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Classics (George Canyon Album)
''Classics'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian country music singer George Canyon. The album is a collection of classic country songs covered by Canyon. Of the album, Canyon said: Track listing # "Ring of Fire" (June Carter Cash, Merle Kilgore) – 2:43 # "Seven Spanish Angels" (Troy Seals, Eddie Setser) – 4:01 # " Theme From 'The Dukes of Hazzard' (Good Ol' Boys)" (Waylon Jennings) – 2:37 # "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" (Bobby Emmons, Chips Moman) – 3:27 # "Good Hearted Woman" (Jennings, Willie Nelson) – 3:37 # "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (Bobby Braddock, Curly Putman) – 3:23 # " You're My Best Friend" (Wayland Holyfield) – 2:37 # "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" (Ben Peters) – 2:06 # "Okie from Muskogee" (Roy Edward Burris, Merle Haggard) – 2:46 # " Hello Darlin'" (Conway Twitty) – 2:28 # " Release Me" ( Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount) – 2:47 # "Folsom Prison Blues" (Johnny Cash) – 2:46 # "The Battle of New Orleans" (Jimmy Dr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Canyon
George Canyon (born Frederick George Lays, August 22, 1970) is a Canadian country music singer. He was the runner up on the second season of ''Nashville Star'' in 2004. He grew up in Fox Brook, Pictou County, Nova Scotia before he moved west to Calgary, Alberta. He also holds an appointment in the Canadian Forces as the Colonel Commandant of the Royal Canadian Air Cadets. Biography George Canyon has held many jobs: he spent time working as a bylaw enforcement officer/special constable, a slaughterhouse beef inspector, and the owner/operator of his own recording studio. He always dreamed of becoming a professional musician. Canyon is the father of two children. His wife worked three jobs during the day so that he could sing at night. In 2004, George Canyon competed in ''Nashville Star 2''. He was the runner-up in the competition, but became very well known in Canada and garnered much support, being the only Canadian to make the cut for the competition. After the competition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Braddock
Robert Valentine Braddock (born August 5, 1940) is an American country songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including 13 number-one hit singles. Early years Braddock was born in Lakeland, Florida, to a father who was a citrus grower. Braddock spent his youth in Auburndale, Florida, where he learned to play piano and saxophone. The musician toured Florida and the South with rock and roll bands in the late 1950s and early 1960s. At the age of 24, Braddock moved to Nashville, Tennessee, to pursue a career in country music. Musical success After arriving in Nashville, Braddock joined Marty Robbins' band as a pianist in February 1965. In January of the next year, a song he wrote for Robbins, " While You're Dancing", became Braddock's first record to appear on the charts. He then signed his first of five recordin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Cash
John R. Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American country singer-songwriter. Much of Cash's music contained themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially in the later stages of his career. He was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice, the distinctive sound of his Tennessee Three backing band characterized by train-like chugging guitar rhythms, a rebelliousness coupled with an increasingly somber and humble demeanor, 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 during the mid-1950s in the burgeoning rockabilly scene in Memphis, Tennessee, after four years in the Air Force. He traditionally began his concerts by simply introducing himself, "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash", followed by "Folsom Prison Blues", one of his signature songs. His other signature songs include "I Walk the Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folsom Prison Blues
"Folsom Prison Blues" is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, it was first recorded in 1955 for his debut studio album '' Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar!'' (1957), appearing as the album's eleventh track. The song combines elements from two popular folk styles, the train song and the prison song, both of which Cash continued to use for the rest of his career. It was one of Cash's signature songs. Additionally, this recording was included on the compilation album ''All Aboard the Blue Train'' (1962). In June 2014, ''Rolling Stone'' ranked it No. 51 on its list of the 100 greatest country songs of all time. Cash performed the song live to a crowd of inmates at Folsom State Prison in 1968 for his live album ''At Folsom Prison'' (1968), released through Columbia Records. This version became a No. 1 hit on the country music charts and reached No. 32 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in the same year. This version also won the Grammy Award for Best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Yount
Robert Gene Yount (October 20, 1929 – June 30, 2005) was an American musician, singer and songwriter in the country music genre. He was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Between 1949 and 1954 Yount worked as a guitarist and songwriter for Eddie Miller. Together with Miller, he wrote the song " Release Me" for which he is best known. The song reached number 1 in the UK in a cover by Engelbert Humperdinck. Yount sometimes used the stage name, Bobby Gene. As they were working with Dub Williams, (a pseudonym for James Pebworth), Miller and Yount gave him one-third of the song. In 1958, Yount signed away his royalty rights to W.S. Stevenson, better known as William McCall of Four Star Records. After the bankruptcy of Four Star's successor in interest, the copyright was acquired by Acuff-Ross Music. When the initial term of copyright ended in 1983, it was renewed for a second term. Between 1983 and 1985 Acuff-Rose paid royalties to Yount, until they were notified by the family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
