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50s Country Christmas Song - Hillbilly Ballad from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 17, 1955.
Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928 - February 22, 2016)
Known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love".
Dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love.
Sonny James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard No. 1 singles among his 26 No. 1 hits.
Twenty-one of his albums reached the country top ten from 1964 to 1976.
James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1961 and co-hosted the first Country Music Association Awards Show in 1967.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.
It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.
The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.
Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers.
The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.
#christmassongs #countrymusic #50s
50s Country Christmas Song - Hillbilly Ballad from Ozark Jubilee TV Show December 17, 1955.
Jimmie Hugh Loden (May 1, 1928 - February 22, 2016)
Known professionally as Sonny James, was an American country music singer and songwriter best known for his 1957 hit, "Young Love".
Dubbed the "Southern Gentleman" for his congenial manner, his greatest success came from ballads about the trials of love.
Sonny James had 72 country and pop charted releases from 1953 to 1983, including an unprecedented five-year streak of 16 straight Billboard No. 1 singles among his 26 No. 1 hits.
Twenty-one of his albums reached the country top ten from 1964 to 1976.
James was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1961 and co-hosted the first Country Music Association Awards Show in 1967.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
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Ozark Jubilee is a 1950s United States network television program that featured country music's top stars of the day.
It was produced in Springfield, Missouri.
The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958.
Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks", the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers.
The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954.
#christmassongs #countrymusic #50s
