When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images In the autumn of 1927, Victor Records and their talent ...

Jimmie Rodgers, brakeman on the Southern Railway at Meridian, Miss., his birthplace, sang in a nasal, caressing voice each morning as he strolled to work. I woke up this morning, the blues all ’round ...

Program notes by W. Ivey on container. Performer(s): Lefty Frizzell, vocals ; with instrumental ensemble. Production notes: Recorded June 1, 1951 in Dallas, Texas, February 7, and March 9, 1953. Table ...

To jazz fans of my father’s generation, the 1930 recording of “Blue Yodel No. 9” by Jimmie Rodgers was a remarkable mystery: Here was the legendary singing brakeman, accompanied by a trumpet player ...

James Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 – May 26, 1933) was an American singer-songwriter and musician who rose to popularity in the late 1920s. Widely regarded as "the Father of Country Music", he ...

Notes and narration written by Hugh Cherry on container. Performer(s): Country songs; Merle Haggard sings the great songs of Jimmie Rodgers, with the Strangers, instrumental ensemble. Table of ...

Late in his career, Louis Armstrong was a guest on "The Johnny Cash Show". In this clip, these two giants of American music combine to recreate a recording Armstrong had made some 40 years earlier ...

Jimmie Rodgers was one of the artists who helped popularize country music in the late 1920s. His blend of folk and blues inspired generations of artists. In fact, one could trace the influences of ...

Humanities Montana is presenting the free program, "Jimmie Rodgers, the Father of Country Music," Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Western Heritage Center, 2822 Montana Ave. Longtime Billings Gazette ...