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 ...

Jimmie Rodgers' Last blue yodel (The women make a fool out of me) --Mississippi moon --My rough and rowdy ways -- Blue yodel no. 9 (Standin' on the corner) --My blue eyed Jane --The one rose (that's ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...