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Rodgers recorded it during his second session with Victor, on November 30, 1927. Rodgers composed "Blue Yodel" using his original lines, mixed with lines from other songs. The song features a traditional blues bar form, with his voice accompanied only by his guitar. It was named after the yodeling Rodgers featured during the breaks between stanzas.
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 is best known for his distinctive yodeling.
The blue yodel songs are a series of thirteen songs written and recorded by Jimmie Rodgers during the period from 1927 to his death in May 1933. The songs were based on the 12-bar blues format and featured Rodgers’ trademark yodel refrains. The lyrics often had a risqué quality with "a macho, slightly dangerous undertone."
Having never yodeled before, he began practicing. He first returned to Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he appeared on radio station TVOO as "The Original Oklahoma Yodeling Cowboy." [36] After building a good reputation and a broad fan base, he returned to New York and recorded for Columbia Rodgers' Blue Yodel No. 5 in October 1929.
Yodeling My Way Back Home 76151-2 May 18, 1933 Dec 1, 1937 Singing with guitars Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me) 76160-1 Dec 20, 1933 Singing with guitars The Yodeling Ranger 76191-2 May 20, 1933 Sept 8, 1933 Co-written with Raymond Hall, singing with guitar Old Pal Of My Heart 76192-2 July 28, 1933
Yodel Songs: RCA Victor 1959 The Wandering Cowboy: ABC 1960 Beyond the Sunset: I Heard a Forest Praying: 1963 The Best 1: RCA Victor 1965 Singing Hills: ABC 1966 Somethin' for Everyone: 31 1968 The Jimmie Rodgers Blues: RCA Camden: 1970 Sings Modern Country: Certron 1972 The Best 2: RCA Victor 16 Great Country Performances: ABC 1983 Days of the ...
Jimmie Rodgers was the first to write and sing a cowboy yodel, "The Land of My Boyhood Dreams", in 1929. At that time he had moved to Texas and a publicity photograph of Rodgers wearing a cowboy outfit appears on one of the recordings he made with the Carter Family .
James Frederick Rodgers (September 18, 1933 – January 18, 2021) was an American pop singer. Rodgers had a run of hits and mainstream popularity in the 1950s and 1960s. His string of crossover singles ranked highly on the Billboard Pop Singles, Hot Country and Western Sides, and Hot Rhythm and Blues Sides charts; in the 1960s, Rodgers had more modest successes with adult contemporary mu