Full title: 'Blue Yodel Number 9 (Standin' On The Corner)' / * - he was not credited, because he recorded for Okeh, not Victor (as did Rogers) // Click on the Link above, to view the original shellac record
... Rcorded April 18, 1927 in New York, NY. / A harmonica player, he was the first African-American to perform on "The Grand Ole Opry" in Nashville in 1927, and performed there regularly until 1941. / Click on the Link above, left, to view the original shellac record
* - Although credited to Leadbelly, the lyrics first appeared in print by Howard Odum, in 1905. ALSO, it was first commercially released on the OKeh label in 1926, as "Pistol Pete's Midnight Special", by Dave "Pistol Pete" Cutrel
The band's name comes from "The 400 Unit", a colloquial name for the psychiatric ward of Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, Alabnama // * - From her 2nd CD, "The Truth", (Terminus, 2004)Alabama.
Rucker became the first individual black artist to chart a #1 Country hit, since Charley Pride's "Night Games" reached the top of the Country charts in September 1983.
BBrother of Rhonda VincenAt The age of five, he was performing in the family band "The Sally Mountain Show"; he became member of Ricky Skaggs and The Kentucky Thunder in 1997.
* - as 'Where Have All The Average People Gone', from his self-titled 'Roger Miller' LP {which contained the original version of 'Me And Bobby McGee'} / Click the Link above, left to view an article on this.
