[78-L] Second Fiddle To Nobody (Jean Shepard)

[Michael Biel]

Oh come on, Cary.  A million copies of a record in 1935?  And a country 
record at that.  I know sales were picking up since the low point in 
1933, but what reliable contemporary sources do you have that can claim 
this?

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com

On 5/20/2011 9:44 AM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> The Nashville publicity machine is at it again, trying to rewrite
> history. This time, it's the ridiculous claim that Jean Shepard&
> Ferlin Husky's 1953 "A Dear John Letter" was the first country music
> record by a female to sell a million copies. Horse hockey! Patsy Montana
>   did it with "I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart" in 1935, nearly 20
> years before. Somebody tell these people that there were other country
> artists NOT associated with the Grand Ole Opry.
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