{"artistName":"Jimmie Rodgers","artistId":5157,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c643368148780cc9413e1e4faf8f62dd_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c643368148780cc9413e1e4faf8f62dd_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c643368148780cc9413e1e4faf8f62dd_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c643368148780cc9413e1e4faf8f62dd_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/c64/c643368148780cc9413e1e4faf8f62dd_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eJames Charles Rodgers (September 8, 1897 - May 26, 1933), known as Jimmie Rodgers, was an American country singer in the early 20th century known most widely for his rhythmic yodeling. Among the first country music superstars and pioneers, Rodgers was also known as The Singing Brakeman, The Blue Yodeler, and The Father of Country Music. \n Biography\n\nEarly years: \nRodgers' traditional birthplace is usually given as Meridian, Mississippi; however, in documents signed by Rodgers later in life, his birthplace was listed as Geiger, Alabama, the home of his paternal grandparents. Historians who have researched the circumstances of that document, however, including Nolan Porterfield and Barry Mazor, continue to identify Pine Springs, Mississippi, just north of Meridian, as his genuine birthplace. Rodgers' mother died when he was about six or seven years old, and Rodgers, the youngest of three sons, spent the next few years living with various relatives in southeast Mississippi and southwest Alabama, near Geiger. (In the 1900 Census for Daleville, Lauderdale County, Mississippi, Jimmie's mother, Eliza Bozeman Rodgers, was listed as already having had seven children, with four of them still living at that date. Four living sons were listed in the Census. Jimmie \"James\" in the Census was next to the youngest at that time, and was probably born sixth of the total of seven children.) He eventually returned home to live with his father, Aaron Rodgers, a Maintenance-of-Way foreman on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, who had settled with a new wife in Meridian. \n Performing career: \n\nRodgers' affinity for entertaining came at an early age, and the lure of the road was irresistible to him. By age 13, he had twice organized and begun traveling shows, only to be brought home by his father. His father found Rodgers his first job working on the railroad as a water boy. Here he was further taught to pick and strum by rail workers and hobos. A few years later, he became a brakeman on the New Orleans and Northeastern Railroad, a position formerly secured by his oldest brother, Walter, a conductor on the line running between Meridian and New Orleans. \nIn 1924 at the age 27, Rodgers contracted TB. The disease temporarily ended his railroad career, but at the same time gave him the chance to get back to the entertainment industry. He organized a traveling road show and performed across the Southeastern United States until, once again, he was forced home after a cyclone destroyed his tent. He returned to railroad work as a brakeman in Miami, Florida, but eventually his illness cost him his job. He relocated to Tucson, Arizona and was employed as a switchman by the Southern Pacific Railroad. He kept the job for less than a year, and the Rodgers family (which by then included wife Carrie and daughter Anita) settled back in Meridian in early 1927. \n Success: \n\nRodgers decided to travel to Asheville, North Carolina, later that same year. On April 18, at 9:30 p.m., Jimmie, and Otis Kuykendall performed for the first time on WWNC, Asheville's first radio station. A few months later Rodgers recruited a group from Bristol, Tennessee called the Tenneva Ramblers and secured a weekly slot on the station listed as \"The Jimmie Rodgers Entertainers.\" \nIn late July 1927, Rodgers' bandmates learned that Ralph Peer, a representative of the Victor Talking Machine Company, was coming to Bristol to hold an audition for local musicians. Rodgers and the group arrived in Bristol on August 3, 1927, and auditioned for Peer in an empty warehouse. Peer agreed to record them the next day. That night, as the band discussed how they would be billed on the record, an argument ensued, the band broke up, and Rodgers arrived at the recording session the next morning alone. On Wednesday, August 4 Jimmie Rodgers completed his first session for Victor. It lasted from 2:00 p.m. to 4:20 p.m. and yielded two songs: \"The Soldier's Sweetheart\" and \"Sleep, Baby, Sleep\". For the test recordings, Rodgers received $100. \nThe recordings were released on October 7 earning modest success. In November, Rodgers, determined more than ever to make it in entertainment, headed to New York City in an effort to arrange another session with Peer. Peer agreed to record him again, and the two met in Philadelphia before traveling to Camden, New Jersey, to the Victor studios. Four songs made it out of this session, including \"Blue Yodel\", better known as \"T for Texas\". In the next two years, this recording sold nearly half a million copies, rocketing Rodgers into stardom. After this, he got to determine when Peer and Victor would record him, and he sold out shows whenever and wherever he played. \nOver the next few years, Rodgers was very busy. He did a movie short for Columbia Pictures, The Singing Brakeman, and made various recordings across the country. He toured with humorist Will Rogers as part of a Red Cross tour across the Midwest. On July 16, 1930, he recorded \"Blue Yodel No. 9\" with jazz trumpeter Louis Armstrong, whose wife, Lillian, played piano on the recording. \nA song written by Clayton McMichen and recorded as \"Prohibition Has Done Me Wrong\" was not issued, possibly because of copyright conflicts with Columbia. According to Juanita McMichen Lynch, Peer thought it was \"too controversial for the times.\" The master was put aside and then accidentally lost. \n Final years: \nRodgers' next-to-last recordings were made in August 1932 in Camden, and it was clear that the tuberculosis was getting the better of him. He had given up touring by that time, but did have a weekly radio show in San Antonio, Texas, where he had relocated when \"T for Texas\" became a hit. Earnings from his recordings enabled Rodgers to build a large house for his family in Kerrville, Texas, a location chosen partly for health reasons. But it was not in Rodgers' make-up to stay still, and his constant touring and recording schedule only hurt his chances of recovering from TB. \nWith the country in the grip of the Depression, the practice of making field recordings was quickly fading, so in May 1933, Rodgers traveled again to New York City for a group of sessions beginning May 17, 1933. He started these sessions recording alone and completed four songs on the first day. When he returned to the studio after a day's rest, he had to record sitting down and soon retired to his hotel in hopes of regaining enough energy to finish the songs he had been rehearsing. The recording engineer hired two session musicians to help Rodgers when he came back to the studio a few days later. Together they recorded a few songs, including \"Mississippi Delta Blues\". For his last song of the session, however, Jimmie chose to perform alone, and as a matching bookend to his career, recorded \"Years Ago\" by himself. \nDuring his last recording session in New York City on May 24, 1933, after years of fighting the tuberculosis, Rodgers was so weakened that he needed to rest on a cot between songs. Jimmie Rodgers died two days later on May 26, 1933 from a pulmonary hemorrhage while staying at the Taft Hotel; he was only 35 years old. \n Legacy\nWhen the Country Music Hall of Fame was established in 1961, Rodgers was one of the first three (the others were Fred Rose and Hank Williams) to be inducted. Rodgers was elected to the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970 and, as an early influence, to the Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. \"Blue Yodel No. 9\" was selected as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll. Rodgers was ranked #33 on CMT's 40 Greatest Men of Country Music in 2003. \nSince 1953, Meridian's Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Festival has been held annually during May to honor the anniversary of Rodgers' death. The first festival was on May 26, 1953. \nBoth Gene Autry and future Louisiana governor Jimmie Davis (author of \"You Are My Sunshine\") began their careers as Jimmie Rodgers copyists, and Merle Haggard, Hank Snow, and Lefty Frizzell later did tribute albums. In 1997 Bob Dylan put together a tribute compilation of major artists covering Rodgers' songs, \"The Songs of Jimmie Rodgers, A Tribute\" (Sony - ASIN: B000002BLD). The artists included Bono, Alison Krauss \u0026amp; Union Station, Jerry Garcia, Dickey Betts, Dwight Yoakam, Aaron Neville, John Mellencamp, Willie Nelson and others. Dylan had earlier once remarked, \"The songs were different than the norm. They had more of an individual nature and an elevated conscience... I was drawn to their power.\" \nIn 1969, country singer Merle Haggard released Same Train, A Different Time: Merle Haggard Sings The Great Songs Of Jimmie Rodgers. Haggard also covered \"No Hard Times\" and \"T.B. Blues\" on his best-selling live albums \"Okie From Muskogee\" (1969) and \"Fightin' Side of Me\" (1970). \"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)\" was covered by Lynyrd Skynyrd (sometimes announced as \"(Gimme A) T For Texas (T For Tennessee)\" later on) on their live album One More from the Road. Ronnie has also been quoted from a July 13th, 1977 concert intermission in Asbury Park, New Jersey as saying that they've \"always been interested in old country music\" like Jimmie Rodgers and Merle Haggard before launching into playing \"T For Texas\". Lynyrd Skynyrd has also named both Haggard and Rodgers in their song \"Railroad Song\" (\"I'm going to ride this train, Lord, until I find out, what Jimmie Rodgers and The Hag was all about\") Tompall Glaser has also covered a version that was included on country music's first million-selling album, Wanted! The Outlaws. \nOn May 24, 1978, the United States Postal Service issued a 13-cent commemorative stamp honoring Rodgers, the first in its long-running Performing Arts Series. The stamp was designed by Jim Sharpe (who did several others in this series), who depicted him with brakeman's outfit and guitar, giving his \"two thumbs up\", along with a locomotive in silhouette in the background. \nRodgers' legacy and influence is not limited to Country music. The 2009 book \"Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century\" tracks Rodgers influence through a broad range of musical genres, internationally. He was influential to Ozark poet Frank Stanford, who composed a series of \"blue yodel\" poems, and a number of later blues artists. Rodgers was one of the biggest stars of American music between 1927 and 1933, arguably doing more to popularize blues than any other performer of his time. Rodgers influenced many later blues artists, among them Muddy Waters, Big Bill Broonzy, and Chester Arthur Burnett, better known as Howlin' Wolf. Jimmie Rodgers was Wolf's childhood idol. Wolf tried to emulate Rodgers's yodel, but found that his efforts sounded more like a growl or a howl. \"I couldn't do no yodelin',\" Barry Gifford quoted him as saying in Rolling Stone, \"so I turned to howlin'. And it's done me just fine.\" \nRodgers' influence can also be heard in artists including Tommy Johnson, the Mississippi Sheiks, and Mississippi John Hurt, whose \"Let the Mermaids Flirt With Me\" is based on Rodgers' hit \"Waiting On A Train\".Elvis Presley has also been quoted as mentioning Jimmie Rodgers as an important influence and stating that he was a big fan.Jerry Lee Lewis listed Rodgers as a major stylist and covered many of his songs. Moon Mullican, Tommy Duncan and many other western swing singers also were influenced by him. Gene Autry's earlier material largely copied Rodgers' blues records. \nThe 1982 film, Honkytonk Man, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood was loosely based on Rodgers' life. \nIn \"Cleaning Windows,\" Van Morrison sings about listening to Rodgers. \nIn the book, Faking It: The Quest for Authenticity in Popular Music, the song \"T.B. Blues\" is presented as one the first truly autobiographical songs. \n\nOn May 28, 2010, Slim Bryant, the last surviving singer to have made a recording with Rodgers, died at the age of 101. They recorded Bryant's song \"Mother, the Queen of My Heart\" in 1932. The Union, a collaborative album between Elton John and Leon Russell, featured a song entitled \"Jimmie Rodgers' Dream\", which was a tribute to Rodgers. \nin the Mississippi Delta and throughout the state. In May, 2010, a second marker, on the Mississippi Country Music Trail, was erected near Rodgers' gravesite, marking his role as The Father of Country Music. \n Recordings\nTitle\nRecord #\nRecording date\nRecording location\n \"The Soldier's Sweetheart\" \nVictor 20864 \nAugust 4, 1927 \nBristol, Tennessee \n \"Sleep, Baby, Sleep\" \nVictor 20864 \nAugust 4, 1927 \nBristol, Tennessee \n \"Ben Dewberry's Final Run\" \nVictor 21245 \nNovember 30, 1927 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Mother Was a Lady\" \nVictor 21433 \nNovember 30, 1927 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Blue Yodel No. 1 (T for Texas)\" \nVictor 21142 \nNovember 30, 1927 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Away out on the Mountain\" \nVictor 21142 \nNovember 30, 1927 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea\" \nVictor 21574 \nFebruary 14, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Treasures Untold\" \nVictor 21433 \nFebruary 14, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"The Brakeman's Blues\" \nVictor 21291 \nFebruary 14, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"The Sailor's Plea\" \nVictor 40054 \nFebruary 14, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"In the Jailhouse Now\" \nVictor 21245 \nFebruary 15, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Blue Yodel No. 2 (Lovin' Gal Lucille)\" \nVictor 21291 \nFebruary 15, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Memphis Yodel\" \nVictor 21636 \nFebruary 15, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Blue Yodel No. 3\" \nVictor 21531 \nFebruary 15, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"My Old Pal\" \nVictor 21757 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"My Little Old Home Down in New Orleans\" \nVictor 21574 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"You and My Old Guitar\" \nVictor 40072 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Daddy and Home\" \nVictor 21757 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"My Little Lady\" \nVictor 40072 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Lullaby Yodel\" \nVictor 21636 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Never No Mo' Blues\" \nVictor 21531 \nJune 12, 1928 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"My Carolina Sunshine Girl\" \nVictor 40096 \nOctober 20, 1928 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues)\" \nVictor 40014 \nOctober 20, 1928 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Waiting for a Train\" \nVictor 40014 \nOctober 22, 1928 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"I'm Lonely and Blue\" \nVictor 40054 \nOctober 22, 1928 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Desert Blues\" \nVictor 40096 \nFebruary 21, 1929 \nNew York, New York \n \"Any Old Time\" \nVictor 22488 \nFebruary 21, 1929 \nNew York, New York \n \"Blue Yodel No. 5\" \nVictor 22072 \nFebruary 23, 1929 \nNew York, New York \n \"High Powered Mama\" \nVictor 22523 \nFebruary 23, 1929 \nNew York, New York \n \"I'm Sorry We Met\" \nVictor 22072 \nFebruary 23, 1929 \nNew York, New York \n \"Everybody Does It in Hawaii\" \nVictor 22143 \nAugust 8, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues\" \nVictor 22220 \nAugust 8, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Train Whistle Blues\" \nVictor 22379 \nAugust 8, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Jimmie's Texas Blues\" \nVictor 22379 \nAugust 10, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Frankie and Johnnie\" \nVictor 22143 \nAugust 10, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Whisper Your Mother's Name\" \nVictor 22319 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"The Land of My Boyhood Dreams\" \nVictor 22811 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Blue Yodel No. 6\" \nVictor 22271 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Yodelling Cowboy\" \nVictor 22271 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"My Rough and Rowdy Ways\" \nVictor 22220 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"I've Ranged, I've Roamed and I've Travelled\" \nBluebird 5892 \nOctober 22, 1929 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Hobo Bill's Last Ride\" \nVictor 22421 \nNovember 13, 1929 \nNew Orleans, Louisiana \n \"Mississippi River Blues\" \nVictor 23535 \nNovember 25, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Nobody Knows But Me\" \nVictor 23518 \nNovember 25, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Anniversary Blue Yodel\" \nVictor 22488 \nNovember 26, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"She Was Happy Till She Met You\" \nVictor 23681 \nNovember 26, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Blue Yodel No.11\" \nVictor 23796 \nNovember 27, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"A Drunkard's Child\" \nVictor 22319 \nNovember 28, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"That's Why I'm Blue\" \nVictor 22421 \nNovember 28, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"Why Did You Give Me Your Love?\" \nBluebird 5892 \nNovember 28, 1929 \nAtlanta, Georgia \n \"My Blue-Eyed Jane\" \nVictor 23549 \nJune 30, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Why Should I Be Lonely?\" \nVictor 23609 \nJune 30, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Moonlight and Skies\" \nVictor 23574 \nJune 30, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Pistol Packin' Papa\" \nVictor 22554 \nJuly 1, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Take Me Back Again\" \nBluebird 7600 \nJuly 2, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Those Gambler's Blues\" \nVictor 22554 \nJuly 5, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"I'm Lonesome Too\" \nVictor 23564 \nJuly 7, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"The One Rose\" \nBluebird 7280 \nJuly 7, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"For the Sake of Days Gone By\" \nVictor 23651 \nJuly 9, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues\" \nVictor 23503 \nJuly 10, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"The Mystery of Number Five\" \nVictor 23518 \nJuly 11, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Blue Yodel No. 8\" \nVictor 23503 \nJuly 11, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"In the Jailhouse Now, No. 2\" \nVictor 22523 \nJuly 12, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"Blue Yodel No. 9\" \nVictor 23580 \nJuly 16, 1930 \nLos Angeles, California \n \"T.B. Blues\" \nVictor 23535 \nJanuary 31, 1931 \nSan Antonio, Texas \n \"Travellin' Blues\" \nVictor 23564 \nJanuary 31, 1931 \nSan Antonio, Texas \n \"Jimmie the Kid\" \nVictor 23549 \nJanuary 31, 1931 \nSan Antonio, Texas \n \"Why There's a Tear in My Eye\" \nBluebird 6698 \nJune 10, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"The Wonderful City\" \nBluebird 6810 \nJune 10, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Let Me Be Your Sidetrack\" \nVictor 23621 \nJune 11, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family\" \nVictor 23574 \nJune 12, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas\" \nBluebird 6762 \nJune 12, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"When the Cactus Is in Bloom\" \nVictor 23636 \nJune 13, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Gambling Polka Dot Blues\" \nVictor 23636 \nJune 15, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Looking for a New Mama\" \nVictor 23580 \nJune 15, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"What's It?\" \nVictor 23609 \nJune 16, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"My Good Gal's Gone\" \nBluebird 5942 \nJune 16, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Southern Cannon-Ball\" \nVictor 23811 \nJune 17, 1931 \nLouisville, Kentucky \n \"Roll Along, Kentucky Moon\" \nVictor 23651 \nFebruary 2, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Hobo's Meditation\" \nVictor 23711 \nFebruary 3, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"My Time Ain't Long\" \nVictor 23669 \nFebruary 4, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Ninety-Nine Years Blues\" \nVictor 23669 \nFebruary 4, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Mississippi Moon\" \nVictor 23696 \nFebruary 4, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Down the Old Road to Home\" \nVictor 23711 \nFebruary 5, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Blue Yodel No. 10\" \nVictor 23696 \nFebruary 6, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Home Call\" \nVictor 23681 \nFebruary 6, 1932 \nDallas, Texas \n \"Mother, the Queen of My Heart\" \nVictor 23721 \nAugust 11, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Rock All Our Babies to Sleep\" \nVictor 23721 \nAugust 11, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Whippin' That Old T.B.\" \nVictor 23751 \nAugust 11, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"No Hard Times\" \nVictor 23751 \nAugust 15, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Long Tall Mama Blues\" \nVictor 23766 \nAugust 15, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Peach-Pickin' Time Down in Georgia\" \nVictor 23781 \nAugust 15, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"Gambling Barroom Blues\" \nVictor 23766 \nAugust 15, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"I've Only Loved Three Women\" \nBluebird 6810 \nAugust 15, 1932 \nCamden, New Jersey \n \"In the Hills of Tennessee\" \nVictor 23736 \nAugust 29, 1932 \nNew York, New York \n \"Prairie Lullaby\" \nVictor 23781 \nAugust 29, 1932 \nNew York, New York \n \"Miss the Mississippi and You\" \nVictor 23736 \nAugust 29, 1932 \nNew York, New York \n \"Sweet Mama Hurry Home\" \nVictor 23796 \nAugust 29, 1932 \nNew York, New York \n \"Blue Yodel No. 12\" \nVictor 24456 \nMay 17, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"The Cowhand's Last Ride\" \nVictor 24456 \nMay 17, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"I'm Free from the Chain Gang Now\" \nVictor 23830 \nMay 17, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Dreaming with Tears in My Eyes\" \nBluebird 7600 \nMay 18, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Yodeling My Way Back Home\" \nBluebird 7280 \nMay 18, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Jimmie Rodger's Last Blue Yodel\" \nBluebird 5281 \nMay 18, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"The Yodelling Ranger\" \nVictor 23830 \nMay 20, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Old Pal of My Heart\" \nVictor 23816 \nMay 20, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Old Love Letters\" \nVictor 23840 \nMay 24, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Mississippi Delta Blues\" \nVictor 23816 \nMay 24, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Somewhere Down Below the Dixon Line\" \nVictor 23840 \nMay 24, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n \"Years Ago\" \nBluebird 5281 \nMay 24, 1933 \nNew York, New York \n  Footnotes\n\n^ Petition for Membership (dated: 20 Oct. 1930), Bluebonnet Lodge No. 1219, San Antonio, Texas; and Interview (6/2006) with James A. Skelton, Pres. of the Jimmie Rodgers Memorial Foundation, Meridian, MS., \n^ \"USA « Mademoiselle Montana's Yodel Heaven\". Mademoisellemontana.wordpress.com. http://mademoisellemontana.wordpress.com/category/usa/. Retrieved 2011-12-31. , \n^ \"Jimmie Rodgers: The Father of Country Music | Mississippi History Now\". Mshistory.k12.ms.us. 1933-05-26. http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/39/jimmie-rodgers-the-father-of-country-music. Retrieved 2010-08-20. , \n^    Barretta, Scott (2008-08-29). \"Jimmie Rodgers - This Week on Highway 61\". highway61radio.com. http://www.highway61radio.com/?p=275. Retrieved 2008-11-16. , \n^ Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Music (1st ed.). Fulham, London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 186. ISBN 1-904041-96-5. , \n^ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08oiras-irA, \n^ Fry, Robbie. \"\"Big Bill\" Broonzy\". www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net. http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2489. 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