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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.
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.
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 .
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
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.
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
"Blue Yodel #9" (also called "Standing on the Corner" from the opening line) is a blues-country song by Jimmie Rodgers and is the ninth of his "Blue Yodels". Rodgers recorded the song on July 16, 1930 in Los Angeles with an unbilled Louis Armstrong on trumpet and his wife Lil Hardin Armstrong on piano . [ 1 ]