Blog: Boogie Woogie Flu

Let Us Now Praise Famous Women

Let Us Now Praise Famous Women by Laura Cantrell Folks, if you know me, you've heard this rant before. There is one fact that bothers me to death - the dearth of female artists in the Country Music Hall of Fame. I worked at the Hall of Fame and Museum as a tour guide right before I went to college. It's the place where my interest in country music shifted from a casual familiarity with the sounds of my home town (Nashville born and bred I am) to a more meaningful consideration of the people, history, and evolving styles of country [...]
Artist:Bessie Smith
Title:Careless Love Blues
Link Text:"Careless Love Blues"
File Name:01-Careless-Love-Blues.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1925
Artist:Jean Shepard
Title:He's My Baby
Link Text:"He's My Baby"
File Name:06-Hes-My-Baby.mp3
Year:1958
Artist:Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra
Title:Rockin' Chair (take 1)
Link Text:"Rockin' Chair"
File Name:02-Rockin-Chair.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1937
Artist:Molly O'Day and the Cumberland Mountain Folks
Title:Poor Ellen Smith
Link Text:"Poor Ellen Smith"
File Name:05-Poor-Ellen-Smith.mp3
Bitrate:128 kbps
Year:1949
Artist:Ola Belle Reed
Title:High On A Mountain
Link Text:"High On A Mountain"
File Name:08-High-On-A-Mountain.mp3
Artist:Rose & The Maddox Brothers
Title:Move It On Over
Link Text:"Move It On Over"
File Name:04-Move-It-On-Over.mp3
Artist:Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Title:Strange Things Happening Every Day
Link Text:"Strange Things Happening Every Day"
File Name:03-Strange-Things-.mp3
Year:1944
Artist:Skeeter Davis
Title:The One You Slip Around With
Link Text:"The One You Slip Around With"
File Name:07-Slip-Around.mp3