Louisiana Hayride Stars
Country Music Legend of the Week, Hank Williams Sr
April 7, 2012
Hank Williams Documentary Parts 1-8
This is the complete story of Hank Williams in eight separate parts. Watch all parts now or as you wish, we hope you enjoy it.
Elvis Presley [VIDEOS]
February 1, 2012
KWKH radio announcer Frank Page introduced Elvis on his first radio broadcast from the Louisiana Hayride inside Shreveport, Louisiana’s Municiple Auditorium.
Hank Williams Documentary Parts 1-8
January 23, 2012
This is the complete story of Hank Williams in eight separate parts. Watch all parts now or as you wish, we hope you enjoy it.
You Tube Louisiana Hayride Star, Bob Luman [VIDEOS]
December 27, 2011
Bob Luman was born in Nacogdoches, Texas. His early interest in music was influenced by his father, an amateur fiddle, guitar and harmonica player. Bob Luman received his first guitar when he was thirteen years of age.
Luman attended high school in Kilgore, where the family had moved after young Bob's birth. It was in high school that Luman started his first band.
You Tube Lefty Frizzell
November 18, 2011
Lefty Frizzell (March 31, 1928–July 19, 1975), born William Orville Frizzell, was an American country music singer and songwriter of the 1950s, and a proponent of honky tonk music. His relaxed style of singing was an influence on later stars Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Roy Orbison, George Jones and John Fogerty. He is a member of the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Dave McNamara, FOX 8 News Louisiana Hayride, Elvis Presley, Frank Page, James Burton and KWKH [VIDEO]
June 29, 2011
This is one of the best stories I have ever seen covering the Louisiana Hayride, Elvis Presley, Frank Page, James Burton and KWKH.
The Louisiana Hayride, was a live concert held each week at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana and was heard on KWKH.
In 1954, legendary radio announcer Frank Page introduced Elvis Presley.
NBC Television, Getty Images Elvis Presley Louisiana Hayride
May 12, 2011
KWKH radio announcer Frank Page introduced Elvis on his first radio broadcast from the Louisiana Hayride inside Shreveport, Louisiana's Municiple Auditorium.
Hear KWKH's Frank Page introduce Elvis on stage at the Louisiana Hayride and hear Elvis sing both sides of his first single with Sun Records, "That's Alright Mama" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky". October 16, 1954. This ia a piece of Music History.
Courtesy of Lost Highway Hank Williams, Sr. [VIDEO & AUDIO]
March 25, 2011
Hank Williams starred on the Louisiana Hayride which was heard for many years on AM 1130 KWKH and had a show during the morning on KWKH.
Hank Williams’s legend has long overtaken the rather frail and painfully introverted man who spawned it. Almost singlehandedly, Williams set the agenda for contemporary country songcraft, but his appeal rests as much in the myth that even now surrounds his short life.
Smash Hits by Ferlin Huskey [VIDEOS]
March 19, 2011
Country Music Hall of Fame member Ferlin Husky, had smash hits with the songs "Gone" and "Wings of a Dove". Each spent 10 weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's country singles chart. Ferlin died Thursday (March 17) at age 85. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2010.
Here are two great videos.
Rick Diamond/Getty Images George Jones – Who’s Gonna Fill Their Shoes? [VIDEO]
March 19, 2011
It is a toss up between this song, "Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes?" and "He Stopped Lovin' Her Today" which is the biggest hit for The Possum.
Smitty Ray/Flickr Images Claude King – Wolverton Mountain
March 11, 2011
King was born in Keithville, Louisiana, near the city of Shreveport. At a young age, he was interested in music but his primary interest was athletics. He purchased a guitar at age 12 and although he learned to play, most of his time was devoted to sports. He was offered
Heinrich Klaffs/Flickr Images Johnny Cash – San Quinten
March 11, 2011
Beginning with his mid-1950s recordings for Sun Records, John R. “Johnny” Cash has established an international profile as an ambassador of American roots music. He overcame personal demons to reach superstar status in the late 1960s and has continued to hew his own path musically into the twenty-first century
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