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unusual facts about Country Western



Billy Rich

As a session musician, Rich has gotten the chance to play different styles of music, including Reggae, Blues, Country Western, R&B, Jazz, Rock, Samba, Pop and Bluegrass.


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Aubrey Mayhew

The most successful Little Darlin' records were done by the country & western singer and songwriter Johnny Paycheck.

Chip Hanna

Hanna currently has a project called Chip Hanna & The Berlin Three, which is a country/western/rockabilly/psychobilly/bluegrass band based out of Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany.

Doing Time for Patsy Cline

He hopes to hitchhike to Sydney Airport where his take-off into a successful country/western singing career will hopefully begin.

Electric Love Muffin

Electric Love Muffin was a Philadelphia-based hard rocking quartet of the late 1980s that spiked the melodic thrash-pop of The Replacements, Soul Asylum and other indie bands of the period with touches of country/western, classic rock and prog-rock.

Frank L. Anderson

In 1978 Anderson moved to San Francisco and worked as a West Coast musician for country western performers such as Rose Maddox.

From Nashville to You

A 1996 compilation titled Great Ladies of Country & Western bundles the album with Lynn Anderson's Rose Garden.

Gerald McCullouch

He first got his professional performing job at 16 was as a singer in the country western revue at Six Flags Over Georgia.

Haley's Juke Box

Although Haley would continue to record country-western style tracks on occasion during the 1960s, most notably during his tenure with the Mexican label, Orfeon Records, Haley wouldn't record another full country album until the 1971 release, Rock Around the Country for Sonet Records.

Pappy Daily

In 1961, Daily and Pierce ended their partnership and at the end of 1961 Daily left Starday and Mercury to go to United Artists, becoming their country & western director.

Pork Tornado

The band played a number of country-western and rock originals as well as a number of standard covers.

Rodeo

Rodeo is a popular topic in country-western music, such as the 1991 Garth Brooks hit single "Rodeo", and has also been featured in numerous movies, television programs and in literature.

Rosedale, Oklahoma

Jimmy Wakely Country-Western singer and actor, and was raised in Rosedale.

The BossHoss

The BossHoss is a band from Berlin which started in 2004 with Country & Western style cover versions of famous pop, rock and hip hop songs, for example "Hot in Herre" by Nelly, "Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Hey Ya!" by Outkast.

The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop

The Supremes Sing Country, Western & Pop is an album recorded by The Supremes, issued by Motown in February 1965 (see 1965 in music).

Travis Brooks

The episode was notable for the confirmation that Travis is indeed the Great-nephew (maternal side) of American country & western legend Garth Brooks.