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Topic: WSM intro tune? - mid-60's Ralph Emery talk show |
Mike Baxter
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Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 11:20 am |
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Does anyone remember the name of the intro tune (and artists) for the mid-60's Ralph Emery late night talk show on WSM?
It featured a guitar and steel and was overdubbed by a NASA voice announcing a launch, "T minus 10, T minus 9, . . . " etc)
Thanks, Mike |
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Larry Miller
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Dothan AL,USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 2:16 pm
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| "Rose City Chimes" by Bobby Garrett? [This message was edited by Larry Miller on 16 July 2003 at 03:17 PM.] |
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Paul Graupp
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Macon Ga USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 2:58 pm
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Larry: My gut reaction is that you are correct.....but something in the back of my head, where ever that may be, is saying Pete Drake and I can't recall the song either and it's well known. But then I thought Weldon Myrick had done Tears In Heaven so what do I know......
Regards, Paul  |
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Mike Baxter
From:
Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 3:07 pm
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Bobby Garrett's "Rose City Chimes" was the answer I received from WSM when I wrote them in 1966.
I could never find the recording until recently - but unfortunately, it is not the tune I am looking for.
Mike |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 5:16 pm
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The Pete Drake thing is still bugging me....maybe I'll dream about it later tonight and remember what the title was.....
Regards, Paul  |
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George Rozak
From:
Braidwood, Illinois USA
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Posted 16 Jul 2003 6:10 pm
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| The Pete Drake thing is still bugging me....maybe I'll dream about it later tonight and remember what the title was..... |
Paul...
Could you be thinking of "For Pete's Sake" by Pete? I believe that was the theme song used on the Opry for a number of years.
George
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 5:24 am
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No, George. It wasn't FPS because I used to play that and I'd recall it right away. It was, for lack of a better word, more cosmopolitan or progressive than that. Maybe Reggie Duncan will read this and ask Lloyd Green if he recalls what Pete played on that show...
Regards, Paul |
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Johnny Roberts
From:
Anderson, SC, USA
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Posted 17 Jul 2003 5:38 pm
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| The theme song on Ralph's show was "RhodesBud Boogie", featuring Buddy Charleton and Leon Rhodes. |
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Paul Graupp
From:
Macon Ga USA
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Posted 18 Jul 2003 4:27 pm
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Mike Baxter
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Vancouver, B.C., Canada
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Posted 19 Jul 2003 8:32 pm
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Thank you all VERY much for your help.
I haven't yet been able to find this tune locally - but I'll locate it eventually 
Mike |
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Tim Harr
From:
Dunlap, Illinois
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Posted 20 Jul 2003 4:21 pm
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Rose City Chimes is on an Ernest Tubb LP called "Live at the Midnite Jamboree"
In talking with Buddy a few years back, we talked about that LP in detail...
It was NOT in fact a LIVE album..it was all studio and had dubbed in applause and Introductions..
I guess it ws like an early "concept album"... |
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Mike Weirauch
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Harrisburg, Illinois**The Hub of the Universe
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Posted 20 Jul 2003 5:01 pm
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| Ralph Emery always opened his show with Bobby Garrett's "Rose City Chimes." Ralph was a fan of Bobby Garrett and loved the song. I don't ever recall hearing RhodesBud's Boogie played as an intro to Ralph Emery's show on WSM but I guess it could have. "For Pete's Sake" opened the Opry for years until someone deemed it either too country or a steel guitar instrumental and took it off. |
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