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

[David Lennick]

If it takes a while to get a response, blame it on Largo Al Factoidum. (Isn't 
Al Factoidum the new terrorist organization, noted for incorrect assertions?)

dl

On 5/20/2011 2:53 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
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> I've put in a call to Brad Buckles at RIAA to see if he can come up with a source. After all, SOMEBODY came up with this idea because it's been trumpeted around long before the Internet got started and nobody has disputed it. I've read this factoid since the 1970s. Maybe it's time we found out what the real story is.
>
> Cary Ginell
>
>> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 14:44:16 -0400
>> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>> Subject: Re: [78-L] Second Fiddle To Nobody (Jean Shepard)
>>
>> 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.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Cary Ginell
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703730804576321802128662500.html
>>>>