1 2 BEAR FAMILY THE BOX WITH NO NAME by unknown authors
[email protected] 3 OP & OC 2017 Bear Family Productions Ltd. First Edition All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher, except where permitted by law, or by a reviewer who may quote brief passages. 4 Contents Introduction by Martin Hawkins . 7 An Overview by Colin Escott . 10 Louisiana Hayride Timeline . 28 A Great American Music Story by Margaret Louis Warwick & Arthur Alton Warwick . 31 The Shows, The Performers, The Songs by Martin Hawkins . 45 KWKH Before The Hayrides Notes on studio recordings (CD 1) . 46 At The Louisiana Hayride Tonight Notes on live recordings (CD 2-20) . 60 Recalling The Louisiana Hayride by Frankie Miller . 168 Tracklisting CD 1-20 . 192 Alphabetical Listing Of Artists and live performances . 200 Credits . 209 (TOP ) Shreveport’s Municipal Auditorium, built in 1929, served as the broadcast venue for the Louisiana Hayride. (ABOVE ) Shreveport Mayor James C. Gardner and two civic leaders inspect the newly remodeled interior of the audi - torium in the mid-1950s. 5 The Louisiana Hayride cast in the late 1950s (FROM LEFT ): Ed Hamilton, five members of the Deep South Quartet, Sonny Harville, Felton Pruett, Dobber Johnson, Don Davis on bass, Tommy Tomlinson, Buddy Sepaugh, unknown, Margie Singleton, Bob Magee, Linda Brannon, Brad Ingles, Johnny Horton, Country Johnny Mathis, Ben Nardinna (HIDDEN ), Jimmy Lee, Jerry Kennedy, James O’Gwynn, unknown, announcer Frank Page, announcer Norm Bale, J.D.