Radio experience and a partnership with the Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers -- a string ... In the process, he invented the sad country song formula that was later perfected by Hank Williams.

Before Ernest Tubb changed the face of country music in the 1940s, Jimmie Rodgers' widow, Carrie Rodgers, helped launch his ...

Songs she wrote but is uncredited for included ... some people assume country music had always included yodeling." Jimmie Rodgers, America's blue yodeler and a victor recording artist died ...

These songs originated in the 1930s and ;40s but became hits for some of the biggest recording artists in modern country music ...

Attendees at the 72nd annual Jimmie Rodgers Festival last week in Meridian had the opportunity to not only hear from talented ...

Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits “Honeycomb ... which signed him after hearing him perform “Honeycomb,” a song by Bob Merrill. With a style of singing and playing guitar that ...

Jimmie Rodgers, a singer who had two major hits in ... which signed him after hearing him perform “Honeycomb,” a song written by Bob Merrill. With a style of singing and playing guitar that ...

He received his first songwriting credits as Jimmie F ... with some of his popular songs were featured in commercials. Most recently in 2016, Rodgers revealed the moment he realized he wanted ...

A 72-year-old tradition continued Friday night, with day 5 of the Jimmie Rodgers festival in East Mississippi.The Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival continued at the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment ...

Jimmie Rodgers was not only the father of Country ... and we just decided well we can just go up here, sing a few songs in honor of Jimmie and remember him and place a wreath on Jimmie’s grave ...

“Secretly” is a pop song by Jimmie Rodgers, released in 1958. It tells a story of forbidden love: “Why must I meet you in a secret rendezvous? / Why must we steal away to steal a kiss or two?

Douglas B. Green Hand-colored poster advertising Gene Autry’s tribute song, “The Death of Jimmie Rodgers,” 1933. After he landed a spot on radio station WLS in Chicago, Autry dropped the ...