National Country Music Week (1961)

Here is a 1961 disc of radio spots, recorded by various country stars, hyping National Country Music Week.  These 45 rpm platters were shipped to radio stations in the hopes that they'd hop on the bandwagon and help persuade listeners to get even more enthused about country music.

MP3s:

Side A
Roy Drusky  (:23)
George Hamilton  (:24)
Ferlin Husky  (:27
Buck Owens  (:29)
Minnie Pearl  (:29)
Tex Ritter  (:32)
Faron Young  (:30)

Side B
Roy Drusky  (:29)
Ferlin Husky  (:29)
Buck Owens  (:30)
Minnie Pearl  (:28)
Webb Pierce  (:24)
Tex Ritter  (:30)
Faron Young  (:15)

Comments

[Anthony Fantano]

National Country Music Week? Is it that time of year already?

Tex Ritter is my hero.

[Thanking]

Thanks for more pop-culture radio spots! Would be superb if some of those Southern drive-in style films still had surviving radio spots, such as the country music exploitation features, Johnny Cash's Door-To-Door Maniac, etc.