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A BIG RECORD ON THIS DAY IN 1942

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Ella Mae Morse

"Cow Cow Boogie” was written for the 1942 Abbott & Costello film Ride’ Em 
Cowboy
, which included Ella Fitzgerald as a cast member. The song was
recorded by 17- year-old Ella Mae Morse with the music of
Freddie Slack
& his Orchestra.  It was the first release by Capitol Records and their first
million seller. Ella never obtained a huge following, but continued to record
until 1957. She died of respiratory failure in 1999 at age 75.

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‘’MR. COUNTRY ROCK’’ IS 74 TODAY

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Billy "Crash" Craddock

Craddock is a country and rockabilly singer who first gained fame 
in Australia in the 1950s with a string of hits.Switching to country 
music, he gained popularity in the U.S.in the 1970s with ten country 
hits, several of which went number one, including "Rub It In", "Broken
Down in Tiny Pieces
", and "Ruby Baby”.

 

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A GOLDEN VOICE IS SILENT AT 81!

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      George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 – April 26, 2013)

Country music star George Jones died early in the morning. He had been
hospitalized since April 18 at Vanderbilt University Hospital in Nashville with
fever and irregular blood pressure.
       

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