Diane Jewitt: How to Yodel
In this vintage performance, the yodeling is entirely live and more contemporaneous, with a decidedly rockabilly slant.
MORE ...Cliff Crofford & Billy Mize: Tell Him No
Billy Mize and Cliff Crofford’s harmonies for “Tell Him No” typify the Bakersfield Sound. From a local television broadcast out of Compton, California in the late 1950’s.
MORE ...Newport Menthols for Hunters
[Paraphrased] A hunter turns to his friend and says, ‘These menthols suck.’ The other hunter explains the reason. Satisfaction is only available to guys like them by choosing Newports. If the world only knew …
MORE ...RCA-Victor Magic of Music
Take any home. Your home! Set it aglow with the magic of music. Then watch as it opens a new world of fun and enjoyment for you and your family. It’s RCA Victor’s brilliant new best of ’57 albums including the artistry of Frankie Carle … Lena Horne … Harry Belafonte … Free and easy […]
MORE ...Cliff Crofford & Billy Mize: Waterloo
In this clip multi-instrumentalists and all-around talents Cliff Crofford & Billy Mize perform rollicking, stomping rendition of Waterloo. From 1959, this number is another prime example of the world famous Bakersfield Sound.
MORE ...Johnny Bond: Diggin’ for Gold
Johnny Bond: Diggin’ for Gold – 1959
MORE ...Duncan Hines
This Duncan Hines commercial circa 1980 is an early example of Madison Avenue putting more effort into appealing to a more diverse America.
MORE ...Alexis Lichines Wines
Alexis Lichine (1913-1989) was a wine writer and entrepreneur. He played a key role in promoting varietal labelling of wine, was a masterful salesman of wine, and owned Château Prieure-Lichine and a share of Château Lascombes in the Médoc. Lichine was born in Moscow in 1913. His family fled to France during the Russian Revolution […]
MORE ...Tex Ritter: Jealous Heart
In this short clip from Town Hall Party in 1959 virtuoso guitar player Joe Maphis backs up Tex Ritter as he sings his 1945 hit Jealous Heart. Tex Ritter, a singing cowboy of the calibre of Gene Autry, is most known as the balladeer who sings the intro music to the classic film High Noon. […]
MORE ...Skeets McDonald: What a Lonesome Life it’s Been
Skeets McDonald plays his classic country tune “What a Lonesome Life it’s Been” in a rare televised performance from 1959.
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