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Jimmie Rodgers
Selling a million copies of his song 'Blue Yodel' in 1927, Jimmie Rodgers was
the first country music star and became recognised as the father of country
music thereafter. It wasn't the only tag laid on him - he was also known as The
Blue Yodeller and The Singing Brakeman as drawing on old blues as well as
writing his own songs, his influence stretched far and wide from Gene Autry,
Mississippi John Hurt and Johnny Cash to Jerry Lee Lewis and Van Morrison. He
was even the subject of the Clint Eastwood movie 'Honkytonk Man' in 1982.
Following the death of his mother when he was ...
Kisses Sweeter Than WineJimmie Rodgers and Jimmie F. Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
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HoneycombJimmie Rodgers
Jimmie Rodgers
T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)Jimmie Rodgers
My Rough and Rowdy Ways
Hobo Bill's Last RideJimmie Rodgers
Train Whistle Blues
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You Win AgainJimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, Jr.
Country Pioneers - Hank Williams
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Baby, We're Really in LoveJimmie Rodgers and Hank Williams, Jr.
Love Songs
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