Country Music Association Awards

Have you ever wondered who Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J.P (The Big Bopper) were and what there life was like before there death? Buddy Holly, born in Lubbock, Texas, and just 22 when he died, he began singing country music with high school friends before switching to rock and roll. He then was opening (performing) for various performers, including Elvis Presley. By the mid-1950s, Holly and his band had a regular radio show and toured internationally, playing hits like “Peggy Sue,” “Oh,…

shows how little of value, respect, and attention was paid to them. Whats even worse is how loyal the Japanese Americans were to the war and how badly they were treated throughout history. Tom Tokuno’s mother even reminded him to never dishonor his country. “Death before dishonor” was the advice she gave him. Something that was really heartwarming was reading about how Daniel Inouye won a medal of honor. It’s insane how brave and courageous he was under so much pressure. What’s even more…

boys were introduced to music at a young age. Both brothers took piano and guitar lessons— Scott Avett later took banjo lessons during his college years. Recording songs onto cassette tapes was a common place for the two of them as well as performing in talent shows. The brothers ended up joining a rock-and-roll band together named Nemo, which was a short lived experience because the music did not feel right for Scott and Seth…

a peanut farm. He picked up the country music from his parents records that consisted of Alan Jackson, George Strait and Conway Twitty. Luke’s childhood consisted of hunting,fishing and singing. His parents bought him a guitar at 14 and started playing songs in local bands and in the park. Luke still helped around the farm but he still found some time to write songs and to sing them when he got the chance. When Luke was 16 he was going to go to Music city but when he was so sure of…

Judy Garland (born Frances Ethel Gumm; June 10, 1922 – June 22, 1969) was an American singer, actress, and vaudevillian. She was renowned for her contralto vocals[1][2] and attained international stardom that continued throughout a career spanning more than 40 years as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on concert stages.[1] Garland began performing in vaudeville with her two older sisters and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as a teenager. There, she made…

Roy Orbison was born on April 23, 1936, in Vernon, Texas. At the age of only 13 years old, he formed his first band, The Wink Westerners in 1946. He became very successful and signed for multiple Records and Labels such as Sun Records, Acuff Rose, and Monument Records. His two biggest hits were “Only the Lonely” and “Oh, Pretty Woman”. Roy Orbison is also very well known for his powerful and adaptable voice, which included beautiful uses of vibrato. Roy Kelton Orbison was born on April 23, 1936…

Ray Charles was one of the great innovators of soul music, integrating R&B, gospel, pop and country to create hits like "Hit the road jack", "Unchain my heart" and " Georgia on my mind." This bind genius was considered one of the greatest artist of all time. Born in Georgia Sep 23, 1930, Raymond Charles Robinson was a legendary musician who pioneered the genre of soul music during the 1950's. He's often called the "Father of soul", Ray combined blues, gospel and jazz to create ground breaking…

different country can help a child develop as a person and expand their horizons, but such a drastic change can also lead to anxiety and social problems later in life. New language and a new way of learning can at first be confusing, but by jumping right into the new environment is the best way to adjust and adapt. Will a child benefit from moving to a different country to go to school or will it be too traumatizing and difficult for him to handle? United States is one of the most diverse…

1960. 20th Century Fox. limited American singer, guitarist and composer, raised 1935 in Dyess, Arkansas. Johnny Cash made his first recordings for Sun Records in 1955 (the single Hey Porter / Cry, Cry, Cry), and soon became a leading name in country music. Several of his songs have become classics of the genre, for example. Folsom Prison Blues (1956), I Walk The Line (1956), Ring Of Fire (1963) and A Boy Named Sue. The latter is a recording of the second of Cash's famous prison concerts, Folsom…

The brutally honest and emotionally laced songs received all positive reviews. One of those music pieces is “A Case of You” and features “James Taylor on acoustic guitar, Russ Kunkel on drums, and Joni on Appalachian dulcimer” (Beviglia 1). Being one of her best-known songs, “A Case of You” have been covered by over two hundred music artists. There are, however, only rumors and guesses on who the music piece is about. Other than her marriages, she has been romantically intimate with James Taylor…