Country Music’s Earliest Pioneers
Jul 31, 2010 Country music
Country Music as we know, has been around for decades, with 1920 considered the “age” of the country, with thousands of faces, some known, some disappearing into the darkness along the Hall of Fame, which are the main figures the history of country music? Who pioneer, we know and love today? Here are some of the founders:
A. RobertsonAlexander C (known as Eck) Robertson’s first song recorded commercial country music in 1922! Born in 1887 and has lived in Texas, more and more learn to play the violin, ended with a recording contract. In 1922, Eck was registered Gooden now famous “Sally.” He never did things in style, and he has not sold many copies, but started the industry we know today. As the first artist ever recorded, Eck Robertson certainly deserves to be regarded as a pioneer.
DalhartVernon Vernon Dalhart was the first country singer to have a hit all over the country in 1924, just two years after Eck Robertson sang with “Wreck of the Old ‘97.” Vernon was born in 1883, Marion tries to slaughter, took its name from two cities in which they worked. It applied for and was hired by Edison records, but did not start singing country music, started with ballet and, later, in 1924, he released his first song quickly became a success. He continued to record many hits, with different names, hundreds in fact! Although Vernon can not start his career, has certainly had an impact on the company, record companies warning about how it could be lucrative for that and sing the first country to become a country beaten, Vernon Dalhart deserves its place in the Pioneer.
Jimmie Rodgers RodgersJimmie so often known as “the father of country music, he recorded” The Soldier of love “and” Sleep, Baby, Sleep “in 1927 and although there are millions, they have some success and glory. But Jimmie was determined to think big and has recorded a new song “Blue Yodel” and “T for Texas,” as commonly believed. This song earned him his fame, the sale of hundreds of thousands of copies. Jimmie Rodgers made a career nice for yourself to sing country and has influenced many artists, countries and similar, but unfortunately died at age 35 of tuberculosis. For their contributions, Jimmie Rodgers earned a place among the pioneers of the music.
FamilyThe Carter The Carter Family was a group that recorded in the late 1920s until 1950, is considered the first country in the vocal group, the group was Delaney Carter, his wife and his sister Sarah Carter Maybelle Carter law. They made their first recording in 1927 with “Wandering Boy” and “Poor Orphan Child” later created the famous “Keep On the Sunny Side, and many others. His songs have become very popular and well known. later when the group disbanded and Split, with songs Maybelle with her children and, sometimes, the band re-unite to sing in a successful merger with several generations of the family.
The Carter Family songs have been covered by artists like Joan Baez or Bob Dylan, but as important as the songs were, the Carter family developed a new way of playing guitar on “Carter style.” With such an influence on the world, the Carter family deserves its place as one of the pioneers. He has a long history spanning several decades and these pioneers, and others later, created the wonderful world of music we know today “Today, they deserve their place in the history of country music.
Joe Hansen is an expert on country music and also reports on the latest news and events in the world of country music.
