In the autumn of 1927, Victor Records and their talent scout and producer Ralph Peer were giving some thought to an artist they had signed up that summer – a 30-year-old singer and guitarist named ...
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - 2024 was an incredible year for music in the Queen City, including the country’s longest-running music festival. The Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival and Museum has had a ...
As an artist, Gene Autry obviously idolized Jimmie Rodgers, as so many did ... and sang cowboy songs (“The Last Roundup” and “Home on the Range”) and became so popular he was invited ...