The Country Show

Andy Alford · Post by **Andy Alford** » 29 Aug 2000 3:59 am

What do you know about The Country Show in the 1950s?This is the program from Nash.that the videos are taped from.I have the set but would like more info.

Donny Hinson · Post by **Donny Hinson** » 29 Aug 2000 7:53 am

That would probably have been the "Ozark Jubilee", which aired from 1955-1960 on ABC. The show was later called "The Country Music Jubilee", and then "Jubilee, USA". The show actually aired from Springfield, Missouri, and was cancelled for two reasons. First, ABC wanted to put boxing in its time slot, and second, Emcee Red Foley had just been indicted for tax fraud. The show was really popular, though, and featured such stars as Webb Pierce, Ray Price, Billy Walker, Hawkshaw Hawkins, Porter Wagoner, Bobby Lord, Wanda Jackson, LeRoy Van Dyke. etc.. The musicians were Hank "Sugarfoot" Garland, Bud Issacs, Lew Childre, and (I think) Tommy Jackson, along with many others. This is the also the show where Brenda Lee was discovered.

Mike Sweeney · Post by **Mike Sweeney** » 30 Aug 2000 11:07 pm

The Ozark Jubilee had Red Foley as it's host. And was different from the films in question. The tapes you are asking about were produced by a man named Gannaway. He did alot of country music t.v. shows here in Nashville during the '50's &60's. Those shows were filmed at the municiple auditorium on James Robertson Parkway in downtown Nashville Tn. The Ozarks are in Arkansas and Missouri. Thats why the Ozark Jubilee was filmed at K.W.T.O.t.v. in Springfield Mo. Hope this answers your question. Mike Sweeney