its appeal to adult pop music fans. He was primarily a guitarist, but he also played the mandolin, fiddle, banjo, and ukulele, and occasionally sang. Atkins's signature picking style was inspired by Merle Travis. Other major guitar influenc...

Carter Family (Musical group)

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Moore, Bobbie

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Stone, Lyn

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Crane, Troy.

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Robertson, Texas Jim

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Texas Jim Robertson, Anglo-American country and western singer, was a radio celebrity in the 1940s. From the description of John Edwards memorial collection, 1940s. WorldCat record id: 27189108 ...

Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933

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Reeves, Jim.

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Emmons, Blake

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O'Gwynn, James

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Jim and Jesse

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