Clinch Mountain Echo

CMB Birthdays this month:

06 Dec 1936 - Jack Cooke. Born 'Vernon Crawford Cooke' in Dorchester, Wise, Virginia.

07 Dec 1955 - Sammy Adkins.

07 Dec 1931 - Bobby Osborne. Hyden, Kentucky.

16 Dec 1923 - Jay Hughes. St. Paul, Virginia.

17 Dec 1935 - Bill Napier. Born 'Billy Edward Napier' in Wise, Virginia.

20 Dec 1935 - Chubby Anthony. Born 'Donald Lee Anthony' in Lincolnton, North Carolina.

25 Dec 1919 - Curly Seckler. Born 'John Ray Sechler' in China Grove, North Carolina.

30 Dec 1933 - Melvin Goins. Born 'Melvin Glen Goins' in Bluefield, Mercer, West Virginia.

30 Dec 1943 - Claude 'Buddy' Moore. Born Claude Moore in Pike, Kentucky.

31 Dec 1934 - Ralph 'Joe' Meadows. Born 'Ralph Joe Meadows' in Basin, Wyoming County, West Virginia.


In Memoriam:

01 Dec 1966 - Carter Stanley. Bristol, Virginia.

01 Dec 2009 - Ralph 'Hank' Smith. West Liberty, Kentucky.

02 Dec 2009 - Jack Cooke. Norton, Virginia.

15 Dec 1990 - Henry Dockery. South Carolina.

27 Dec 2013 - Al Elliott. Kingsport, Tennessee.

27 Dec 2017 - Curly Seckler. Nashville, Tennessee.

28 Dec 1977 - Leslie Keith. Tucson, Pima, Arizona.


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V/A - Christmas Songs

By These Famous Country Artists

(King KLP-811) Nov 1962


Christmas Songs

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This Various Artists compilation includes The Stanley Brothers' Christmas Is Near, which had previously been released on the Starday Y'All Come - Have A Country Christmas compilation.

From checking with Gary B. Reid's liner notes to The King Years, 1961-1965 and his later The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book, it looks like the session date on The King Years, 1961-1965 booklet is wrong, and that this version of the song must date from 1960.[1]

The Stanley's track can also be found on the 4xCD set The King Years, 1961-1965.

  • Carter Stanley: guitar, vocals
  • Ralph Stanley: banjo, vocals
  • Curley Lambert?: mandolin
  • Ralph Mayo?: fiddle
  • ???: bass

 

For detailed information on the songs/sessions check Gary B. Reid's The Music Of The Stanley Brothers book pages 111, 150.

 

Track:
Artist:
Title:
Time:
Date:
A-1
Reno & Smiley
The Bells Of St. Mary's
0?:??
19??

Adams / Furber
A-2
Cowboy Copas
White Christmas
0?:??
19??

Irving Berlin
A-3
Cowboy Copas
Oh, Little Town Of Bethlehem
0?:??
19??

Brooks / Rodner
A-4
Al Dexter
Merry Christmas To All
0?:??
19??

Rosalie Rpbertson
A-5
The Stanley Brothers
Christmas Is Near
02:19
1960

R. Stanley
A-6
Jim Eanes
It Won't Seem Like Christmas
0?:??
19??

Jim Eanes
A-7
Tommy Scott
Santa Claus Shuffle
0?:??
19??

T. Scott / Glover
B-1
Cowboy Copas
Jingle Bells
0?:??
19??

P.D.
B-2
Cowboy Copas
It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
0?:??
19??

Sears / Willis
B-3
Cowboy Copas
King Of Kings
0?:??
19??

Leon Payne
B-4
Jim Bobo
Little Bill At Christmas
0?:??
19??

J. Bobo / H. Mixell
B-5
Cowboy Copas
From The Manger To The Cross
0?:??
19??

Odell McLeod
B-6
Jim Eanes
Christmas Doll
0?:??
19??

J. Eanes
B-7
Cowboy Copas
I'm Tired Of Playing Santa Claus To You
0?:??
19??

Copas / Kinsey
Other artwork / related images:
Rear Cover Side One Side Two

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