Artist: Sam Nichols Arizona Dance Band
Author: Ken Devine/Sam Nichols
Label: Nickel
Year: 1952
In '53 as The Melody Rangers for MGM.
Covers:
Hank Snow [top 3 C&W; Canada's Yodeling Ranger, mirroring Jimmie Rodgers; soon as his voice wore out and he stopped yodeling, they just called him The Singing Ranger; such a big Jimmie Rodgers fan he named his own son Jimmie Rodgers Snow]
Ry Cooder [vocal & dominant Hawaiian steel: Gabby Pahinui]
Brendan Croker & The Serious Offenders [more in Cooder/Pahinui's vein than in Snow's]
Dolly Parton's Yellow Roses, n°1 C&W in '89, came from her own garden.
If you noticed blunt omissions, mis-interpretations or even out-and-out errors,
please let me know:
Arnold Rypens
Rozenlaan 65
B-2840 Reet (Rumst)