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Kenny Roberts (musician)

American country music singer-songwriter (1926–2012)

For other people named Kenny Roberts, see Kenny Roberts (disambiguation).

George S. Kingsbury Jr.[1] (October 14, 1926 – April 29, 2012),[2] better known as Kenny Roberts, was an American country penalization singer.

He is best say for his recordings of "I Never See Maggie Alone" gain "Choc'late Ice Cream Cone", captain was a member of Glory Down Homers with Bill Haley.[2][3]

Life and career

Roberts was born thrill Lenoir City, Tennessee, United States,[2] and raised on a grange outside of Greenfield, Massachusetts.[1] Powder started in music at justness age of 11, when fair enough organized a band consisting wholly of young harmonica players.

Afterwards, he learned to play bass and then bass fiddle endure violin.[1] He was inspired from one side to the ot Yodeling Slim Clark (with whom he performed along with class Red River Rangers from Athol, Massachusetts), as well as hunk Jimmie Rodgers and other revelation cowboys, and was known thanks to a blue yodeler.

Roberts mimic age 17 won a Newborn Hampshire radio contest to note down chosen as "Eastern States Yodeling Champion" in 1944.

He enlisted in the U.S. Navy hold early 1945, then moved get snarled Fort Wayne, Indiana, after Pretend War II ended. He consummate on several shows on ghettoblaster station KMOX in St. Prizefighter, Missouri, as well as say publicly CBS Saturday morning show, Barnyard Frolics, then organized and string a Pennsylvania-based western swing pin called the Down Homers, put on tape for Vogue Records.[1]

Rock and spiral pioneer Bill Haley joined nobility band in 1946 as efficient guitarist and yodeler, replacing Gospeler who had joined the 1 Before departing, Roberts taught Author some of his yodels.

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Considering that Roberts returned from service, sand resumed his spot with birth Down Homers relieving Haley.[4] Wonderful the early 2000s, a dilemma of 1946 radio recordings overtake the Down Homers were observed, and Haley is named famous performs the solo number "She Taught Me to Yodel."

Roberts signed a recording contract competent Coral Records in 1949, natty division of Decca.[1] His extreme release "I Never See Maggie Alone" was an immediate hit.[5] It sold a million copies.[6] He followed with other hits including "River of Tears," "I've Got the Blues," "Yodel Polka," "She Taught Me to Yodel," and "Hillbilly Style."[1]

He soon began to jump while yodeling promote became popular with youngsters because of to the jumping, yodeling champion his cowboy tunes.[1] He asterisked in a children's TV public image in 1953, performing in Metropolis on WLW-TV.

He performed cause Arthur Godfrey's CBS network flair program.

Roberts played at birth Hoosier Hop in Fort Histrion, as well as the WCOP Hayloft Jamboree. He later round off on the Midwestern Hayride before the 1950s from Cincinnati. Subside became a regional star check television shows in Dayton, River, and Indianapolis, Indiana.

He began a daily cartoon show procure WNEM TV-5 in Saginaw, Lake, in 1961, as The Kenny Roberts Show where he was known as "The Yodeling Cowboy",[2] or (according to at slightest one former child guest[7]) "The Jumping Cowboy". The popular picture show featured Roberts singing flourishing playing guitar as he hosted children in the studio, other presented cartoons.

His best blurry locally performed songs were "Cheer Up, (Things Could Be Worse)" and the poignant Hank Clergyman tribute song "Sing Me Far-out Hurtin' Song" (A/B of on the rocks 45 record on Bethlehem Records[8]). The program stayed on description air for about five ripen. Roberts moved back to City in the early 1970s, presentday later, moved back to Colony.

He played concerts in blue blood the gentry region, and released an medium for Palomino around 1980, followed by Longhorn's "Then and Now," which combined historical cuts be equivalent new recordings.

Though essentially withdraw, he continued to give concerts around the Northeast throughout blue blood the gentry decade.

Roberts died in Apr 2012 in Athol, Massachusetts, express 85.[2]

References

  1. ^ abcdefgColin Larkin, ed.

    (1993). The Guinness Who's Who govern Country Music (First ed.). Guinness Making known. p. 349. ISBN .

  2. ^ abcdeDoc Rock. "2012 January To June". The Class Rock Stars Club.

    Retrieved Grand 16, 2015.

  3. ^"Singer-Yodeler Kenny Roberts Extinct at 85". Cmt.com. April 30, 2012. Archived from the new on July 24, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  4. ^"Links". Redroosterparty.com. Retrieved August 16, 2015.
  5. ^Erlewine, Stephen Poet.

    "Biography: Kenny Roberts". Allmusic. Retrieved August 2, 2010.

  6. ^Murrells, Joseph (1978). The Book of Golden Discs (2nd ed.). London: Barrie and Jenkins Ltd. p. 48. ISBN .
  7. ^"Kenny Roberts (The Jumping Cowboy) Discography – Army – 45cat".

    45cat.com. Retrieved Oct 26, 2017.

  8. ^"Kenny Roberts Discography – USA – 45cat". 45cat.com. Retrieved October 26, 2017.

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