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Broadcasting the Ozarks
Si Siman and Country Music at the Crossroads
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Artikel-Nr:
9781682262511
Veröffentl:
2024
Erscheinungsdatum:
05.04.2024
Seiten:
240
Autor:
Kitty Ledbetter
Gewicht:
367 g
Format:
229x152x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Kitty Ledbetter is professor emerita of English at Texas State University. She formerly served as editor of the Journal of Texas Music History. Before entering academia, she was a country music disc jockey at radio stations in Missouri, Texas, Louisiana, and North Carolina.
"Broadcasting the Ozarks explores the vibrant music scene in Springfield, Missouri, that reached its apex during the 1950s and '60s. Central to this history is the Ozark Jubilee (1955-61), the first weekly country music show on network television. Performers, promoters, talent managers, booking agents, and tourists from every corner of the United States followed the music trail to the Jubilee. Dubbed the 'king of the televised barn dances,' the show introduced the Ozarks region to viewers across America and put Springfield in the running with Nashville for dominance of the country music industry-with the Jubilee's producer, Si Siman, at the helm"